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COSTS OF PRODUCING SUGAR BEETS

Table 13 compares the sugar beets produced in the reépresentative
 areas in the various States and in the country as a whole
as regards sugar content not extracted. The averages indicate that
for the three years the sugar content not extracted was smaller in the
representative areas than in the total area planted to beets in the 9
States investigated or in the 17 sugar-beet producing States.
TasLB 13.—Comparison of the sugar beets investigated with all sugar beets produced
 in the various States and in the country as & whole, as regards sugar content
 not extracted
SUMMARY FOR UNITED STATES AND ANALYSIS BY STATES, 1921, 1922,
AND 1923

Ares and year

United States:
All States and all beets—
© ovReT Average...

Averages for States investigated—

3-year average. .___...__..
I i ciimnnnmmmmmin ns
10, Pe seem
1923.

Michigan:
3-year average. .....-.--..
AE Nm nmmmmmm rw
3922. nnmmmmmn ms
1923._. ee

Ohio:
3-vear AVerage....cce--1¢
 «..
1922...
1923

Nebraska:
3-year

AVOragO. occocee-.
i

i
1&7

Sugar content that
was not extracted

Average
for all
arms and
all beets
(taken
rom the
1923
Yearbook
of the
Department
 of
Agriculure
 and
supplemental

data in
he files
of that
iepartment)


Average
for the
farms and
beets investigated


Pounds
per ton
32.7%
a2
12
55. 4

Pounds
ner ton

51.1
52.5
46. 8
52.7

48, 2
50.8
45.1
47.6

54.3
563. 5
52.7
56. 4

55.0
48.8
54.2
63.6

ar
J

50.9

60.0

Ares and year

Colorado:
3-year average. ._..._.._...
1920...
1922 ieee
1922 dmemeceaa
Utah:
3-year average... oc cc...
Een I.
IED mn © = i na
1¢ .-Idaho:

3-year AVerage._......---_-17.
 rmmemac———-:
 3 _. emma
Wyoming:
3-year IVErage. conunrnnnnn
17
Montane
T.yes  vyeraee. Ca

| 223...

Sugar content that
was not extracted

Average
for all
arms and!
all beets
(taken
rom the
1923
Yearbook| Average
of the for the
Depart- farms and
ment of beets in-Agricul-
 | vesti-Jare
 and | gated
supplemental

data in
he files
of that
department)


Pounds
per ton
50.4
54.5
43.0 |
50. 9

Pounds
per ton
43.2
53.1
37.7
35.7
60. 8
61.4
61.1
59.9
32.5
37.4
19.6
35.8
62.7
77.9
67.8
51.7

57.8
59.9
54.1
58.3

49.1
50. 4
40. 2
R3.1

vi. 4
72.3
58.0
57 6

48.0

48.0
49. 5
38.7
52.7
25.9
30.1
22.0
21.0

21. %

NOTE.—The sugar extraction from beet roots depends upon the sugar content, the coefficient of purity,
the degree of ripeness of the beets when harvested, the general condition of the beets when sliced, the extraction
 and refining processes used, and the effifency of the mills. .
Averages were all obtained by weighting with the total tons of beets produced in each State, respectively.
These data were obtained from Tables 12 and 13 and are the differences between the sugar content and
the sugar extracted per ton of sugar beets.