Sugar Beet Investigations for 1898. 431 



Smith, W. C. Candor i 14.2 



Smith & Powell Syracuse 15 15.3 



Snell, F. W. Chemung i 18.1 



Shrague, C. R. Binghamton i h.q 



Squires, H. C. 20 Cortland Street, N. Y 2 11. 6 



Stage, Clarence Wellsburg 3 13.8 



Stebbins, H. D. W. Winfield i 16.0 



Stermer, Jno. Big Flats i 19.4 



Swart, C. S. Cobleskill 2 13.0 



Swartout, G. R. Harwick Seminary i 11. 8 



Taylor, N. D. W. Winfield 2 13.9 



Thomas, G. H. Chenango Bridge i 20.3 



Thompson, D. G. Corning 2 12.7 



Tracy, Matt. Tully 1 11. 6 



Treat, R. vS. Horseheads i 22.6 



*Tuckerman, G. Cassville 2 16.0 



Treyon, F. C. Peoria i 14.6 



Vanderburg, W. D. Preble i 11. i 



Van Duser, J. S. Horseheads 8 14.3 



Vincent, G. S. Scott i 11.8 



Van Housen C. Tully i 12. i 



Waddell, C. R. W. Winfield i 12.1 



Weed, J. B. Binghamton 6 15.9 



Wellman, A. E. Covington , 1.5 13.0 



Wells, G. M. Big Flats 2 11. 4 



Westlake, L. D. Horseheads i 15.6 



Wilcox Bros., Horseheads i 18.2 



Williams Bros., W. Winfield i 12.0 



WMght, Robt. Little York 2 14.7 



These 152 farmers planted 252 acres of beets and harvested an 

 average of 14 tons of trimmed beets per acre. 



Cost of growing ayi acre of beets. — Arrangements were made 



with more than one hundred farmers to keep careful records of 



the number of hours of labor of teams, men or boys employed 



in growing their fields of beets. Blanks were furnished for 



keeping the data and making reports. They were instructed to 



charge up this labor at the usual price in their localities. Only 



forty-five reports complete in this respect have been received. 



The figures given do not include the cost of seed, fertilizer or 



the use of land. Of the 45 farmers 



4 report the cost as less than $25 per acre. 

 6 report the cost as between ^25 and $30 per acre. 

 12 report the cost as between $30 and $35 per acre. 



