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The Sugar 'Beet in America 



Table XL — Yield to the Acre of Sugar-Beet Seed, Logan, 



Utah 



At a price of fifteen cents a pound for the seed, the re- 

 turn for an acre is $219.15. 



The cost of producing this seed varies so much with 

 conditions that definite figures are almost useless, but the 

 following figures for cost are suggestive : 



Table XIL — Estimated Cost of Raising One Acre of 



Stjgar-Beet Seed 



Rent of land (value $250 an acre) .... $ 20.00 



Plowing and preparing land 5.00 



Hauling stecklinge from silo and planting . 15.00 



Cultivating and irrigating 6.00 



Hoeing 2.00 



Cutting seed 5.00 



Threshing and cleaning 15.00 



Cost of mother seed and stecklinge .... 40.00 



Total $108.00 



A comparison of these figures for cost with the price 

 obtained for seed shows that a good profit may be made. 

 This profit, taken with the fact that domestic seed is better 

 than the imported, surely justifies the establishment of a 

 sugar-beet-seed industry in America. 



