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Peck/ in Minnesota, has made a rather careful study of 

 the cost of producing beets in that state, which unfortu- 

 nately does not represent an important beet-producing 

 area. Figs. 29, 30. Table XVII, taken from his work, 

 gives the total man hours to produce an acre of beets 

 as 155.4 and the horse hours as 110.7. The time spent 

 on the various operations is also shown : 



Table XVII. — Labor Requirements for PRODtrcma Sugab- 



Beets ^ 



1 Peck, F. W., "The Cost of Producing Sugar Beets," Minn. 

 Exp. Sta., Bui. No. 154 (1916). 



2 Not contract labor. On an average the land was disked 

 2.4 times ; harrowed, 2.3 times ; cultivated, 5.2 times ; and hoed, 

 1.4 times. 



