104 THE IRRIGATION AGE, 



one- third acre of tomatoes, $100 off of one-fourth acre in onions, let- 

 tuce, radishes, etc., $80 off of one acre of Lima beans. (These were 

 a thin crop)." 



All farmers are not as good managers as Mr. Manny, but many of 

 his neighbors have done about as well. 



KANSAS. 



In Kansas the production of sugar beets is but just started. Under 

 the provisions of the act of the Kansas State Legislature offering a 

 bounty upon the production of sugar beets, however, this branch of 

 farming promises to attain large proportions. 



The following is the experience of Kansas farmers in the produc- 

 tion and sale of sugar beets in the season of 1901, as reported for the 

 State of Kansas by Miss Gertrude Coburn, daughter of Mr. P. D. Co- 

 burn, Secretary of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, who has 

 been investigating the sugar-beet industry in western Kansas for the 

 purpose of deciding who were entitled to the bounty of $1 per ton 

 offered by the State for all beets raised showing more than 12 per 

 cent, of sugar. 



WHAT WAS DONE IN KANSAS IN 1901. 



Number of beet-growers 77 



Number of acres harvested 337 



Average acreage for each grower, acres 4 37 



Total number of tons harvested 1,760 



Average harvested by each grower, tons 22.82 



Maximum acreage by one grower, acres 27 



Minimum acreage by one grower, acres ' .50 



Maximum tonnage by one grower, tons Ill 



Minimum tonnage by on grower, tons 1.50 



General average yield per acre, tons , 5.22 



Maximum yield per acre, tons 18.47 



Minimum yield per acre, tons 1. 15 



General average per cent, of sugar 17.8 



Maximum per cent, of sugar 22.8 



Miuimum per cent, of sugar 13.3 



Average cost per acre, given by 43 growers $17.24 



Mavimum cost reported per acre 31. 00 



Minimum cost reported per acre 5.00 



Average price per ton received by grower (exclusive of bounty) 5.14 



Maximum price per ton received by any grower (exclusive of bounty) 7.50 



Minimum price per ton received by any grower 4.00 



Average profit per acre computed from reports of 37 growers 17.08 



Maximum profit per acre reported 43.00 



Minimum profit per acre reported 16 



The following table contains the showing made by 15 of the most 

 successful of the beet growers vrhohar* reported to date, but a com- 



