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The Sugar-Beet in America 



TABLE XI. 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 XII. ESTIMATED COST OF RAISING ONE ACRE OF 

 SUGAR-BEET SEED 



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

 Plowing and preparing land .... 

 Hauling stecklinge from silo and planting 



Cultivating and irrigating 



Hoeing 



Cutting seed 



Threshing and cleaning 



Cost of mother seed and stecklinge . . 



$ 20.00 

 5.00 

 15.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 5.00 

 15.00 

 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. 



