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The Sugar-Beet in America 



"One-fourth of this is, 1.2 men hours and 5.1 horse 

 hours. This added to the regular work gives 49.5 men 

 hours and 136.3 horse hours. 



"This means that on a 25-acre patch of beets you will 

 have to spend 1207.5 hours of work, or 120.75 working 

 days of 10 hours, during a growing season for this work, 

 and your horses will have performed 3410 hours, or 341 

 days of 10 hours each, or if you have 6 horses, each horse 

 has averaged 57 days' work during the growing season 

 on 25 acres of beets." 



L. A. Moorhouse 1 found the following for man and horse 

 labor in producing one acre of beets : 



TABLE XVIII. INFORMATION PERTAINING TO PRACTICE AND 

 COST OP PRODUCTION OF SUGAR-BEETS. (1914-1915) 



1 Correspondence with the author. 



