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Company make a net profit of from $30 to $50 per acre, after allowing themselves and 

 family full wages for all work done on the crop." Mr. Granger's figures follow: 



Fall plowing, 1 2 inches deep $ 2.75 



Pulverizing in spring 1.00 



Rolling 25c. planting 35c 60 



Fifteen pounds of seed, at 18c 2.70 



Rolling previous to thinning 25 



Cultivating previous to thinning 50 



Thinning 4.50 



Hoeing after thinning 2.00 



Furrowing out for irrigation twice, at 25c 50 



Irrigating twice, at 40c 80 



Cultivating after irrigation twice, at 50c 1.00 



Plowing beets out at harvest time 1.50 



Pulling beets after plow 2.00 



Topping 13 tons, at 35c 4.55 



Sacking and hauling 13 tons (3 miles), at 65c 8.45 



Total expenses $33.10 



Yield, 13 tons, at $4 (this price paid at Lehi) 52.00 



Net profit per acre $18.90 



Iowa. Saylor's report gives the account of H. C. Graves & Son, who raised 41*4 

 acres of beets at Council Bluffs, and shipped to the factory at Norfolk, Neb. They figure a 

 shrinkage in weight in transit of 5.2 per cent., equal to $171.82, and paid in freight $896.71. 

 These two items, amounting to $1,068.53, would have been saved if they could have deliv- 

 ered to a factory direct from the field. The crop averaged 15% tons per acre, average 

 tare 8.83 per cent., average sugar content 14.4. At $5 a ton the actual profit was $31.98 

 per acre, or if for nearby delivery, $57.33 per acre, but at $4 per ton, $15.75 should be 

 deducted from either profit. 



Total Cost 



cost per acre 



Preparing 41% acres $ 81.00 $ 1.95 



Bunching and thinning plants 153.10 3.69 



Replanting by hand 32.60 .78 



Hoeing four times 102.70 2.50 



Cultivating weekly for six weeks 137.85 3.30 



Digging 84.10 2.05 



Pulling and topping by hand 283.75 6.83 



Hauling to cars 285.95 6.89 



Seed 100.20 2.41 



Machinery 38.75 .93 



Total $1,300.00 $31.33 



Freight to Norfolk on 717.37 tons, at $1.25 896.71 21.60 



Total cost of crop laid down at factory $2,196.71 $52.93 



$5 per ton for 654.1 net tons 3,270.50 78.80 



Allowance received and for tops for cattle feed 229.67 5.53 



Rebate to us on shrinkage in shipment 24.00 .59 



Total receipts $3.524.17 $84.92 



Total expenses 2,196.71 



Net profit for use of land $1,327.46 $31.98 



