32 BULLETIN 748, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XIX. — Variations in farm practice in production df sugar beets, Paul- 

 ding, Ohio. 



Operations. 



Farm 

 No. 1. 



Farm 

 No. 2. 



Farm 

 No. 3. 



Farm ; Farm 

 No. 4. 'No. 5. 



Farm Farm Farm 

 No. 6. No. 7. No. 8. 



Farm 

 No. 9. 



Farm 

 No. 10. 



Dragging 



Manuring 



Plowing 



Disking 



Floating 



Harrow (spike) 



Harrow (spring) 



Rolling 



Hauling fertilizer « 



Fertilizing 



Planting 



Rolling beets 



Cultivating 



Blocking and thinning . 



Hoeing, first 



Hoeing, second 



Topping 



Lifting 



Hauling 



Man hours per acre .. . 

 Horse hours per acre . 

 Yield per acre (tons) . 

 Cost per acre 



Times Times 

 over. over. 



Times 

 over. 



Times 

 over. 



Times 

 over. 



Times 

 over. 



Times 

 over. 



Times 

 over. 



Times 

 over. 



(») 



(») 

 C) 

 (») 



1 

 1 



48 



90 



13.2 



$53. 87 



0.2 



1 



2 



1 



3 



2 



1 



1 



1.5 



0.1 

 1 



2.3 

 .7 



0.3 

 1 



1 

 1.5 



101 



82 



11.0 



$44. 30 



1. 



2 



8 



(») 

 (») 

 C) 

 C) 



1 



1 



3 



(») 

 (») 



(0) 

 (») 



1 



1 



57 



128 



13.8 



51.21 



34 



72 



15.0 



Sol. 02 



(*>) 



1 

 1 



3 

 (6) 



(*>) 

 (&) 

 ( 6 ) 



1 



1 



100 

 17.0 



S56. 76 



19 



55 



14.0 



$54.00 



1 



2 



4 



(>>) 

 (0) 

 (6) 



( b ) 



1 

 1 



1 



1 

 " 4 

 (") 

 (») 



m 

 i 



i 



50 



100 

 14.0 



S9.34 



40 



73 



13.5 



$57: 37 



0.1 



1 



1 



1 



2 

 2.5 



m 

 to 



<b) 

 (») 



i 

 i 



25 



53 

 11.0 



$51.86 



Times 

 over. 

 1 



m 



(b) 

 (0) 



39 



74 



11.8 



$51. 25 



a Fertilizer is usually applied in the planting operation. 



b Contract. 



Table XX. — Variations in farm practice in production of sugar beets. Grand 



Rapids, Mich. 



Operations. 



Dragging corn stubble. . . 



Manuring 



Plowing 



Disking 



Floating 



Harrow (spike) 



Harrow (spring) 



Rolling 



Hauling fertilizer 



Planting a 



Rolling beets 



Cultivating 



Blocking and thinning. . . 



Hoeing, first 



Hoeing, second 



Topping and pulling I (b) 



Lifting I 1 



Hauling 1 



Farm 

 No. 1. 



Times 

 over. 



(b) 



(&5 



(») 



Man hours per acre 45 



Horse hours per acre 88 



Yield per acre (tons) ( 8.0 



Cost per acre $50. 47 



Farm 

 No. 2. 



Times 

 over. 



Farm 

 No. 3. 



Times 

 over. 



0.5 

 1 



Farm 

 No. 4. 



Times 

 over. 



0.1 



1 



5 



(») 

 1 



102 



112 



10.2 



$44.75 



10.5 

 $46.96 



5 

 (») 



O) 



(») 



C) 

 1 



1 



42 



76 



18.0 



$49.22 



Farm 

 No. 5. 



Times 

 over. 

 1 

 .3 



1 



5 



(») 

 W 



(») 



(") 



1 

 1 



28 



60 



12.0 



$45.09 



Farm 

 No. 6. 



Times 

 over. 



2 



"i.'i 



4 



C) 

 (»)■ 

 (0) 

 (») 



1 



1 



52 



95 



13.2 



$49. 24 



Farm 

 No. 7. 



Times 

 over. 



0.2 



1 

 4 



4 

 (») 



(*>) 



m 

 i 

 i 



10.8 

 $60. 50 



Farm 

 No. 8. 



Times 

 over. 



CO 



(&) 

 (») 

 (6) 



1 

 1 



Farm 

 No. 9. 



Times 

 over. 



0.1 



1 



1 

 1 

 4 

 1 

 1 

 1.2 



54 

 107 

 9.5 



153 

 122 

 8.0 



Farm 

 No. 10. 



Times 

 over. 



0.4 

 1 



113 



80 

 4.0 



$47. 97 



o Applying fertilizer is included in the planting operation. b Contract. 



By consulting these tables it will be seen that there is considerable 

 variation in the number of times certain operations were performed. 

 Differences will also be noted' in the method of procedure on these 

 farms. Taking the Caro district as an illustration, plowing was a 

 common operation on all farms except one, in which case sugar beets 

 were planted upon bean ground. Some of the land was disked four 



