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BULLETIN 748, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



$8.10 per ton to produce 8 tons or under per acre, and $3.76 per ton 

 for a yield of 14 tons and over per acre. There is also an increase 

 per acre and a decrease per ton in each of the other two acreage 

 classifications in the table. 



COMPARISON OF BEET RECEIPTS WITH OTHER FARM RECEIPTS. 



An analysis of the receipts from the different enterprises on the 

 farms in the sugar-beet areas studied shows the importance of the 

 sugar beet to the farmer as a cash crop. Table XXIX gives a com- 

 parison of the percentage of farm receipts derived from the total 

 farm crops, from live stock and live-stock products, from miscel- 

 laneous items, and from the sugar beet alone. 



Table XXIX. — Beet receipts in comparison icnth other farm receipts. 



District. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 farm 

 records. 



Average 



total 

 receipts 

 per farm. 



Per cent o f total receipts 

 from — 



Per cent 



of total 



farm 



receipts 



from 



beets. 



Per cent 



of total 



crop 



Crops. 



Live 

 stock. 



Miscel- 

 laneous. 



receipts 

 from 

 beets. 





84 

 53 

 36 

 97 



SI, 750. 00 

 1,930.00 

 2,339.00 

 1,128.49 



69.32 

 68.19 

 41.04 

 73.45 



29.54 

 31.71 

 58.79 

 26.53 



1.14 

 .10 

 .17 



.02 



43.54 

 33.83 

 16.80 

 35. 72 



62.82 





49.62 





40.94 





48.63 







The Caro, Alma, and northwestern Ohio farms are essentially crop 

 farms, over two-thirds of all the receipts coming from crops in the 

 first two areas and almost three- fourths in the last. At Grand Rapids 

 almost 60 per cent of the total farm receipts was derived from live 

 stock, while 40 per cent came from crops. This is not surprising, 

 since farmers in the Grand Rapids region keep dairy cows and sell 

 cream and milk to the creameries and cheese factory in that locality. 

 Along with dairying go hogs and poultry, which provide a consid- 

 erable portion of the live-stock returns. 



In the former areas over one-third of the receipts came from the 

 sugar beet alone, while beets brought in 17 per cent of the receipts 

 at Grand Rapids. When changed to the basis of per cent of crop 

 receipts over 40 per cent of the crop receipts came from beets, while 

 at Caro they constituted over 60 per cent of the total crop receipts. 



The highest total farm receipts were found at Grand Rapids. 

 Live stock is probably responsible for this large amount. The lowest 

 farm receipts were reported in northwestern Ohio. Over $2,000 was 

 received per farm at Grand Rapids and slightly more than $1,100 in 

 the northwestern Ohio region. 



In several sections beans compete with the sugar beets. At Caro 20 

 per cent of the total farm receipts came from beans and at Alma 15 

 per cent. About 15 per cent of the farm receipts in northwestern 

 Ohio was due to the sale of corn and 11 per cent to returns from oats. 



