GROWING SUGAE BEETS IN MICHIGAN AND OHIO. 



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LABOR REQUIREMENTS. 



It is the general practice in all the areas studied to hire a part of 

 the work on the sugar beets. Usually, if a man has more than 5 acres 

 in beets all of the handwork is performed by hired help on an acre- 

 contract basis. In some instances the hoeing was done by the farmer 

 and his family, and the topping was hired ; in other cases the hoeing 

 was hired and the topping performed by the farmer. Where a very 

 small acreage of beets was grown, usually none of the handwork was 

 contracted. As stated previously, the contract labor was paid at a 

 stipulated rate per acre or per ton. This contract expenditure has 

 been changed to its equivalent in man hours by a computation assum- 

 ing a rate of 25 cents per hour as the value of man labor. (See Table 

 XXX.) 



Table XXX. — Labor requirements in producing an acre of sugar beets. 



"District. 



Acres 

 grown. 



Yield per 

 acre. 



Hours of 

 man labor. 



Hoursof 

 horse labor. 





2,018 

 506 

 230 



1,525 



9.72 

 11.40 

 10.16 

 13.17 



105.5 

 114.8 

 111.3 

 113.4 



80. OS 





95.34 





93. 88 



Northwestern Ohio 



79.21 







The number of horse hours spent at Caro and in northwestern Ohio 

 are approximately the same, as are the hours for Alma and Grand 

 Rapids. However, more labor was required in the former than in 

 the latter areas. 



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