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men. There were 89 men who produced sugar beets at a cost of 

 $4.50 per ton or less, while 84 men raised sugar beets at a cost of $5 

 or more. The average cost for all farms was $4.64 per ton. The 

 factories in these two districts paid from $4.85 to $5 per ton for 

 sugar beets during the years 1914 and 1915. 



It may be well to repeat, for the sake of emphasis, that the growers 

 who produced the highest average yield per acre had the lowest cost 

 per ton, whereas the men who obtained the lowest average yield had 

 the highest cost per ton recorded against the crop. The yield per acre 

 has a direct bearing upon the cost per ton. 



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concede that some slight change in present operations would probably 

 be a step in the direction of greater crop yields. It has been pointed 

 out that the sugar beet is not always grown in the regular cropping 

 system. Continuous culture may, therefore, be holding down the 

 yields; in other oases, a lack of fertility may be the controlling factor, 

 although in all of these districts nearly every grower gave consid- 

 erable attention to the apphcation of farm manure. Inadequate 

 preparation of soil or careless seeding may give poor stands. This 

 precludes the possibiUty of a good yield. Furthermore, the blocking 

 and thinning may be done in such a way as to interfere seriously 

 with the stand. These are points which should be kept in mind 

 throughout the season, and if there are weak places in the present 

 methods of farm management, these should be corrected as far as 

 possible. 



