SUMMARY OF RESULTS 



Number of farm records averaged, 220. 



Range in cost of sugar beets per ton, $5 to $35. 



Two out of the 220 growers produced their beets at the 

 minimum cost, $5 per ton. 



The one grower who produced beets at the maximum cost, 

 $35, harvested but 3 tons per acre. ' 



Seventy- three per cent of the growers produced beets at a 

 cost of $11 per ton or less. 



Average cost, $9.49 per ton. Costs were above this level 

 on nearly half the farms. 



Labor constituted 69 to 75 per cent of all costs exclusive of 

 land rent; material, 7 to 10 per cent; and insurance, 

 taxes, overhead, etc., 17 to 30 per cent. 



