230 The Sugar-Beet in America 
TaBLe XI. — Y1evp To THE AcrE oF SuGAR-BEET SEED, Logan, 
Uta 
YEAR Pounps or Bret SEED TO THE ACRE 
VOTO. ah oe ew Ew 1,190 
C2 Es aa a 1,354 
1914, «6 2 & « # «© # & 1,571 
VOUS 5 xe te i a 1,868 
MOUG ce Ge Ges Se) Se Er ee ae 1,558 
TOM 3 «ww ee ee ee 1,223 
Average the Shh 1,461 
At a price of fifteen cents a pound for the seed, the re- 
turn for an acre is $219.15. 
The cost of producing this seed varies so much with 
conditions that definite figures are almost useless, but the 
following figures for cost are suggestive : 
Taste XIJ.— Estimarep Cost or Raising OnE ACRE OF 
Sucar-Beet SEED 
Rent of land (value $250 an acre) . . . . $ 20.00 
Plowing and preparing land . . ‘ 5.00 
Hauling stecklinge from silo and planting | : 15.00 
Cultivating andirrigating . . . .... 6.00 
Hoeine: 4. ss. ew ws a ww 2.00 
Cutting sed . . Mg = Th pla ck May fh ois 5.00 
Threshing and dleanine: ni PS bes 15.00 
Cost of mother seed and stecklinge Be see ee 40.00 
TOUR poh ok we ow ew a we re SLOS00 
A comparison of these figures for cost with the price 
obtained for seed shows that a good profit may be made. 
This profit, taken with the fact that domestic seed is better 
than the imported, surely justifies the establishment of a 
sugar-beet-seed industry in America. 
