Cost of Producing Beets 235 
This study covered practically every beet-producing 
section in the United States. Estimated costs were ob- 
tained from many farmers in each district. These are 
summarized by states in Fig. 28. Since the data were 
carefully collected and compiled, they may be considered 
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sion, May 24, 1917.) 
to be approximately correct for the districts and for the 
costs during that year (1913) at least. The figure shows 
the cost, including the following items: soil preparation, 
hand labor, planting and cultivating, lifting and hauling, 
fertilizing, seed, and irrigation; but it omits the rental 
value of the land and depreciation of machinery, ditches, 
fences, and the like. The item of land rent is important 
in considering cost of production, for it is ordinarily from 
one-sixth to one-fourth of the value of the crop. That the 
