242 The Sugar-Beet in America 
Peck,! in Minnesota, has made a rather careful study of 
the cost of producing beets in that state, which unfortu- 
nately does not represent an important beet-producing 
area. Figs. 29, 30. Table XVII, taken from his work, 
gives the total man hours to produce an acre of beets 
as 155.4 and the horse hours as 110.7. The time spent 
on the various operations is also shown : 
TaBLE XVII. — Laspor REQUIREMENTS FOR Propucine SuGAR- 
Berets 2 
Hours per ACRE 
OPERATION pba 
Man Horse 
Manuring .... . 833.9 9.9 21.7 
Plowing . .... . 1426.0 4.4 13.1 
Disking . ..... 1134.0 2.3 8.2 
Harrowing .... . 1451.4 1.1 2.9 
Planking. . eer 559.5 9 2.1 
Seeding . ..... 1458.4 1.3 2.6 
Cultivating . . : 1447.4 11.1 17.2 
Bunching and ‘inning 462.1 44.2 — 
Hoeing .. e 4 = 21.0 _ 
Pulling and topping ee — 37.8 —_— 
Lifting . ..... 1458.4 3.5 6.7 
Hauling . . .... 1458.4 17.9 36.2 
Total « ss 4 ; 155.4 110.7 
1 Peck, F. W., “‘The Cost of Producing Sugar Beets,’’ Minn. 
Exp. Sta., Bul. No. 154 (1916). 
2 Not contract labor. On an average the land was disked 
A times; harrowed, 2.3 times; cultivated, 5.2 times; and hoed, 
4 times. 
