i9i i.] The Cultivation of the Sugar-beet. 809 



In the neighbourhood of Halle the cost per acre has been 

 estimated at : — 



Autumn cultivation 

 Spring cultivations 

 Seed ... 

 Sowing 



Singling 



2 Hand hoeings 

 4 Horse hoeings 

 Lifting and storing- 

 Carting, transport, Sec. 

 Rent, taxes, &c. 

 Manures 



£H 1 9 



In other cases in Germany the cost has been estimated 



as : 



Near Breslau 

 West Prussia 

 Hanover 

 Brunswick 



Per acre. 



£ s. d. 



9 17 4 



12 10 o 



10 18 o 



14 5 6 



On 98 sugar-beet farms the cost of producing a ton of 

 sugar-beet in Germany between the years 1893 and 1898 

 amounted in round figures to : — 



o 



i 3 Farms 



5. d. s. d. 



12 6-14 6 

 14 6-16 6 

 16 6-18 6 

 18 6-20 6 

 20 6-22 6 

 22 6-24 6 

 24 6-26 6 

 26 6-28 6 

 28 6-30 6 

 30 6-32 6 

 32 6-34 6 



On most of the farms included in the figures it will be 

 observed that the cost of producing a ton of the sugar-beets 

 lay between 16s. 6d. and 22s. 6d. 



As regards England it may be said that experiments con- 

 ducted in Essex at several centres in 1905 showed that the total 

 cost of growing an acre of sugar-beets was as follows : — - 



Maplestead ... 

 Great Yeldham 

 St. Osyth ... 

 Great Stambridge 

 Chelmsford ... 



£ s. d. 

 930 

 11 3 1 

 11 4 10 

 11 17 6 

 13 8 o 



Average 73 



