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charges are value of land, amount of cash paid as rent, proportion 
of the crop given as rent, the yield of beets, and the price received 
per ton. 
In the areas studied the value of the share given for the use of 
the land exceeds the cash paid for this same privilege. However, 
the element of risk enters into the consideration. A share renter 
runs less risk of failing to meet his rent than the cash renter. In 
poor crop years the cash renter usually has to pay the same rent as 
in seasons of good crop yields, while the smaller the yield the less 
the actual number of tons of beets the tenant must give to the land- 
lord. In sections where $6 a ton is received for beets, the value of 
one-fourth of the crop is greater than where $4.50 a ton is received 
for the crop. 
At Los Angeles sugar beets brought an average of $5.79 a ton; 
at Oxnard, $6.88 a ton ; at Salinas, $5.58. 
The land values were highest at Los Angeles, where the average 
value of sugar-beet land was $494 per acre. At Oxnard and Salinas 
the values were $294 and $328 per acre, respectively. In the Los 
Angeles and Salinas districts about one- fourth of the land in beets 
was farmed by the owners; at Oxnard about 60 per cent. At Los 
Angeles about one-third of the beet land was cash rented, at Ox- 
nard 22 per cent, and at Salinas 18 per cent. The highest average 
cash rent was paid at Los Angeles ($26.33 an acre), the lowest at 
Oxnard ($12). At Salinas the cash rent averaged $15.06 an acre. 
Of the share renters tKe major portion gave one-fourth of the crop 
to the landlord. A little over one-third of the beet land in the Los 
Angeles area was share rented, about one- fifth was share rented at 
Oxnard, while over one-half was share rented at Salinas. The high- 
est share rent was paid in the Los Angeles district ($22.13), and the 
lowest in the Oxnard region ($15.82). At Salinas the share rent was 
$20.12 per acre. 
MACHINERY. 
Interest on investment, depreciation, and annual repairs, taken 
together, make the total annual machinery charge. This total 
charge was used in the case of implements used exclusively on the 
beet crop, and a fair proportion of this charge for implements used 
in common with other crops or farm enterprises. 
The machinery charge was fairly uniform at Los Angeles and Ox- 
nard, but was considerably higher at Salinas. This difference is due 
in a measure to the type of tillage implements used. At Salinas very 
deep tillage is practiced, and heavy and expensive implements are 
necessary to do the work. The cost per acre for machinery was $2.50 
at Oxnard, $2.80 at Los Angeles, and $3.25 in the Salinas district. 
