GROWING SUGAR BEETS IN CALIFORNIA. 
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Salinas areas were derived from the sale of sugar beets alone, while 
at Oxnard about 43 per cent came from sugar beets. In this last 
section the bean is a competing crop, about 46 per cent of the receipts 
resulting from the sale of beans. Beans and beets combined fur- 
nished 89 per cent of the total farm receipts. 
Table XXXI. — Beet receipts in comparison with other farm receipts. 
Number 
of farm 
records. 
Average 
total 
receipts 
per farm. 
Per cent of farm receipts from— 
Per cent 
of farm 
receipts 
from 
beets. 
Per cent 
of crop 
District. 
Crops. 
Live 
stock. 
Miscel- 
laneous. 
receipts 
from 
beets. 
81 
45 
39 
$8,159.60 
4, 192. 16 
8, 197. 56 
92 
98 
97 
7 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
84 
43 
66 
91 
44 
68 
Fig. 27. — Feeding yards at Betteravia, Cal., where beet pulp constitutes an important 
part of the ration. 
The receipts from live stock and live-stock products are second in 
importance, while not more than 1 per cent of the receipts in any of 
the three sections came from sales other than crops or live stock. 
It can be stated that in Los Angeles and Salinas the farms are 
specialized and can be properly classed as beet farms, while at Ox- 
nard the type can be designated as bean and beet farms. 
There is certainty a field for more diversified farming in these 
areas. Since crops like barley, alfalfa, potatoes, and beans can be 
grown successfully, there is no good reason for depending on a 
single crop. In sugar-beet areas of Michigan, Ohio, Colorado, Utah, 
and Idaho, live stock fits in with the general farm scheme and 
utilizes to good advantage the beet tops, alfalfa, and other roughage 
produced on the farm. More live stock in the California beet region 
would mean more manure to keep up the soil fertility and a better 
