44 BULLETIN 748, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
$8.10 per ton to produce 8 tons or under per acre, and $3.76 per ton 
for a yield of 14 tons and over per acre. There is also an increase 
per acre and a decrease per ton in each of the other two acreage 
classifications in the table. 
COMPARISON OF BEET RECEIPTS WITH OTHER FARM RECEIPTS. 
An analysis of the receipts from the different enterprises on the 
farms in the sugar-beet areas studied shows the importance of the 
sugar beet to the farmer as a cash crop. Table X XIX gives a com- 
parison of the percentage of farm receipts derived from the total 
farm crops, from live stock and live-stock products, from miscel- 
laneous items, and from the sugar beet alone. 
TABLE XNXIX.—Beet receipts in comparison with other farm receipts. 
Per cent of total receipts Percent | Per cent 
Num- Meet from— _| oftotal | of total 
ers ber of ota hi 7 farm crop 
District. farm | receipts receipts | receipts 
records. | per farm. Grons Live Miscel- from from 
Bs. stock. | laneous.| beets. beets. 
| 
CAT ORE eae ee ae es AA 84 |$1, 750.00 69.32 29. 54 1.14 43.54 62.82 
PAU TIE sees wea SUE To ye Se te 53 | 1,930.00 68.19 31.71 - 10 33. 83 49. 62 
Gram dlevapid sy sae see ne ees 36 | 2,339.00 41.04 58. 79 py ley 16. 80 40.94 
NortibwestermeOnioe ee. --s55--2 97 | 1,128.49 73.45 26.53 ye02 Be 48. 63 
The Caro, Alma, and northwestern Ohio farms are essentially crop 
farms, over two-thirds of all the receipts coming from crops in the 
first two areas and almost three-fourths in the last. At Grand Rapids 
almost 60 per cent of the total farm receipts was derived from live 
stock, while 40 per cent came from crops. This is not surprising, 
since farmers in the Grand Rapids region keep dairy cows and sell 
cream and milk to the creameries and cheese factory in that locality. 
Along with dairying go hogs and poultry, which provide a consid- 
erable portion of the live-stock returns. 
In the former areas over one-third of the receipts came from the 
sugar beet alone, while beets brought in 17 per cent of the receipts 
at Grand Rapids. When changed to the basis of per cent of crop 
receipts over 40 per cent of the crop receipts came from beets, while 
at Caro they constituted over 60 per cent of the total crop receipts. 
The highest total farm receipts were found at Grand Rapids. 
Live stock is probably responsible for this large amount. The lowest 
farm receipts were reported in northwestern Ohio. Over $2,000 was 
received per farm at Grand Rapids and shghtly more than $1,100 in 
the northwestern Ohio region. 
In several sections beans compete with the sugar beets. At Caro 20 
per cent of the total farm receipts came from beans and at Alma 15 
per cent. About 15 per cent of the farm receipts in northwestern 
Ohio was due to the sale of corn and 11 per cent to returns from oats. 
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