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sugar in the beet. However, it is also true in general that the beets 
of those growers who are skillful enough to obtain the best yields 
also show a relatively high percentage of sucrose. In some States 
the average percentage of sugar is annually lower than in others, 
probably on account of climatic differences. For that reason the 
standard set in this paper might have to be lowered somewhat to 
meet local conditions. In such places the standard obtained from 
the best beet growers in any specified locality could be substituted 
as a basis for calculating the deficiencies among the less successful 
beet growers. 
There are two systems of payment in vogue, namely, the flat 
rate and the sliding scale. The flat rate adopted in this paper is 
below the average for the whole country, namely, $5 a ton for all 
beets containing more than the factory minimum of sucrose. The 
average price during 1913-14 was nearer $6 a ton. 
Table IV. — Comparison of the yields and cash receipts from various plats of sugar beets, 
for 1910, 1911, and 1912. 
Group and plat. 
Year. 
Actual 
yield. 
Sugar 
in 
beet. 
Actual returns. 
. Deficiency, on 
basis of yield of 
best plat.i 
Flat 
rate. 
Sliding 
scale. 
Flat. 
Sliding. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
Group 1: 
Plat B 
1911 
1912 
1911 
1912 
1912 
1912 
Tons. 
30. 532 
23. 696 
26. 773 
27. 524 
19. 431 
19. 406 
Per cent. 
$152. 66 
118. 48 
133. 86 
137. 62 
97.15 
97. 03 
Plat 3 
17.80 
$131. 27 
$34. 18 
18.80 
15.04 
55.51 
55.63 
platD 
Plat 1 
17.30 
17.80 
17.30 
148. 35 
107. 64 
104. 62 
Plat 4 
Plat 2 
Mean 
24. 560 
17.55 
122. 80 
122. 97 
35.83 
1912 
1912 
1911 
1912 
1912 
1912 
Group 2: 
Plat 5 
23. 631 
20. 853 
13. 391 
17. 236 
17. 068 
13. 926 
19.60 
18.50 
118. 15 
104. 26 
66.95 
86.18 
85.34 
- 69. 63 
143. 67 
119. 90 
Plate 
13.89 
51.20 
31.97 
32.81 
48.52 
23.77 
Plat A 
Plat 8 
17.80 
95.48 
48 19 
Plat 7 
Plat 9 
18.00 
77.98 
65.69 
17. 684 
18.475 
88.42 
109. 26 
35.68 
45 88 
1912 
1912 
1911 
1911 
1910 
1911 
1910 
1910 
1912 
1912 
Group 3: 
Plat 10 
9.558 
15. 253 
15. 497 
13. 325 
13. 032 
17. 306 
13. 469 
11. 586 
11. 733 
10. 314 
47.79 
76.26 
77.48 
66.62 
65.16 
86.53 
67.34 
57.93 
58.66 
51.57 
38.74 
10.27 
9.05 
19.91 
21.37 

19.19 
28.60 
27.87 
34.96 
Plat 11 
18.90 
89. 53 
PlatE 
PlatF 
Plat 1 
Plat G 
Plat 2 ■. 
Plat 3 
Plat 12 
18.00 
19.95 
65.70 
63.74 
Plat 13 
Mean 
13.007 
17.433 
18.95 
18.27 
65. 53 
87.39 
72.99 
104. 35 ' 
21.00 
28.38 
Mean of all plats 
1 In groups 1 and 3 trie percentage of sucrose in the beets from the best plats is not known; therefore, the 
computations of receipts under the sliding scale can not be given for those groups. 
