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Number of. farm records averaged, | 
Range in cost of sugar beets per ton, $5 to $35. - 
Two out of fhe 220. erowers eee their beets at thee 
minimum cost, $5 per ton. 
The one eee produced beets at. the maximum cost, 
$35, harvested but 3 tons Per acre. ae 
Ooeyehby thre per cent a the growers produced beets at a 
cost of $11 per ton or less. 
: ee : 4 , : + < si s 
Average cost, $9.49 per ton. Costs were above this level — 
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on nearly half the farms. 
Labor constituted 69:to 75 per cent of ail costs exclusive Re 
land rent; . material, 7 to 10 per cent; and ne 
_ taxes, overhead, etc., 17 to 30 per cent. 
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