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SUGAR BEET GROWING, NORFOLK, NEB. 
Name, Herman Wachter. Address, Norfolk, Neb. 
Acres grown, lo Year, 1897. 
EXPENSES PER ACRE WERE! 
Plowing 
Harrowing 
Rolling, or leveling 
Seeds 18 lbs. @ 15 c 
Seeding 
Cultivating, 6 times ^ 30 c 
Thinniug 
Hoeing, 3 times @ $2 
Palling 
Topping 
Hauling, 10 tons, 1 mile % 21c 
Rental of land per acre 
S 1.50 
1 . 0 
2.70 
. 50 
1.80 
4.00 
6.00 
1.00 
3.00 
2.10 
5.00 
Total cost per acre 
Yield, 10 tons per acre % S4 
28.60 
40. 00 
Net profit per acre 
11.10 
Cost per ton, $2.86. Net profit per ton $1.14. 
OTHER CROPS GROWN BY ME WERE: 
YEAR. 
Acres grown. 
Yield per accre 
Cost per acre. 
Profit per ton. 
Profit per acre. 
1891 
3 
16 
30.00 
2.13 
34.00 
1892 
5 
16 
30.00 
2 13 
34.00 
18y3 
14 
17 
31.00 
2 18 
37.00 
loss 
loss 
1894 
12 
6 
28.00 
.67 
4.00 
1895 
12 
14 
29.35 
1 90 
26.65 
1896 
12 
12 
29.00 
1.58 
16.00 
Oct. 11, 1897. 
An increase of $1.00 in cost of I'opping, would have 
made Mr. Wachter’s details for ’97 typical ot most of those 
obtained; the data vary generally in the number of times 
cultivating and hoeing, the yield, the hauling, and land rental. 
GRAND ISLAND EACTORY. 
At Grand Island the inquiry as to cost of growing the 
beets was less thorough, owing to a special request to look 
