440 Report or THE DEPARTMENT OF FIELD CROPS OF THE 
(2) In 8 cases the use of one horse is reported, varying in 
time from 64 to 70 hours an acre and averaging 21 hours, the 
estimated cost of which varied from 74 to 124 cents an hour 
and averaged 103. The total cost for use of single horse varied 
from $0.60 to $7 and averaged $2.20 an acre. 
(3) The number of hours of hand labor reported varied from 
250 to 852 hours an acre and averaged 400 hours. The price of 
hand labor varied from 8 cents to 124 cents an hour and averaged 
10% cents. The total cost of-hand labor varied from $25 to $92.06 
and averaged $43.40. 
(4) The total cost of all kinds of labor employed varied from 
$33.34 to $108.86 and averaged $59.87 an acre, 
VIII. MONEY VALUE OF CROP. 
The amount of money has been calculated that would be re- 
ceived from an acre of beets, trimmed and washed, delivered at - 
the factory, allowing $4 a ton for beets containing 12 per cent of 
sugar and having a purity coefficient of 79, and 25 cents a ton, 
more or less, for each per cent of sugar above or below 12. The 
amount of money thus received would vary from $18.42 to $95.86 
and would average $63.46. 
IX. PROFIT AND LOSS IN GROWING SUGAR BEETS. 
In 26 cases the amount of money received from beets exceeded 
the cost of growing the crop by amounts varying from $1.19 to 
$37.11 an acre. In 25 cases there was a loss varying from 5 
cents to $53.80 an acre. Averaging all the work done by the 
different experimenters on the different plats, the receipts exceeded 
the cost of growing the crop $4.04 an acre. In this connection 
the statements made above under cost of growing sugar beets must 
be kept in mind. 
xX. THE INFLUENCE OF FERTILIZERS IN GROWING SUGAR BEETS. 
A fertilizer containing the following constituents was distributed 
among those taking part in the cooperative work: 1,000 pounds 
