. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GEOWIj^G sugar beets in CALIFORNIA. 47 Salinas areas -were derived from the sale of sugar beets alone, while at Oxnard about 43 per cent came from sugar beets. In this last section the bean is a competing crop, about 46 per cent of the receipts resulting from the sale of beans. Beans and beets combined fur- nished 89 per cent of the total farm receipts. Table XXXI.—Beet receipts in comparison tvith other farm receipts. Number of farm records. Average total receipts per farm. Per cent of farm receipts f rom— Per cent of
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GEOWIj^G sugar beets in CALIFORNIA. 47 Salinas areas -were derived from the sale of sugar beets alone, while at Oxnard about 43 per cent came from sugar beets. In this last section the bean is a competing crop, about 46 per cent of the receipts resulting from the sale of beans. Beans and beets combined fur- nished 89 per cent of the total farm receipts. Table XXXI.—Beet receipts in comparison tvith other farm receipts. Number of farm records. Average total receipts per farm. Per cent of farm receipts f rom— Per cent of farm receipts from beets. Per cent of crop District. Crops. Live stock. Miscel- laneous. receipts from beets. Los Angeles 81 45 39 S8, 4, 8, 92 98 97 7 1 2 1 1 1 84 43 66 91 44 Salinfls 68. Fig. 27.—Feeding yards at Betteravia, Cal., where beet pulp constitutes an important part of the ration. The receipts from live stock and live-stock products are second in importance, while not more than 1 per cent of the receipts in any of the three sections came from sales other than crops or live stock. It can be stated that in Los Angeles and Salinas the farms are specialized and can be properly classed as beet farms, while at Ox- nard the type can be designated as bean and beet farms. There is certainly a field for more diversified farming in these areas. Since crops like barley, alfalfa, potatoes, and beans can be grown successfully, there is no good reason for depending on a single crop. In sugar-beet areas of Michigan, Ohio, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho, live stock fits in with the general farm scheme and utilizes to good advantage the beet to))S, alfalfa, and other ivjiighago produced on the farm. More live stock in the California be(!t region would mean more manure to keep up the soil fertility and a better. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of
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