Agronomic considerations of mechanized sugar beet production
1944
Culbertson, Jo
Expansion of sugar beet acreage has always been hampered by the large amount of seasonal hand labor required, particularly in thinning and harvesting. There seems to be little question but that mechanization of sugar beet production will eliminate or reduce much of this seasonal labor requirement so that beets can compete more successfully with other commonly grown farm crops. Sufficient evidence is at hand to formulate a sound working basis for the production of the crop with extensive use of machines to replace hand labor. Details will need to be filled in, but with the large number of workers engaged in studying the various phases of the problem, it should not be long until mechanization of sugar beet production is widely accepted. There is reason to believe that the savings in labor resulting from mechanization may bring about a revolution in sugar beet production which may , in some respects, be comparable to that obtained in small grains by the development of the reaper, binder, and combines. If such is the case, there need be little concern over future expansion of sugar beet growing, since beet sugar can in all probability be produced with much more efficient use of man and machine power.
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