. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. J'^T^^^U Contribution from the Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics H. C. TAYLOR, Chief In Cooperation with the Bureau of Plant Industry W. A. TAYLOR, Chief. s\j^<^^u Washington, D. C. September 21, 1921 COST OF PRODUCING SUGAR BEETS IN UTAH AND IDAHO, 1918-1919. By L. A. MooRHOusE, Associate Farm Economist, Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics, and S. B. Nuckols. Acjriculturist, Sugar-Plant Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry. CONTENTS. Page Introduction Scope and method of study Areas studied
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. J'^T^^^U Contribution from the Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics H. C. TAYLOR, Chief In Cooperation with the Bureau of Plant Industry W. A. TAYLOR, Chief. s\j^<^^u Washington, D. C. September 21, 1921 COST OF PRODUCING SUGAR BEETS IN UTAH AND IDAHO, 1918-1919. By L. A. MooRHOusE, Associate Farm Economist, Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics, and S. B. Nuckols. Acjriculturist, Sugar-Plant Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry. CONTENTS. Page Introduction Scope and method of study Areas studied Size of farm Tenure of farms surveyed Distribution of farm and crop area Comparison of farm estimates with factory records Value of labor 9 Cost of producing sujar beets 9 Crop rotation 21 Labor requirements 22 Comparison of beet receipts with other farm receipts 41 INTRODUCTION. The data in this bulletin are based upon 220 farm estimates given by beet growers in five irrigated districts in LTtah and Idaho—namely, Lehi, in Utah County, Utah; Garland, in Boxelder County, Utah; Idaho Falls, in Bonneville County, Idaho; Blackfoot, in Bingham County, Idaho; and Twin Falls, in Twin Falls Count}^, Idaho. (Fig. 1.) The cost estimates obtained in the hrst four counties are for the year 1918. The records from the Twin Falls area are for 1919. Special attention is given to a consideration of the basic factors of production. The hours of man labor and horse labor required in growing sugar beets do not vary greatly from year tt) year, and the pounds of seed used and the tons of manure applietl remain fairly constant. Values, however, may fluctuate widely witliin a relatively short period; hence cost- reported on a money basis solely have proved to be very unsatisfactory, especially when ciunparisons are involved and the results for two different periods are set up side 48116°—21—Bull. 903 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been dig
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