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BULLETIN 1000, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



used somewhat larger equipment than operators in other districts, 

 and this is reflected in the man labor utilized per acre. Second, in 

 Utah, Idaho, Colorado, and Montana, sugar beets are grown under 

 irrigation, which increases the number of man hours per acre. Third, 

 the extent of the enterprise, together with the type of soil, will 

 influence the requirement for man labor. Fourth, the sugar beet 

 is a heavy crop to handle, and, since districts differ in yield, the 

 lifting and hauling to market may show considerable range in the 

 total time utilized. 



The quantity of seed used in the respective districts showed 

 considerable uniformity. At the time this survey was made approxi- 

 mately 15 pounds per acre was the customary amount for practi- 

 cally all districts. The seed requirements as given represent one 

 planting, and also a small amount of replanting. 



Farm manure was applied in all of the districts visited. However, 

 this factor was much less important in the California districts than 

 elsewhere. A review of the detailed reports which have been issued 

 in connection with this study will indicate some of the variations that 

 occured relative to the application of farm manure. 1 Commercial 

 fertilizer was applied only in the Michigan and Ohio districts. 



Table 11. — Sugar beets: Labor and material requirements per acre, (1,320 records, 



1914-1916). 









Farmers' 



Contract 



Total hours 









Per 









labor. 



labor. 



per acre. 









cent o; 





Num- 

 ber of 



Yield 

 per 















Seed. 



Ma- 



Fer 

 til- 



opera- 



Region. 















pens ea 





ords. 



acre. 



Ma- 

 chine. 





Cash 



Equiv- 









nure. 



izer. 



cover- 







Hand. 



per 



alent 



Man. 



Horse. 









ed by 











acre. 



hours. 













fore- 



























going. 



California: 





Tons. 



Hts 



Hrs. 











Lbs. 



Tom. 



Lbs. 





Los Angeles. . . 



81 



14.5 



27.7 





S15. 01 



60.0 



87.7 



109.3 



20.7 



(b) 





84 



Oxnard 



45 



9.5 



20.2 





14.82 



59.3 



79.5 



111.5 



16.6 



(b) 





85 



Salinas 



39 



15.6 



25. 7 





18.87 



75.5 



101.2 



124.3 



14.6 



(b) 





85 



Utah-Idaho: 



























Garland 



79 



14.8 



36.7 



21.2 



18.87 



75.4 



133.3 



98.5 



14.7 



5.1 





87 





58 

 36 



15.0 

 13.6 



58.8 

 34.2 



48.4 

 16.0 



5.90 

 17.29 



23.6 

 69.2 



130.8 

 119.4 



117.1 

 79.3 



14.9 

 14.7 



7.0 

 6.3 





86 



Idaho Falls. . . 



83 



Colorado: 



























Greeley 



195 



15.6 



48.5 



6.3 



17.26 



69.1 



123.9 



104.5 



18.0 



8.3 





91 



Fort Morgan . . 



66 



13.6 



45.3 



18.7 



13.52 



54.1 



118.1 



103.0 



21.1 



4.4 





88 



Rocky Ford. . . 



106 



13.0 



56.0 



4.9 



14.11 



56.4 



117.3 



132.7 



21.7 



3.6 





90 



Montana: 



























Billings 



305 



10.8 



41.8 





18 64 



93.2 



135.0 



94.2 



17.2 



4.5 





93 



Michigan-Ohio: 





























134 

 53 

 36 



9.7 

 11.4 

 10.2 



39.4 

 50.3 

 45.3 



5.1 

 10.3 

 15.4 



15.26 

 13.55 

 12.66 



61.0 

 54.2 

 50.6 



105.5 

 114.8 

 111.3 



80 

 95.3 

 93.8 



15 6 

 15 3 

 14.2 



2.0 

 2.7 

 2.8 



92 

 62 

 94 



90 





90 



Grand Rapids. 



90 



Northwestern 



























Ohio 



97 



13.2 



38.6 



5.8 



17.24 



69.0 



113.4 



79.1 



15.2 



C») 



61 



S9 



a Excluding interest on land. 



b Manure applied on negligible number of farms. 



1 References: 



U. S. Dept. of Agr. Bulletin 693. Farm Practice in Growing Sugar Beets in Utah and Idaho. 



U. S. Dept. of Agr. Bulletin 726. Farm Practice in Growing Sugar Beets in Colorado. 



U. S. Dept. of Agr. Bulletin 735. Farm Practice in Growing Sugar Beets in the Billings Region, 

 Montana. 



U. S. Dept. of Agr .Bulletin 748. Farm Practice in Growing Sugar Beets in Michigan and Ohio. 



U. S. Dept. of Agr. Bulletin 760. Farm Practice in Growing Sugar Beets in California. 



U. S. Dept. of Agr. Bulletin 963. Cost of Producing Sugar Beets in Utah and Idaho, 1918-1919. 



