GROWING FIELD CEOPS IN SUGAR-BEET DISTRICTS. 



Fig. 4.— Labor distribution by months in growing sugar beets in tbe 

 Fort Morgan district of Colorado. Tbe lines of hatching represent 

 contract labor. 



in the dates of the various operations in the three districts, the distribu- 

 tion over the year is practically the same. The labor in growing small 

 grains and sugar beets is tabulated for the Fort Morgan district; 

 beans, potatoes, and alfalfa have been worked out under the condi- 

 tions at Greele} r . The cantaloupe and cucumber data pertain to the 

 Rocky Ford district, 

 which is the only 

 area studied where 

 these crops are pro- 

 duced commercially. 

 The accompany- 

 ing diagrams show- 

 ing the seasonal dis- 

 tribution of labor 

 have taken into con- 

 sideration only the 

 work done in grow- 

 ing the farm crops. 

 No study has been 

 made of the live-stock enterprises on these farms from the stand- 

 point of labor distribution. Attention has been given to the 

 overhead labor expense, which is a miscellaneous labor charge 

 common to all farms, not definitely connected with any given en- 

 terprise, but chargeable to the farm as a whole. 



The enterprise survey has been used only to a limited extent as a 

 basis for the study of the seasonal distribution of labor. Such data 



have usually been 

 obtained by the use 

 of complete labor 

 records of farm op- 

 erations. The en- 

 terprise survey has 

 made available in- 

 formation relating 

 to labor distribution 

 upon a compara- 

 tively large number 

 of farms, and the 

 records thus ob- 

 tained carry Suggestions concerning the utilization of labor in growing 

 crops and provide relatively accurate seasonal labor-distribution 

 data for the district specified. Similar methods could be followed 

 in obtaining labor data for the live-stock enterprises of the farm. 



In regions such as the irrigate d-f arm areas of Colorado, where 

 there is much competition between certain crops and a variation in 



MAN HOURS 



HORSE HOURS 



Contract meat. 



Fig. 



5.— Labor distribution by months in growing potatoes in tbe 

 Greeley district of Colorado. 



