GROWING FIELD CROPS IN SUGAR-BEET DISTRICTS. 



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OTHER COSTS. 



"Other costs" is taken to include items which can not be con- 

 sidered properly under any of the preceding group headings. Many 

 of these costs are of no less importance than those previously consid- 

 ered. As a matter of fact, the use of land, the largest item in this 

 group, is larger than any other one item except labor. 



Most of these costs are chargeable to the farm as a whole and 

 must be prorated among the enterprises involved in order to determine 

 the charge against any one crop. 



Table VI gives the remaining items of cost incurred in the pro- 

 duction of farm crops in the three sugar-beet districts of Colorado 

 covered by this bulletin. 



Table VI. — Other costs in producing farm crops in three sugar-beet districts of Colorado. 



Crop and district. 



Wheat: 



Greeley 



Fort Morgan 



Rocky Ford . 

 Oats: 



Greeley 



Fort Morgan 



Rocky Ford . 

 Barley: 



Greeley 



Fort Morgan 

 Alfalfa: 



Greeley 



Fort Morgan 



Rocky Ford. 

 Beans: 



Greeley 



Rocky Ford. 

 Beets: 



Greeley 



Fort Morgan 



Rocky Ford. 

 Potatoes: 



Greeley 



Cantaloupes: 



Rocky Ford. 

 Cucumbers: 



Rocky Ford . 



Num- 

 ber of 

 rec- 

 ords. 



9 



7 

 6 



15 

 12 

 10 



33 



22 



36 

 34 

 25 



35 

 14 



195 

 66 

 106 



Crop 

 area. 



Acres. 

 160 

 102 

 82 



184.50 

 144 

 75 



742 

 262 



1,310.50 

 1,233 

 915 



853.3 

 179.5 



5, 028. 40 

 2, 455. 50 

 2, 428. 95 



1,802 



301 



252 



Yield 

 per 



acre. 



Bushels 

 47.4 

 21.3 

 33.6 



61.8 

 37.4 



54.7 



53.9 

 46.7 

 Tons. 

 3.43 

 3.36 

 3.13 

 Bushels. 

 24.3 

 26.9 

 Tons. 

 15.57 

 13.65 

 12.99 

 Sacks * 

 140 



Pounds. 



477 



Distribution of costs per acre. 



Taxes 

 and 

 insur- 

 ance. 



SI. 70 

 1.80 

 83 



70 

 80 

 83 



70 



Use of 

 land. 



$16.48 

 17.25 

 11.80 



19.07 

 12.16 

 12.95 



16. 47 

 15.03 



17.82 

 15. 23 

 14.88 



18.81 

 17.87 



14.18 

 11.55 

 17.22 



13.95 



13.09 



14.47 



Machin- 

 ery. 



Thrash- 

 ing. 



Over- 

 head. 



$0.69 

 .95 



.67 



$6.20 

 2.26 

 2.32 



$1.19 

 1.71 

 2.12 



.69 

 .95 

 .67 



6.30 

 2.84 

 2.59 



1.08 

 1.58 

 1.89 



.69 

 .95 



5.94 

 3.56 



1.17 

 1.64 



.69 

 .95 

 .67 





1.12 

 1.25 

 1.17 



2.75 

 2.67 



4.18 

 3.93 



2.40 

 3.67 



2.75 

 3.80 

 2.67 





5.06 

 4.80 

 5.24 



2.75 





8.13 



2.67 





12.00 



2.44 





4.47 



Total. 



$26. 26 

 23.97 



18.74 



28.84 

 19. 33 

 19.93 



25. 97 

 22.98 



21.33 

 19.23 

 18.55 



29.84 

 29.97 



23.69 

 21.95 

 26.96 



26.53 



29.59 



23.21 



1 Each sack weighing 110 pounds. 



The charge for taxes and insurance is fairly uniform for all dis- 

 tricts. The use of land varied from $11.55 an acre for beet land at 

 Fort Morgan to $19.07 for oat land at Greeley. This item will differ 

 according to the cash rent, the share rent, and the yield per acre. 

 Where cash was paid the exact amount was considered. If a share 

 of the crop was given for the rent, the farm value of that crop was 

 used in the tabulation. 



More machinery is needed for cultivated crops than for grains 

 and alfalfa. The use cost of machinery was therefore greater for 

 the former crops than for the latter. At Fort Morgan the highest 



