PROFITS IN FARMING ON IRRIGATED AREAS IN UTAH. 7 



The four grain and live-stock farmers received a labor income of 

 $620 on the average, which sum is in keeping with the larger area and 

 capital used. The average labor income of all the farm owners 

 studied was $417, from an average investment of $9,000 per farm. 



In Table II are given the results from the 23 farms where the 

 operator owns a small area and rents additional land. These have 

 been divided into 13 general farms and 10 small farms. 



Table II. — Average area, receipts, expenses , farm income, and labor income on 23 farms 

 operated by owners renting additional land in Utah. 



Items of inquiry (averages). 



First 



group, 10 



small 



farms. 



Second 



group, 13 



general 



farms. 



Average 

 for 23 farms. 



Farm area owned 



Additional area rented 



Crop area r. 



acres.. 



do.... 



do.... 



12.4 

 10.3 

 19.3 



39.0 

 19.6 



47.7 



27.4 

 15.6 

 32.8 



Capital 



84,085 

 880 

 445 

 435 

 231 



$7, 871 



1,639 



691 



948 



554 



$6, 225 

 1 309 







584 





725 





414 







With a third less capital these men made practically the same labor 

 income as those shown in Table I. Their crop area, including that 

 owned and rented, was about 2 acres greater than the average of 

 those farmers who operated their own farms. By this method the 

 farmer having small capital (in most cases only enough to own a 

 house and a few acres of land) was able to increase his income very 

 effectively with a small increase in capital. This method represents 

 an intermediate step between tenant and owner, and is becoming 

 very common in many of our agricultural districts where land ia 

 high priced. 



Crop conditions, as well as the prices of farm products, were fairly 

 satisfactory in 1913, much more so than in 1912. It is possible that the 

 figures here given are above the normal, and this fact should be care- 

 fully considered when studying these results. This may be illustrated 

 by the peach crop, as the data show that 15 per cent of the crop sales on 

 small farms, or 8 per cent on all farms, is from peaches. These were 

 worse than a total failure in this valley in 1912 on account of the low 

 price received in the eastern markets. 



Out of the total number of farms covered by the records, only three 

 were operated by tenants. On one of these farms the tenant gave 

 one-third of the crops as rent and made a labor income of $273 and 

 a return of 4.1 per cent to the landlord for his capital invested. This 

 was the smallest farm of the three, having only 35 acres. The second 

 man gave one-half of the crops as rent and received $756 for his labor 

 income. The landlord received 7.3 per cent. The other farm was 



