PROFIT'S IN" FARMING ON IRRIGATED AREAS IN UTAH. 



Table V.- 



-Distribution of crop receipts on farms operated by their owners and on farms 

 whose owners rent additional land. 





On 09 farms operated by their owners. 



On 23 farms whose owners rent 

 additional land. 



Source of 



receipts 



(averages). 



First 

 group, 

 35 small 

 farms. 



Second 

 group, 30 

 fruit and 

 beet farms. 



Third 

 group, 4 

 grain and 

 live-stock 



farms. 



Average 



for all 

 69 farms. 



First 

 group, 

 10 small 

 farms. 



Second 



group, 13 



general 



farms. 



Average 



for all 

 23 farms. 





a 



M 

 03 



M 



PM 



o 



M 



Ph 



8 



Ah ■ 





 o 

 u 



Ph 



a 



Ph 



g 

 o 



© 

 Ph 



a 



Ph 



Pm 



a 



CD 



Ph 



a 



03 

 O 



03 



Ph 



a 



u 



03 

 Ph 



o 



03 



Ph 



a 



03 

 03 



Ph 



03 

 O 

 M 



03 



Ph 









S7 

 39 

 39 

 39 

 43 

 125 

 746 

 84 

 48 

 60 

 86 



9 



1 



3 

 3 

 3 



3 

 9 



56 

 6 

 4 

 5 

 6 



1 







$3 

 40 

 25 

 22 

 21 

 78 



445 

 48 

 63 

 71 



111 



5 









$1 



21 



51 



22 



18 



112 



674 



13 



14 



5 



1 



2 



2 

 5 

 2 

 2 

 12 

 72 

 2 

 2 

 1 



$1 

 38 

 32 

 15 

 10 

 75 

 598 

 7 

 9 

 13 

 10 



1 





Potatoes 



Wheat 



$44 

 10 



7 

 2 



810 

 37 



86 



1 

 5 

 12 



4 

 3 



2 

 2 

 8 



48 

 5 

 7 

 8 



12 



1 



$60 

 8 

 5 



9 

 1 

 1 



5 



4 

 2 



Barley 



Hay 



4 

 28 



188 

 23 

 85 

 88 



145 



2 



1 

 4 

 30 

 4 

 14 

 14 

 24 



1 



170 



438 



23 

 59 



27 

 498 



4 



77 



9 





74 



Truck crops. . . 

 Apples 



1 







2 

 23 

 23 



4 

 4 



1 







2 









1 



Miscellaneous 

 crops 



















Total.... 



617 



100 



1,325 



100 



741 



100 



932 



100 



646 



100 



934 



100 



809 



100 



Table V shows that the sugar beet constitutes the important cash 

 crop on farms of every group, forming as it does nearly 50 per cent 

 of the total crop sales (fig. 4). In the case of those farmers renting 

 additional land it forms nearly three-fourths of the total crop sales. 



In riding through this valley one would be likely to infer that fruit 

 constitutes a large proportion of the crop receipts. That such is not 

 the case is shown by the data in Table V. Peaches, although occupy- 

 ing a place of importance, constitute only 7.6 per cent of the total 

 crop receipts, apples a little less, while other fruits, mostly berries, 

 constitute 12 per cent. 



Previous to the introduction of the sugar-beet industry, potatoes 

 formed one of the main cash crops on many of the farms in the 

 valley. In recent years, however, the price of potatoes has been very 

 uncertain, and this, with blight trouble, has been the cause of most 

 farmers discontinuing this crop. If the farmers were assured of a 

 reasonable price for potatoes, no doubt this crop would compete 

 strongly with sugar beets as a cash enterprise. 



DISTRIBUTION OF FARM EXPENSES. 



Table VI shows the distribution of expenses on the three groups 

 of farms operated by their owners and also on the two groups whose 

 owners rent additional land. 

 45778°— Bull. 117—14^—2 



