PROFITS IN FARMING ON IRRIGATED AREAS IN UTAH. 



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Table X. — Cost and yield of an acre of tomatoes, average of three farms in the Utah Lake 



Valley. 



[Yield: Tons, 15.9; receipts therefrom, $166.65.] 



Items of cost. 



Man 

 hours. 



Horse 

 hours. 



Cost. 



Labor operations: 1 



Manuring 



Plowing 



Disking 



Spike-tooth harrowing 



Spring-tooth harrowing 



Leveling 



Marking 



Trenching 



Watering 



Planting (partly by contract). 



Cultivating 



Hoeing 



Replanting 



Bugging 



Picking (partly by contract).. 

 Hauling 



Total labor. 



Items other than labor: 

 Manure 



Plants 



Crates 



Water 



Interest and taxes on land at 6 per cent. 

 Equipment 



Total cost other than labor. 

 Total cost 



1.77 



7.30 



1.26 



2.00 



4.65 



1.58 



1.02 



.84 



11.34 



10.88 



12.47 



8.37 



.28 



1.67 



106. 98 



25. 40 



197. 81 



3.54 

 14.60 

 3.02 

 4.00 

 13.95 

 3.53 

 2.05 

 .84 



SO. 71 



2.92 



.55 



.80 



2.33 



.67 



.41 



.25 



2.27 



3.46 



3.74 



1.67 



.06 



.33 



30.70 



10.15 



61.02 



.93 



10.18 

 1.95 

 3.26 



16.88 

 3.91 



37.11 



SUMMARY. 



Account. 



Total. 



Per ton. 



Per bushel. 





$166. 65 

 98.13 



$10. 48 

 6.17 



$0.26 



Cost 



.15 









Profit 



68. 52 



4.31 



.11 







1 Rates per hour: Man labor, 20 cents; horse labor, 10 cents. 

 POTATOES. 



The cost of growing potatoes is about the same as that of sugar 

 beets, or a little less. As previously stated, uncertain prices at har- 

 vest time and trouble with blight have been the cause of most farmers 

 discontinuing this crop as one of their main cash enterprises. 



APPLES. 



The history of apple growing in this area is in some respects the 

 same as that in some of the fruit districts in the Pacific Northwest. 

 Many farmers have planted a few acres of apples, but only a small 

 number have made this their entire farm business. Sugar beets, 

 small fruits, potatoes, and peaches have been grown extensively in 

 the young orchards, so that the expense of bringing the orchards 



