52 BULLETIN 726, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XXX. — Summary of costs by tenure (1914-1915). 





Owners. 



Renters. 



Owners additional. 



District. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Total of all costs. 



I Total of all costs. 



Num- 



Num- 

 ber. 



Total of all costs. 





Per acre. 



Per ton. 



ber. | 



Per acre. 



Per ton. 



Per acre. 



Per ton. 





78 

 33 

 44 



$70.23 

 62.48 

 69.76 



$4. 36 

 4.52 

 5.20 



90 $74.40 

 2s 67.54 

 58 | 62.54 



• 



$4.95 

 4.95 

 4.88 



21 

 5 

 4 



$71.15 

 62.42 

 63.28 



$4.37 



Fort Morgan 



4.99 

 5.52 











In the Greeley district the farm owners had a higher cost per acre 

 for labor and manure, and they paid more for insurance and taxes 

 than the tenant farmers. The interest charge in the owner group 

 averaged $14.18 per acre, whereas rent on the tenant farms averaged 

 "825.82. It has been pointed out that this latter item not only 

 includes enough to cover interest on capital but also to meet taxes 

 on land and provide for a certain amount of upkeep. Sugar-beet 

 land is rented quite generally in the Greeley area on a share basis, 

 the landlord receiving one-quarter of the crop. This system does 

 not carry the same degree of risk for the tenant as a cash rental; 

 however, when the crop produces a good yield a greater benefit 

 accrues to the landlord. 



The cost per acre and per ton in the Greeley and the Fort Morgan 

 districts w as much greater on the tenant farms than the costs reported 

 for the owner farms, and the owners obtained a better average yield 

 than the tenants. Owners renting additional land in the Greeley 

 district had about the same costs as owners. It will be observed 

 that in the Rocky Ford area the position of owners and tenants as to 

 total costs was reversed, the owners having a higher acre cost and a 

 higher cost per ton than the tenants. The owners, however, had a 

 better average yield than the tenants. 



COST IN RELATION TO ACREAGE AND YIELD. 



The question is sometimes asked whether the grower who is pro- 

 ducing a comparatively small acreage of sugar beets has a better 

 chance to secure higher yields than the operator who plants a rela- 

 tively large acreage to this crop. What effect does the production 

 of a large acreage have upon yield and cost? Three hundred and 

 sixty-seven farms in this survey were classified according to the acre- 

 age grown, and also with reference to yield per acre; and the average 

 rust per acre and cost per ton were determined. The results are 

 slmwn in Table XXXI. 



