GROWING SUGAR BEETS IN COLORADO. 



57 



The blocking and thinning are usually contracted, but some farmers 

 do their own work in hoeing the crop. Occasionally all of the hand- 

 work will be done by the farmer, his family, and hired hands. 



The number of times the crop is cultivated varies considerably, as 

 well as the number of irrigations. Then, too, the practice of harvest- 

 ing depends on the available supply of labor. A portion or all of this 

 work may be done by the day or may be contracted by the ton. 



Some of these features are illustrated in Tables XXXIV, XXXV, 

 and XXXVI, which show variations in farm practice for 10 repre- 

 sentative farms in each district. 



Table XXXIV. — Variations in farm practice on 10 farms at Rocky Ford. 



Operations. 



Farm 

 No. 1. 



Farm 

 No. 2. 



Farm 

 No. 3. 



Farm 

 No. 4. 



Farm 

 No. 5. 



Farm 

 No. 6. 



Farm 



No. 7. 



Farm 

 No. 8. 



Farm 

 No. 9. 



Farm 

 No.10. 





Times 

 over 



1 



2 



4 



3 



Times 



over. 



1 



2 

 7 



Times 

 over. 



1 



1.5 



3 



3 



Times 



over. 



1 



Times 



over. 



1 



Times 



over. 



1 



Times 



over. 



.6 



Times 

 over. 



1 



1 



3 



2.5 



Times 



over. 



1 



4 



2 



Time 

 over. 





2 





4 

 3 



2 

 4 



2 



2 



2 

 4 



1 



Harrow: 



2 



Spring 





Rolling 









1 









1 



2 

 1 

 1.5 







Ditching: 



Plow 





2 









1 

 1 



1 







Shovel 





1 



1 

 2 

 1 



1 

 1 



.2 



1 

 1 

 1 



1 



1 

 1 



1 



1 





1 



1 

 1 



1.4 



2.1 



2.1 



1 



4 



C 



1 

 1 



1 



Harrowing beets 







.2 





1 



.3 

 2 

 4 

 3 



1 



4 

 4 

 1 

 5 

 C 



1 

 1 

 1 



c 



1 







2 





5 

 1 



6 



1 



2.5 



C 



1 



4 

 4 



3 

 C 



1 

 1 



5 

 1 



2 

 2 

 C 



1 



4 

 1 



.4 

 1.4 

 C 



C 



c 



6 

 3 



4 





1 



Sledding 







2 



«C 



c 

 c 



3 

 C 



c 



1 



3 



c 



1 

 1 



3 





C 



Hoeing: 



First 



1 





1 



Third 







c 

 1 

 c 

 1 



6.3 



C 

 1 



C 

 ,2 



C 

 1 



.2 

 l" 



.4 

 .4 



C 

 1 



.2 

 l" 



.5 



C 

 1 



.1 

 1 



.3 



C 

 1 



C 

 1 



C 

 1 



1 



Lifting 



1 



Pitting... . 







1 



.2 

 .2 



1 



.2 



1 



.4 



1 



.4 



1 





.1 









.1 



42 



124 



15 



$65. 78 



1 



57 

 99 



7.8 

 $58. 62 

















51 

 125 

 11.5 



$62.00 



57 

 129 

 12.5 



$68.84 



64 



143 



14 



$62.20 



36 

 102 

 10.6 



$58. 02 



55 



123 



12 



$62. 48 



57 

 150 

 11.9 



$63.27 



49 



110 



12 



$61. 52 



97 





89 





14 



Total cost per acre 



$58. 71 



a The letter C indicates that this operation was performed on a contract basis. 



6 Under the operation manuring, the fractional numbers indicate the portion of the beet acreage which 

 received an application of barnyard manure. For instance, Farm No. 1 in the Rocky Ford district, put 

 farm manure on three-tenths of the beet land. On the same farm one-tenth of the beet acreage was located 

 on a field that was previously in alfalfa. The initial operation on tills tract was crowning. After the beets 

 had been planted the operator used the roller on two-tenths of the acreage. 



