GROWING SUGAR BEETS IN UTAH AND IDAHO. 



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Table III. — Number of farms of specified sizes in 1910 in Boxelder and Utah Counties, 

 Utah, and Bingham County, Idaho; also number of records secured in these counties, 

 1914-15. 



' 



Utah County. 



Boxelder County. 



Bingham County. 



Fremont 

 County. 



Size. 



Number 

 of farms 

 in 1910. 



Records 



secured 



in 1914^15. 



Number 

 of farms 

 in 1910. 



Records 



secured 



inl914r-15. 



Number 

 of farms 

 in 1910. 



Records 



seemed 



in 1914-15. 



Number 

 of farms 

 in 1910. 





318 



1,530 



500 



283 



98 



96 



29 



19 





83 

 450 

 281 

 303 

 122 

 161 

 77 

 50 





63 

 472 

 582 

 790 

 191 

 145 



38 

 6 





53 





20 

 17 

 17 

 3 



1 



24 

 29 

 14 

 5 

 5 

 2 



11 

 12 



as ^\ 



445 



50 to 99 acres 



594 



100 to 174 acres 



1 372 



175 to 259 acres 



236 



260 to 499 acres 



293 



500 to 999 acres 





75 



1,000 acres and above 







23 

















58 





79 





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Utah County especially shows a large number of farms under 9 

 acres; the second group, 10 to 49, oontams more than one-half of the 

 farms in this county. The settlement of some of these districts dates 

 back to 1848-1850, and as the practice at that time favored the 

 smaller units it is not surpiismg to find a large number of such tracts 

 at present. There is a more uniform distribution throughout the 

 various group sizes m Boxelder County than m Utah County. It 

 should be observed that Boxelder County has a much larger land 

 area than Utah Comity, and as a large part of this excess is known 

 as dry land, it has made necessary the development of many more 

 farms of the larger sizes. The Idaho districts have been developed 

 within more recent years, and although there is here also a tendency 

 in the direction of the smaller units, farms containing a quarter- 

 section (160 acres) are much more common than in the Provo district. 



The small farm frequently is cultivated somewhat more intensively 

 than the large farm. Fruit growing is an important enterprise on 

 these tracts. Some farmers give attention to the production of 

 truck crops. On farms of practically all sizes the supplies for the 

 household are not overlooked. Fresh fruit and vegetables are there- 

 fore available for the home table. 



RELATION OF BEET ACREAGE TO IRRIGATED AREA. 



Sugar beets can be grown profitably in the region of this study 

 only on that part of the farm which can be supplied with water 

 artificially. Therefore it is important to know what proportion of 

 the irrigated land is occupied annually with this intertilled crop. 



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