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BULLETIN 693, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



beets come the fourth and fifth years. This practice did not appear 

 to be very common. A few men have used the sugar beet on the 

 same field for 7 to 10 years without introducing any other crop. 



The following may be cited as typical rotations for the areas 

 surveyed : 



Provo and Garland areas: Idaho Falls area; 

 Alfalfa, 5 years. Alfalfa, 4 years. 



Grain, 1 year. Potatoes, 1 year. 



Beets, 5 years or more. Beets, 2 and 3 years or more. 



Grain, 1 year. Grain, 1 year. 



Reseed to alfalfa. Reseed to alfalfa. 



VALUE OF MAN LABOR AND HORSE LABOR. 



Each farmer furnished an estimate not only of the value of his 

 own labor on the farm, but also of wages paid out for regular and 

 extra labor. In addition, a record was obtained covering the value of 

 horse labor. These rates were tabulated, and the averages derived 

 were as follows: 



Man rates and horse rates per hour. 



' 



Boxelder 

 area. 



Utah 

 area. 



Bonneville 



and Bingham 



area. 



Man 



SO. 20 

 .09 



$0.19 

 .10 



$0.20 





.10 







There is very little difference in the average rates per hour for man 

 labor and horse labor in these three districts. The customary rate 

 for man labor appeared to be 20 cents per hour, or $2 per day, while 

 the usual charge for horse labor was approximately 10 cents per 

 hour, or $1 per day. The seasonal variation for the first two dis- 

 tricts in 1914 and 1915 was so small that the rates worked out for the 

 first season were adopted for the second. This applies to two 

 counties in which records were taken for 1914 and again in 1915. 

 The value of both man labor and horse labor fluctuates from year to 

 year, owing to changes in the rates that are paid. 



The labor requirements of any crop do not change as readily as 

 the cash rates per hour or day, hence in discussing the various topics 

 included in this paper special attention has been given to the hours 

 of man labor and horse labor required for each operation. Beet 

 growers are quite familiar with the dollar method of presentation; 

 consequently, money values have been assigned in writing this 

 bulletin. The labor requirements of this crop are also given. Thus, 

 if a change is efi^ected in the labor rates, a few simple calculations 

 wiU enable the reader to obtain the corresponding value showing the 

 cost per acre or per ton. 



