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BULLETIN 693, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE. 



farms. Sixty-six per cent of the growers at Idaho Falls reported on 

 planting. The work was done in the same manner as in the other 

 districts. Ten to thirteen acres constituted an average day's work. 

 By comparing the farm rate for planting in these three districts 

 with the contract price, which was 50 cents per acre, it will be seen 

 that the cost was 22, 15, and 13 cents per acre less for the respective 

 areas than the contract price for this work. The difference may be 

 considered as the charge for the use of the drill. 



Fig. 5.- 



-Putting in beet seed with a 4-row drill. For this operation the crew consists of one man and 



two horses. 



CULTIVATING. 



Intertillage -should begin early. The beet crop is cultivated from 

 three to seven times, depending upon soil conditions and area under 

 cultivation. Usually all of the cultivation is completed before 

 irrigation; in a few cases the two operations overlapped. Blocking 

 and thinning proceed simultaneously with cultivation; however, 

 the discussion of hand labor AviU not be taken up by parts but will 

 be considered as a whole. (See Table XV.) 



