GROWING SUGAR BEETS IN UTAH AND IDAHO. 



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water is run between every row. As a rule it is not necessary to 

 furrow out more than once; however, in these three groups this number 

 was exceeded in some cases. Provo estimates averaged one and one- 

 half times. Naturally the A^^arious types of machines represented 

 in cultivation practice appeared again in this work. (See Table 



XVII.) 



Table XVIT. — Fmrowing fractice. 





Year. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 farm 

 records. 



Acres 

 fur- 

 rowed 

 - per 

 farm. 



Average crew. 



Hours per acre. 



Total 



District. 



Men. 



Horse. 



Man. 



Horse. 



cost per 

 acre. 





1914-15 



1914-15 



1915 



73 

 54 

 35 



18.14 

 14.36 

 20.3 



1 

 1 

 1 



1.85 

 1.44 

 2.00 



1.14 

 1.82 

 1.03 



2.05 

 2.43 

 1.97 



M.41 





.59 



Idaho Falls 



.40 







The size of crew and type of implement were undoubtedly the 

 features which determined the greater expenditure of labor and the 

 higher cost for furrowing-out shown in the Provo district. 



IRRIGATION. 



Irrigation, which is the artificial application of water to the land, 

 requires only man labor. It has been pointed out that the pre- 

 cipitation for Utah is exceedingly light; consequently a crop lijce 

 the sugar beet can not usually be brought to maturity without 

 resorting to irrigation. Now and then lands may be found which 

 will produce good crops of beets without irrigation, or it may be 

 that the crop is carried to maturity with one irrigation only. Such 

 lands are usually located so that they receive the benefit of seepage 

 water from a near-by canal, or they may obtain the season's supply 

 from an adjacent lake or reservoir. The irrigation season extends 

 from June to September. (See Table XVIII.) 



Table XVIII. — Irrigation practice. 



District. 



Year. 



Number 

 of farm 

 records. 



Acres 

 irrigated 

 per farm. 



Number 

 of times 

 irrigated. 



Man 



Hours 



per acre. 



Total 



cost per 



acre. 



Garland 



1914-15 



1914-15 



1915 



73 

 55 

 36 



17.59 

 14.06 

 20.40 



3.71 

 3.89 

 4.10 



6.89 

 7.16 

 8.40 



$1 38 





1.36 



Idaho Falls 



1 68 







The labor requirements for irrigation in the Garland and Provo 

 districts were quite similar, and the total cost per acre was approxi- 

 mately the same. At Idaho Falls slightly more time was spent irri- 

 gating each acre of land, resulting in an increased cost of 30 cents 

 per acre. It is possible that the difference in cost may be explained 

 by the fact that the Yakima loam did not retain the water as well 

 as did the Jordan loam, necessitating a large number of applications, 



