GLOWING SUGAE BEETS lis" UTAH AND IDAHO. 



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Table XXIV. — Relation of distance from loading station to cost of delivering the sugar 



beet. 



Group. 



Distance. 



Average 

 distance. 



Number 

 of farm 

 records. 



Average crew. 



Average 



cost 

 per ton. 



Man. 



Horse. 



1 . . 



J/i?.--.?. 1 3fiJrs. 



U or less 0. 93 



l.Uo3 • 2.31 



79 

 62 

 19 

 3 



1 

 1 

 1 



1 



3.22 

 3.31 

 3.78 

 4.00 



SO. 370 





.446 



3 



3to4'. 



3.93 

 5.30 



.550 



4 



Over4J 



.610 







Practically all of the men who gave estimates on hauling are classi- 

 fied in the fiist three groups. By comparing group 1 with group 3, 

 it will be seen that the cost per ton was 18 cents greater in the latter 

 than in the former. With a peld of 15 tons per acre, this would mean 

 a cost of $2.70 per acre above that of the minimum average haul. 



COST OF PRODUCING SUGAR BEETS. 



The cost figures in this summary are classified under three head- 

 ings, viz, (1) labor, (2) materials, and (3) other costs. This com- 

 pilation covers the total number of acres harvested. These data 

 are therefore apphcable to the total beet acreage as reported in 79 

 Garland, 58 Provo, and 36 Idaho Falls records. The Garland esti- 

 mates included a total of 1,461 acres of beets. Provo had 833 acres, 

 and Idaho Falls 735 acres. The total cost for each district was cal- 

 culated for these acreages. Dividing the total sum of aU costs in 

 each district by the number of acres grown therein gave the cost per 

 acre for each section. The cost of producing a ton of sugar beets in 

 the respective areas was determined by dividing the total of all costs 

 by the total number of tons marketed. A weighted average is there- 

 fore represented in the final result. 



LABOR COSTS. 



Labor comprises operator's labor, horse labor, and contract labor. 

 By adding these together the total labor cost for each district was 

 obtained. (See Table XXV.) 



Table XXV.— Labor costs. 



Di^trirt. 



Year. 



Number 

 of farm 

 records. 



Total 

 acres in 

 beets. 



Cost per 

 acre. 



Cost per 

 ton. 



Garland •. 1914-15 



Provo - 1 1914-15 



Idaho Fails 1915 



79 

 58 

 36 



1,461 

 833 

 735 



$40.18 

 38.08 

 35.29 



S2.71 

 2.54 

 2.59 



The labor cost for the Idaho Falls area was approximately $5 per 

 acre less than the amount reported in the Garland estimates. When 



