GROWING SUGAR BEETS IN UTAH AND IDAHO. 



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were fed to the live stock owned by the operator. The estimated 

 valuation assigned on these farms was based upon the probable sale 

 price of feeding stuffs which would be saved when tops were fed. 

 Other growers in these districts sold the beet tops to cattle or sheep 

 feeders, and the estimates in this instance were based upon the cash 

 receipts for tops. The third group included those farmers who 

 plowed the tops under. A few farms combined two of these methods 

 in disposing of the beet tops. The per cent of farm estimates and 

 the average value of the beet tops per acre under three methods of 

 handling them are shown in Table XXXI. 



Table XXXI. — Disposition and estimated acre value of sugar beet tops. 



District. 



Year. 



Number 



of 

 records. 



Per cent 

 fed. 



Value 

 when 

 fed. 



Per cent 

 sold. 



Value 



per acre 



when 



sold. 



Per cent 

 plowed 

 under. 



Value 

 when 

 plowed 

 under. 



Garland 



1914-15 



1914-15 



1915 



79 

 58 

 36 



35 

 50 

 61 



$2.48 

 2.81 

 2.31 



19 



$2.12 



32 

 29 



$1.77 



Provo . ...... 



1.27 



Idaho Falls 



31 



2.82 











A much lower estimated value was reported by the farmers who 

 plowed under the tops than by the men who fed or sold this material. 

 In the Garland district the average cash price received per acre was 

 less than the average estimated value. The case was reversed in 

 the Idaho Falls district, and the operator who sold obtained a higher 

 price per acre than the estimated value which was given by those 

 men who fed the tops to their own live stock. 



BEET ACREAGE PER FARM AND YIELD PER ACRE IN RELATION TO COST. 



The yield per acre is an important factor in making a study of 

 costs. The number of acres planted per farm also appears to exert 

 some influence upon cost of production. (See Table XXXII.) 



Table XXXII. — Costs in relation to acres in beets and yield per acre. 





10 tons or less per acre 

 (cost). 



11 to 15 tons per acre 

 (cost). ■ 



16 tons and over per acre 

 (cost); 



Acres in beets. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 farms. 



Per 

 acre. 



Per 



ton. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 farms. 



Per 

 acre. 



Per 

 ton. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 farms. 



Per 

 acre. 



Per 

 ton. 



10 acres or less 



12 

 14 

 8 



$62. 59 

 59.04 

 60.20 



$8.65 

 6.69 

 6.22 



17 

 24 



18 



$72. 47 

 66.87 

 64.70 



$5.53 

 5.01 

 4.85 



29 

 32 

 19 



$75. 70 

 71.81 

 70.19 



$4. 12 



11 to 20 acres 



3.93 



21 acres and over 



4.02 







Increasing the yield per acre made the total cost per acre greater, 

 but each successive increase in yield reduced the cost per ton. It 

 would seem that the grower who is producing 16 tons per acre either 

 in small, medium, or comparatively large tracts can grow and market 



