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BULLETIN 693, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE, 



these beets at a much lower cost per ton than the man who gets only 

 10 tons per acre under similar conditions. With greater efficiency 

 in a few of the major operations, higher yields would undoubtedly 

 result, and this in turn would appreciably increase the margin above 

 cost. It may be noted that, with the exception of one subgroup, the 

 larger the area devoted to beets, the less the cost per ton for a given 

 yield. Where 21 acres of beets and over were grown and a yield of 

 16 tons and over was produced, the cost per ton (S4.02) was slightly 

 increased by a lower yield per acre than that reported for the pre- 

 ceding size group. 



COMPARISON OF BEET RECEIPTS WITH OTHER FARM RECEIPTS. 



A comparison of the income from sugar beets with that from other 

 farm enterprises sheds some light upon the importance of this crop, 

 especially in the Provo and Garland areas. The information which 

 was obtained upon the subject deals only with the crop year 1915. 

 The average receipts per farm and the distribution of these receipts 

 were obtained from 113 farms. 



Table XXXIII. — Beet receipts in comparison with other farm receipts. 





Number 



of 



farm 



records. 



Average 

 total 



receipts 



per 



farm. 



Per cent of total receipts f rom— 



Per cent 

 beet 



receipts 

 are of 

 total 

 crop 



receipts. 



Per cent 

 receipts 



District. 



Crops. 



Live 



stock. 



Miscel- 

 laneous. 



Beets. 



from 



potatoes 



are of 



total 



receipts. 





37 

 40 

 36 



$2,542 

 2,471 

 4,873 



54.1 

 70.1 

 64.8 



43.4 

 25.1 

 34.1 



2.5 

 4.8 

 1.1 



41.8 

 44.5 

 29.4 



77.2 

 63.5 

 45.3 





Garland . . 





Idaho Falls 



24.4 







A glance at Table XXXIII will show that the farms in these three 

 districts were essentially crop farms. Approximately two-thirds of 

 the returns from crops in the Provo and Garland districts came from 

 sugar beets. This enterprise produced more than 40 per cent of the 

 total farm receipts in the same areas. The lower returns from beets 

 in the Idaho Falls section are due to competition with the potato. 

 The receipts from potatoes and sugar beets combined were 53.8 per 

 cent of the total receipts. The receipts from live stock in the Provo 

 area came from dairy products, while at Idaho Falls these receipts 

 were secured from sheep feeding. 



RELATION OF YIELD TO COST OF PRODUCTION. 



The accompanying frequency curve (Fig. 9) shows the distribution 

 of the operators in these three districts on the basis of cost per ton 

 in producing beets. 



It wiU be seen that the 173 operators who gave estimates may be 

 divided into two groups, each including about an equal number of 



