UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 693 



Joint .Contribution from the Office of Farm Management 

 W. J. SPILLMAN, Chief 



and 



Bureau of Plant Industry 



W. A. TAYLOR, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



July 16, 1918 



FARM PRACTICE IN GROWING SUGAR BEETS 



FOR THREE DISTRICTS IN UTAH AND 



IDAHO, 1914-15 



( A detailed study of field operations and current cost factors involved 

 in the production of this crop in 1914-15 on 173 farms in the Provo 

 and Garland districts, Utah, and the Idaho Falls district, Idaho) 



By 



L. A. MOORHOUSE, Agriculturist, and T. H. SUMMERS and R. S. 

 WASHBURN, Scientific Assistants, Office of Farm Manage- 

 ment; and JAMES W. JONES, Agriculturist, Office of 

 Sugar-Plant Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry 



CONTENTS 



Summary of Results 1 



Object , 2 



Procedure ..o 3 



Cooperation 4 



Aceas Studied 4 



Size of Farm in Relation to Beet Acreage 8 

 Relation of Beet Acreage to Irrigated 



Area 9 



Comparison of Farm Estimates With Fac- 

 tory Records 10 



Method of Presenting Data 11 



Crop Rotation 11 



Value of Man Labor and Horse Labor . ' 14 

 Farm Practice in the Production of Sugar 



Beets, and Related Costs 15 



Cost of Producing Sugar Beets .... 35 



Value of Tops 40 



Beet Acreage Per Farm and Yield Per 



Acre in Relation to Cost 41 



Comparison of Beet Receipts with Other 



Farm Receipts 42 



Relation of Yield to Cost of Production . 42 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1918 



