BUI^LETIlSr 963, U. S. DEPARTMEISTT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



by side. The man-labor and horse-labor requirements are given 

 by operations for each of the four districts. The total average 

 labor requirement is also analyzed by districts. 



The farms included in this study derive the major part of their 

 receipts from crop enterprises. Live-stock receipts exceeded 20 

 per cent of the total farm receipts in one district only. In the Lehi 

 and Garland districts the sugar beet was the outstanding crop 



IDAHO 



SheUey 

 BlackfcK>t 





a Idaho Palls 



Twin FaUs ^ / 



ISEY. 



■ Areas studied 



^ fBeet sug-ar factories 



*\ 1918-1919 



"Garland' 



WYO. 



^liehi 



UTAH 



Fig. 1. — Location of areas surveyed. 



enterprise, slightly more than 60 per cent of the total crop receipts 

 coming from this source. 



SCOPE AND METHOD OF STUDY. 



This investigation, conducted primarily for the purpose of deter- 

 mining the individual farm costs involved in producing sugar beets 

 during the years 1918 and 1919, is a continuation of work that was 

 done in this field in 1915 and 1916. In planning and developing 

 these studies the Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics 



