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BULLETIN 963, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE. 



was also put up at Blackfoot about the same time. Thus the begui- 

 ning of the industry in this area corresponds with the initial work in 

 beet production at Garland, Utah. 



In the Twin Falls area, 45 cost records were obtained. The area 

 lies in the Snake River Valley and in many respects it is similar to 

 the sections at Idaho Falls and Blackfoot. The beet industry is 

 comparatively new in this section of the State. (For a discussion 

 of the history of the sugar-beet industry in this region, and of climate 

 and soil, see Department Bulletin 693.) 



SIZE OF FARM. 



The enterprise records for 1918-19 were confined almost entirely 

 to farms producing 5 or more acres of beets. It was felt that the 

 man who was growing less than 5 acres of beets would not be pre- 

 pared to give detailed information on field operations. 



All of the counties represented in this study contain a relatively 

 large number of small farms, many planting not more than 3 or 4 acres 

 to sugar beets. (See Table I.) A comparatively large number of 

 farms in Utah County are under 9 acres; and more than one half of 

 the farms are in the second group, 10 to 49 acres. The settlement of 

 some of these districts dates back to 1846-1850, and as the practice 

 at that time favored the smaller units it is not surprising to find a 

 large number of such tracts at present. Boxelder County has a much 

 larger land area than Utah County and a larger percentage of dry 

 land, which has made necessary the development of many more 

 farms of the larger sizes. The Idaho districts have been developed 

 within more recent years, and although here also there is a tendency 

 in the direction of the smaller units, farms containing a quarter 

 section (160 acres) are much more common than in the Lehi district. 



Table I. — Farms grouped by size; all/arms in area {1920 census) and farms studied. 



Size of farm. 



Utah County. 



Boxelder County. 



Bing- 

 ham 

 County. 



Bing- 

 ham and 

 Bonne- 

 ville! 

 Counties. 



Twin Falls 

 County. 





Nnmber 

 of farms 

 in 1919. 



Records 

 obtained 

 in 1918. 



Number Records 

 of farms obtained 

 in 1919. in 1918. 



Number 

 of farms 

 in 1919. 



Records 

 obtained 

 in 1918. 



Number 

 offarms 

 in 1919. 



Records 

 obtained 

 in 1919. 



9 acres and under 



428 

 1,674 

 552 

 280 

 118 

 100 

 51 

 34 





107 

 520 

 337 

 268 

 160 

 241 

 137 





103 



876 

 1,009 

 775 

 250 

 476 

 112 

 23 





181 

 817 

 859 

 588 

 154 

 119 

 21 



1 



10 to 49 acres 



24 



12 



7 



1 



29 

 13 

 12 

 1 

 2 



28 



32 



9 



3 



2 



13 



50 to 99 acres 



18 



100 to 174 acres 



11 



175 to 259 acres 



1 



260 to 499 acres 





500 to 999 acres. . . . . 











89 



1 





7 









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1 After the 1910 census, Bingham County was divided, and two counties were organized under the names 

 Bingham and Bonneville. 



