COST OF PRODUCING SUGAR BEETS IIST UTAH AND IDAHO. 



TENURE OF FARMS SURVEYED. 



A large percentage of the farms visited were operated by owners. 

 The percentage of owned farms ranged from 74.3 per cent in the Lehi 

 district to 86.8 per cent in the Garland area. (Table II). The 

 second largest group includes tenant farmers who paid a cash rent. 

 The smallest number was in the Garland district; and the largest 

 number in the Lehi. Relatively few farmers rented on a share basis. 

 There was considerable variation in the methods of share renting 

 which were employed on these few farms. The three-quarter share 

 appeared to be the most common. 



Table II. — Distribution of acreage by tenure. 





Total 

 acres 



in 

 beets. 



Per cent of total beet acreage. 



Region. 



Owned. 



One- 

 half 

 share. 



Two- 

 thirds 

 share. 



Three- 

 fourths 

 share. 



Three- 

 fifths 

 share. 



Four- 

 fifths 

 share. 



Cash 



rent. 



Lehi, Utah 



303.50 

 766.00 

 892. 30 

 687.03 



74.3 

 86.8 

 77.5 

 79.0 







0.7 

 2.5 

 2.0 

 3.0 







25.0 





2.2 

 ""2."2" 



""i.l" 



3.0 







8.5 



Idaho Falls and Blackfoot, Idaho 



Twin Falls, Idaho 



i."2' 



2.8 



16.3 

 11.6 











DISTRIBUTION OF FARM AND CROP AREA. 



There are at least three outstanding crops in these four districts- 

 wheat, alfalfa, and sugar beets. A complete farm survey, including 

 some 200 records from the Twin Falls area, indicates that field beans 

 were somewhat more important than sugar beets during the year 

 1919. Sugar beets can be grown profitably in these areas only on 

 that part of Ihe farm which is supplied with irrigation water. 

 Alfalfa is grown chiefly on irrigated land. The small grains are 

 adapted to the dry-land farms. 



In the initial survey made in Utah and Idaho the number of acres 

 irrigated per farm was recorded, and from this the percentage of 

 irrigated land devoted to sugar beets was determined. It was shown 

 that approximately one-half the farm area in the Utah and Boxelder 

 farms was irrigated and 35 to 42 per cent of the land under ditch was 

 devoted to sugar beets. In the Idaho Falls area a much larger per- 

 centage of the farm land was classified as under the ditch and the 

 proportion of this area devoted to .-^ugar beets approximated 26 per 

 cent. Estimates were not obtained in the present survey as to the 

 area under irrigation. However, an analysis was made of the dis- 

 tribution of farm area and crop area. (Table III.) 



In addition to the three important crops which have been men- 

 tioned, it should be noted that some attention is given to the potato 

 in both of the Idaho areas. Oats are grown to some extent in the 



