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BULLETIN 963, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



the total of all costs in each district by the number of acres grown 

 therein gave the cost per acre for each section. The cost of pro- 

 duction of a ton of sugar beets in the respective areas was determined 

 by dividing the total of all costs by the total number of tons mar- 

 keted. A weighted average is therefore represented in the final 

 result. 



LABOR COSTS. 



Labor is made up of operators' labor, horse labor, and contract 

 hand labor. By adding these together the total labor cost for each 

 district was determined (Table V.) 



Table V. — Labor costs. 







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Labor costs per acre. 





Range in labor costs. 

















Per acre. 



Per ton. 



Region. 





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Utah:_ 



1918 

 1918 



1918 

 1919 



44 

 58 



74 

 44 



303.5 

 766 



892.3 

 687.03 



$61,88 

 38.82 



30.63 



28.28 



S8.02 

 20.92 



18.12 

 27.06 



$1.98 

 3.71 



2.42 

 3.78 



$23.65 

 17.95 



14.42 

 14.86 



$95.53 

 81.40 



65.59 

 73.98 



$5.93 

 5.14 



5.01 



6.78 



$128. 75 

 110. 45 



100. 99 

 120. 03 



$67.57 

 61.24 



47.73 

 55.17 



S9.65 

 8.20 



10.26 

 14.60 



$3.92 



Garland 



3.65 



Idaho: 

 Idaho Falls and 



Blackfoot 



Twin FaUs 



3.30 

 4.50 



COST OF MATERIALS. 



Cost of materials includes the value of manure in the yard, money 

 spent for the purchase of manure on a few farms, expense for beet 

 seed, and water assessments. (Table VI.) 



Table Y1.— Cost of materials. 



District. 



Year. 



Num- 

 ber 

 of 



farms. 



Total 

 acres 

 har- 

 vested. 





Cost per acre. 





Manure. 



Seed. 



Water. 



Total. 



1918 

 1918 

 1918 

 1919 



44 

 58 

 74 

 44 



303.5 

 766 

 892.3 

 687.03 



$9.82 



5.05 



6.07 



. 3.46 



$2.07 

 1.96 

 1.84 

 2.29 



$2.09 



.92 



1.10 



3.15 



$13.98 

 7.93 

 9.01 

 8.90 



Cost 

 per 

 ton. 



LeM, Utah 



Garland, Utah i 



Idaho Falls and Blackfoot, Idaho 

 Twin FaUs, Idaho 



$0.87 

 .50 

 .6& 



.82 



1 The usual charge for water in the Garland district was $1 per acre. The average cost shown in this 

 table is shglitly less than this amount , and it signifies that a few of the operators were renters and the assess- 

 ments for water were paid by the landlord. 



There was considerable difference in the rate of application of 

 manure for the respective districts. The maximum application 

 occurred in the Lehi district. This feature is explained more fully 

 in a discussion concerning the practice of manuring in these areas. 

 The fact that Lehi growers made a very heavy application accounts 

 in a large part for the comparatively high manure charge which is 

 shown in Table VI. 



