COST OF PRODUCING SUGAE BEETS IN UTAH AND IDAHO. 



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provision for these items a 10 per cent charge was taken on the basis 

 of labor and material costs combined. 



SUMMARY OF ALL COSTS. 



The distribution of costs has been determined with the charge for 

 land included, and also without a charge for land. These figures are 

 given in Tables VIII and IX. 



Table VIII. — Summary and distribution of average costs (iiwltiding use of land). 



District. 



Year. 



Cost per Cost 

 acre. !per ton, 



Percentage distribution 

 of costs. 



Labor. 



Mate- 

 rials. 



Other 

 costs. 



Lehi, Utah 



Garland, Utah 



Idaho Falls and Blackfoot, Idaho 

 Twin Falls, Idaho 



1918 

 1918 

 1918 

 1919 



$151. 59 

 131. 40 

 115.41 

 136. 39 



$9.41 

 8.29 

 8.82 



12.50 



63.0 

 62.0 

 56.8 

 54.2 



9.2 

 6.0 



7.8 

 6.5 



27.8 

 32.0 

 35.4 

 39.3 



By comparing Tables VIII and IX it will be seen that at least one 

 significant change is made in the percentage distribution of costs 

 when the charge for the use of land is excluded. The percentage of 

 total cost for labor becomes much more uniform. In fact, the exclu- 

 sion of interest on land, or land rent, brings the percentage distribu- 

 tion of costs for the three groups on a uniform basis for practically 

 all districts. 



Table IX. — Summary a7id distribution of average costs (excluding use of land). 



District. 



Lehi, Utah 



Garland, Utah 



Idaho Falls and Blackfoot, Idaho 

 Twin FaUs, Idaho 



Year. 



1918 

 1918 

 1918 

 1919 



Cost per 

 acre. 



$132. 77 

 108. 63 

 95. 42 

 102. 10 



Cost 

 per ton, 



$8.24 

 6.85 

 7.29 

 9.36 



Percentage distribution 

 of costs. 



^-^or. Mate- 



72.0 

 74.9 

 68.7 

 72.5 



10.5 

 7.3 

 9.5 



8.7 



other 

 costs. 



17.5 

 17.8 

 21.8 

 1&8 



Not counting the use of land, labor constitutes approximately 70 

 to 75 per cent of the total cost of producing sugar beets in this 

 area. When interest (or rent) is included, the total labor costs vary 

 from 54 to 63 per cent of the total cost. 



AVERAGE RETURNS AND MARGIN ABOVE COST. 



The highest average yield per acre was reported by the 44 Lehi 

 farms, 16.1 tons for the year 1918. The minimum average yield 

 was reported from the Twin Falls area. However, the Twin Falls 

 area should not be compared directly with the other three regions 



