20 BULLETIlSr 963, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



Table XVI. — Variation in cost per ton — Idaho Falls and Blaekfoot {1918). 









Acres. 



Cumu- 







Cumu- 

 lative 



percent- 

 age of 



produc- 



Cost 

 per 

 ton. 



Num- 

 ber 

 of 

 rec- 



Cumu- 

 lative 

 percent- 

 age of 







lative 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Cumulative 

 production. 





Har- 



percent- 

 age of 

 har- 





ords. 



records. 



Seeded. 



vested. 



vested 

















acreage. 





















Tons. 



Tons. 





$6.00 



7 



9.5 



115. S 



115.8 



13.0 



2, 166. 80 



2,166.80 



18.6 



7.00 



10 



23.0 



153.5 



149.5 



29.8 



2,260.28 



4,427.08 



38.0 



8.00 



12 



39.2 



135 



131 



44.5 



2,022.70 



6,449.78 



55.3 



9.00 



12 



55.4 



145 



145 



60.8 



1,906.50 



8,356.28 



71.7 



10.00 



8 



66.2 



130.5 



119 



74.1 



1,290.80 



9,647.08 



82.8 



11.00 



7 



75.7 



80.5 



76.5 



82.7 



808 



10, 455. 08 



89.7 



12.00 



3 



79.8 



25 



25 



85.5 



254. 50 



10,709.58 



91.9 



13.010 



3 



83.9 



31 



25 



88.3 



236 



10,945.58 



93.9 



14.00 



2 



86.6 



20 



20 



90.5 



1.54.20 



11,099.78 



95.2 



15.00 



3 



90.7 



26 



26 



93.4 



178 



11,277.78 



96.7 



16.00 



1 



92.0 



12 



9 



94.4 



63 



11,340.78 



97.2 



17.00 



3 



96.1 



51 



23.5 



97.0 



187.75 



11,528.53 



98.8 



18.00 

 19.00 



















1 



97.4 



13 



13 



98.4 



63 



11,591.53 



99.3 



20.00 



1 



98.7 



9 



9 



99.4 



45 



11,636.53 



99.7 



34.00 



1 



100.0 



20 



5 



100.0 



35 



11,671.53 



100.0 



Average cost per ton, S8.82. 



Average yield per acre, 13.1 tons. 



Note. — There was a wide variation in the unit costs reported for the 74 farms in this district. The mini- 

 mum cost per ton was S6, while the maximum, was $34. The seven farms with the minimum unit cost 

 produced an average yield of 18.7 tons per acre. The farm operator with the high uiiit cost had a yield of 7 

 tons per acre. The unit cost on the latter farm was accentuated owing to the abandonment of three- 

 fourths of the planted acreage. The groups with unit costs ranging from $6 to 111, inclusive, embraced 76 

 percent of these growers, 83 per cent of the harvested acreage, and 90 per cent of the total production. 



Table 'XNll.— Variation in cost per ton — Twin Falls, Idaho {1919). 



Cost 

 per 

 ton. 



Nxun- 

 ber 

 of 



rec- 

 ords. 



Cumu- 

 lative 



percent- 

 age of 



records. 



Acres. 



Cumxi- 

 lative 



percent- 

 age of 

 har- 

 vested 



acreage. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Ciunulative 

 production. 



Cumu- 

 lative 



percent- 

 age of 



produc- 

 tion. 



Seeded. 



Har- 

 vested. 



$9.00 

 10.00 

 11.00 

 12.00 

 13.00 

 14.00 

 15.00 

 16.00 

 17.00 

 18.00 

 19.00 

 20.00 

 21.00 

 22.00 

 23.00 

 24.00 

 25.00 

 26.00 

 27.00 

 28.00 

 29.00 

 30.00 

 31.00 

 32.00 

 33.00 

 34.00 

 35.00 



8 

 2 

 3 

 8 

 4 

 4 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 1 



18.2 

 22.7 

 29.5 

 47.7 

 56.8 

 65.9 

 70.4 

 77.2 

 81.7 

 84.0 

 86.3 



180.50 

 42.25 

 56 



79.20 

 50.33 

 31 

 21 



28.25 

 33 

 5 

 39.75 



180.50 

 42.25 

 56 



79.20 

 50.33 

 31 

 21 



26.25 

 33 

 5 

 39.75 



26.3 

 32.4 

 40.6 

 52.1 

 59.4 

 63.9 

 67.0 

 70.8 

 75.6 

 76.3 

 82.1 



Tons. 

 2,743.8 

 679.5 

 716 

 792.4 

 450.7 

 257 

 201.8 

 230 

 330 

 71.75 

 237.7 



Tons. 



2,743.8 

 3,423.3 

 4,139.3 

 4,931.7 

 5,382.4 

 5,639.4 

 5,841.2 

 6,071.2 

 6,401.2 

 6,472.95 

 6, 710. 65 



36.6 

 45.7 

 55.3 

 65.9 

 71.9 

 75.3 

 78.0 

 81.1 

 85.5 

 86.5 

 89.7 



1 



88.6 



85 



85 



94.5 



595 



7,305.65 



97.6 



















2 



93.1 



13.75 



13.75 



96.5 



78 



7,383.65 



98.6 



















1 



95.4 



15 



15 



98.7 



67.5 



7,451.15 



99.5 



















1 



97.7 



5 



5 



99.4 



30 



7,481.15 



99.9 



















































1 



100.0 



4 



4 



100.0 



12 



7,493.15 



100.0 



Average cost per ton, $12.50. 



Average yield per acre, 10.9 tons. 



Note. — Attention has been directed to the fact that average farm operators in this group lost money on 

 the 1919 crop of beets. It should be remembered that these men were allowed 45 cents per hour for their 

 labor and the current rate of interest for the money invested in their business. The minimum unit cost was 

 $9 per ton and the maximum S35 per ton. The average yield for the eight low cost farms was 15.2 tons per 

 acre, whereas the farm having the highest unit cost produced only 3 tons per acre. There were six farms 

 on wliich the imit costs exceeded $20 per ton. The yields on these farms ranged from 3 to 7 tons per acre. 



