COST OF PEODUCIN'G SUGAR BEETS IN UTAH AXD IDAHO. 



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OPENING iUUROWS. 



Furrowing is the opening up of furrows between the beet rows to 

 make ready for irrigation. The furrowing is usually done after the 

 last cultivation, with special attachments which arc provided with 

 each beet cultivator. 



On many farms it is a custom to run the water in every other row 

 space, alternating with each irrigation, and these are the rows which 

 require special attention at the completion of the last cultivation. 

 There are cases where water is run in every row space. As a rule, 

 it is necessary to furrow out once for the purpose of making ditches 

 and once to clean out and deepen them. The average number of 

 times for furrowing approximated two in the Lehi and Garland 



Ek;. 10.— Removini,' a canvas dam in onlcr to permit the bead of water to liud a new ie\el. 



areas, a little more than one and one-half times in the Idaho Falls 

 area, and slightly more than two in the Twin Falls area. The crew 

 sizes for furrowing and the rate per day correspond with the crews 

 and rates for cultivation. 



lUUIC.ATION. 



Irrigation requires man labor only. The making of ditches and 

 cleaning of laterals require some horse labor, but this has been in- 

 cluded under ditching. On most farms where sugar beets are grown, 

 water is supplied by surface irrigation. There are a few farms that 

 have subirrigation or seepage water that raises the water table in 

 the soil high enough to supply the beet crop; but these fields are 

 very rare and are not generally considered as areas producing normal 

 sugar beet crops. Some men grow sugar beets with only one appli- 

 cation t)f irriiration water, but this is usually done only where the 



