COST OF PRODUCING SUGAR BI'.ETS IN UTAH AXD IDAHO. 



41 



COMPARISON OF BEET RECEIPTS WITH OTHER FARM RECEIPTS. 



A comparison of the returns from sugar beets witli that from other 

 farm enterprises brings out the importance of this crop in these dis- 

 tricts. By referring to Table XXVI it will be seen that the per cent of 

 farm receipts from sugar beets varied considerably on tlie 220 farms 

 surveyed. In the Twin Falls area approximately 25 per cent of the 

 farm receipts were from sugar beets, whereas in the Lehi and Garland 

 districts approximately 50 per cent of the farm receipts came from the 

 sale of sugar beets. The Idaho Falls farms fell between these ex- 

 tremes. In all cases the major portion of the farm incomes came 

 from the sale of crops. The Idaho Falls and Twin Falls areas indi- 

 cate returns from live stock and live-stock products ranging from 17 

 to 23 per cent. 



In the Lehi and Garland districts about 63 per cent of the income 

 from crops came from sugar beets. The percentage was somewhat 

 lower in the Idaho Falls and Twin Falls areas. In the latter dis- 

 tricts potatoes and wheat were important cash crops. 



Table XXVI. — Per cent of receipts from, various sources. 





Percentage of farm receipts. 



Percentage of 

 crop receipts. 



Region. 



From 

 beets. 



From 

 beet 

 tops. 



From 

 live 

 From ; stock 

 all and 

 other t live- 

 crops, stock 

 pro- 

 ducts. 



From 

 nuscel- 

 laneous 



crops. 



From 

 beets. 



From 

 beet 

 tops. 



C.arland. Utah 



Lehi, U tah 



53.5 

 48.2 



1.5 

 1.9 

 1.2 

 1.1 



29.1 

 27.1 

 40.4 

 49.6 



13.6 

 17.5 

 23.2 

 16.9 



2.3 



5.3 



.9 



6.0 



63.6 

 62.4 

 45.2 

 34.2 



1.7 

 2.4 



Idaho Falls and Blackfoot, Idaho 



Twin Falls, Idaho 



34.3 

 26.4 



1.6 

 1.4 



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