UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 963 



Contribution from the Office cf Farm Management and Farm Economics 

 H. C. TAYLOR, Chief 



In Cooperation with the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 W. A. TAYLOR, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



September 21. 1921 



COST OF PRODUCING SUGAR BEETS 

 IN UTAH AND IDAHO, 1918-1919 



By 

 L. A. MOORHOUSE, Associate Farm Economist, 



'^ OflSce of Farm Management and Farm Economics 



and 



S. B. NUCKOLS, Agriculturist, Sugar-Plant Investigations, 



Bureau of Plant Indnstry 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Scope and Method of Study 2 



Areas Studied 4 



Size of Farm G 



Tenure of Farms Surveyed 7 



Distribution of Farm and Crop Area . 7 

 Comparison of Farm Estimates with 



Factory Records 8 



Value of L^bor 9 



Cost of Producing Sugar Beets .... 9 



Crop RoUtion 21 



Labor Requirements 22 



Comparison of Beet Receipts with other 



Farm Receipts 41 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1921 



