240 The Sugar-Beet in America 
Taste XV.— Revation or ACREAGE AND YIELD PER ACRE 
to Cost prr Acre AND per Ton. CoLorapo 
10 Tons or Less 11 to 15 Tons {16 Tons anp Over 
Per Per 
‘34 Per | Per |/3 
o4| Acre | Ton Acre | Ton |l6 
Ze A 
z Per Per 
&| Acre | Ton 
fy 
No. of 
Farms 
10 acres or less 12 |$72.31 |$7.72 || 23 |$71.90 |$5.64 || 24 $83.22 |#4.87 
11 to 20 acres .||/10 | 62.38 | 7.92 || 46 | 66.77 | 4.99 || 40 | 78.25 | 4.42 
21 to 40 acres’ . || 21] 57.35 | 6.30 || 80 | 65.78 | 4.99 || 56 | 75.09 | 4.21 
41 acres and over || 1] 49.85 | 4.92 |} 33 | 63.86 | 4.68 |] 21 | 75.82 | 4.43 
The relation between size of farm, area of beets planted, 
and labor income on 276 Utah farms is shown in Table 
XVI. The table shows that the labor income of farmers 
raising sugar-beets is higher than that of farmers not 
raising them. This is probably due as much to secondary 
profits, discussed in Chapter XII, as to direct returns 
from beets. On the average the yield was slightly higher 
on the medium-sized farms than on the very large or the 
very small ones. 
‘COST BASED ON TIME 
Because the prices paid for labor vary so much in dif- 
ferent regions, it is impossible to give money costs that 
apply to all conditions. The length of time required in 
performing the various operations should be approxi- 
mately the same. This offers a means of securing definite 
figures which may be computed for each region by using 
the price of man and horse labor that prevails. 
