20 
BULLETIN 1000, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
used somewhat larger equipment than operators in other districts, 
and this is reflected in the man labor utilized per acre. Second, in 
Utah, Idaho, Colorado, and Montana, sugar beets are grown under 
irrigation, which increases the number of man hours per acre. Third, 
the extent of the enterprise, together with the type of soil, will 
influence the requirement for man labor. Fourth, the sugar beet 
is a heavy crop to handle, and, since districts differ in yield, the 
lifting and hauling to market may show considerable range in the 
total time utilized. 
The quantity of seed used in the respective districts showed 
considerable uniformity. At the time this survey was made approxi- 
mately 15 pounds per acre was the customary amount for practi- 
cally all districts. The seed requirements as given represent one 
planting, and also a small amount of replanting. 
Farm manure was applied in all of the districts visited. However, 
this factor was much less important in the California districts than 
elsewhere. A review of the detailed reports which have been issued 
in connection with this study will indicate some of the variations that 
occured relative to the application of farm manure. 1 Commercial 
fertilizer was applied only in the Michigan and Ohio districts. 
Table 11. — Sugar beets: Labor and material requirements -per acre, (1,320 records, 
1914-1916). 
Num- 
ber of 
rec- 
ords. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Farmers' 
labor. 
Contract 
labor. 
Total hours 
per acre. 
Ma- 
nure. 
Fer 
til- 
izer. 
Per 
cent oj 
opera- 
Region. 
Ma- 
chine. 
Hand. 
Cash 
per 
acre. 
Equiv- 
alent 
hours. 
Man. 
Horse. 
Seed. 
pensea 
cover- 
ed by 
fore- 
going. 
California: 
Los Angeles. . . 
Oxnard 
Salinas 
Utah-Idaho: 
Garland 
81 
45 
39 
79 
58 
36 
195 
66 
106 
305 
134 
53 
36 
97 
Tons. 
14.5 
9.5 
15.6 
14.8 
15.0 
13.6 
15.6 
13.6 
13.0 
10.8 
9.7 
11.4 
10.2 
13.2 
Hrs 
27.7 
20.2 
25.7 
36.7 
sa 8 
34.2 
48.5 
45.3 
56.0 
4L8 
39.4 
50.3 
45.3 
38.6 
Hrs. 
21.2 
48.4 
16.0 
6.3 
18.7 
4.9 
5.1 
10.3 
15.4 
5.8 
$15. 01 
14.82 
18.87 
18.87 
5.90 
17.29 
17.26 
13.52 
14.11 
18 64 
15.26 
13.55 
12.66 
17.24 
60.0 
59.3 
75.5 
75.4 
23.6 
69.2 
69.1 
54.1 
56.4 
93.2 
61.0 
87.7 
79.5 
101.2 
133.3 
130.8 
119.4 
123.9 
118.1 
117.3 
135.0 
105.5 
109.3 
111.5 
124.3 
98.5 
117.1 
79.3 
104.5 
103.0 
132.7 
94.2 
80 
95.3 
93.8 
79.1 
Lbs. 
20.7 
16.6 
14.6 
14.7 
14.9 
14.7 
18.0 
21.1 
21.7 
17.2 
15 6 
15 3 
14.2 
15.2 
Tons. 
( 6 ) 
(») 
( 6 ) 
5.1 
7.0 
6.3 
8.3 
4.4 
3.6 
4.5 
2.0 
2.7 
2.8 
m 
Lbs. 
92 
62 
94 
61 
84 
85 
85 
87 
86 
Idaho Falls. . . 
Colorado: 
Greeley 
Fort Morgan.. 
Rocky Ford. . . 
Montana: 
Billings 
Michigan- Ohio: 
Caro 
83 
91 
88 
90 
93 
90 
54,2 1 114 8 
90 
Grand Rapids. 
Northwestern 
Ohio 
50.6 
69.0 
111.3 
113.4 
90 
89 
a Excluding interest on land. 
& Manure applied on negligible number of farms. 
1 References: 
U. S. Dept. of Agr. Bulletin 693. Farm Practice in Growing Sugar Beets in Utah and Idaho. 
U. S. Dept. of Agr. Bulletin 726. Farm Practice in Growing Sugar Beets in Colorado. 
U. S. Dept. of Agr. Bulletin 735. Farm Practice in Growing Sugar Beets in the Billings Region, 
Montana. 
U. S. Dept. of Agr . Bulletin 748. Farm Practice in Growing Sugar Beets in Michigan and Ohio. 
U. S*. Dept. of Agr. Bulletin 760. Farm Practice in Growing Sugar Beets in California. 
U. S. Dept. of Agr. Bulletin 963. Cost of Producing Sugar Beets in Utah and Idaho, 1918-1919. 
