IRRIGATED FARMING IN TWIN FALLS COUNTY, IDAHO 53 
TaBLE 35.—Comparative returns from three types of farming, 1919-1922 
> Dairy | Orchard 
General and and 
Item crop general | general 
farms crop crop 
farms farms 
Size of farm: ~ Acres Acres Acres 
es SNR CS OR Se RR SE BI ENC DD RAN ig = Rte eh a oe 74 7 62 
EC) ae Gs ar Se 25 RR Sg at ly Ek 72 77 60 
NGPA) Sie ck AK Wh SE Ee = in el ee Be ee eee 72 78 55 
O22 eee E58 Are Ne a RA RN eR A GR eee Se ES 75 76 56 
Value of real estate per acre: Dollars | Dollars | Dollars 
TIO RS ee ac Sei Ue = SiR Oe RC ce A ce © ee pe 373 361 533 
O20 See te eee 5 ee Re ee pte tek AE ee oie ere oe 367 366 439 
IT DiC sees ras op ge eee A Ss Re oe ee nl ac) een 261 283 | 305 
ODD esate tases) Se ee EE ORL DA oe eae aS 250 266 275 
Capital per farm: 
SOTO) 2 3 aah 0S ams eR I ies a Paar eek Shes A AP 30, 786 34, 771 36, 476 
O20 ee een el ae Pte ies Sc ee eee ee , 4 33, 549 | 28, 390 
TAO Ue ee TR Eos Co Eee oe) PAN has ce een A ee 7 eee ee 21, 199 26, 318 18, 398 
VA SB tad a tec) aS INR eae 3 1 Me tore WE 2 Ricans a SRR TD 1 apha e RM Sr 20, 880 24, 557 16, 828 
Return to capital: 
TAG MG) sae Ae A Re A RSNSE EO ck Sy RRC Ae 0) TE OO MU ee eee ce eg CP pe 2, 224 3, 785 4, 362 
TIP OVS & So Eee eh ee Le ER ie ar” Ai ieee aa Ge er Sie ree ee) See 673 1, 229 162 
U1 Nee ae ie ELE ea Rg a ad ee ie Se 322 1, 097 1, 609 
PONE i SEE 8 TN 8 Se IER Sg Oe Rp op Aes fae eS ML TIERS ot ae ora ge) Ce 1, 102 1, 129 —75 
Returned to capital, per cent: 
FOILS espe pt che eg chee ce le ee a Ae ee een en ek BE 2, 10.9 12.0 
TOLD) EN ee Pe oa ei SB ES ee Sa RP mr a ee eee Te 258 BE .6 
He aot es cena ecnes Sp se Seaare a PO ge a a aa? 16 4,2 8.7 
Fe age Dea rh ae ee Pt EAS le me St Re Be 5.3 4.6 —.4 
AVerare returnitoicapitals 19191922". See een ee ee 4,1 5.8 bad 
CULTURAL PRACTICES AND LABOR USED PER OPERATION IN PRO- 
~DUCING SEVEN CROPS, 1921 
The cultural practices employed in producing each of the seven 
crops in 1921 as well as the average amounts of labor used per opera- 
tion are presented in Tables 36 to 42. Column 1 of each of the tables 
shows the various operations performed; column 2 the percentage of 
the farmers that performed each operation; column 3 the percentage 
of the total acreage of each crop covered by the respective operations; 
column 4 the times that each operation was performed on the acreage 
covered; and columns 5 and 6 the average hours of man and horse 
labor expended in performing each operation once over. Since the 
cultural practices varied considerably from farm to farm, but fewot 
the operations were performed on the total acreage of each crop. 
By applyig the rates of labor required to perform the respective 
operations, as shown in these tables, to the times each operation is 
performed on his farm, a farmer may calculate the hours he used in 
the production of an acre of each crop. Then by applying current 
rates for man and horse labor, the approximate labor cost per acre 
for each may be computed. Furthermore, Tables 36 to 42 are helpful 
to those not familiar with the agriculture of the district studied, 
since they show at a glance the usual cultural operations performed 
in the production of each crop. 
