IRRIGATED FARMING IN TWIN FALLS COUNTY, IDAHO 09 
LABOR 
In 1919 and 1920 the hours of direct man and horse labor (labor 
expended directly on the productive farm enterprises) were obtained 
only for the seven crops studied. This made it necessary to charge 
the respective crops with labor at current rates. Man labor was 
charged at 45 cents per hour and horse labor at 20 cents, there being 
very little variation in the current rates paid for hired labor during 
the two years. 
In 1921 the total direct hours of both man and horse labor expended 
on all of the productive enterprises were computed for each farm. 
The cost of the man and horse labor was then distributed to the re- 
spective enterprises in proportion to the hours expended on each. 
The total cost of man labor per farm divided by the total hours 
of direct man labor per farm gave the cost of a direct hour of man 
labor. Since this was usually considerably higher for each farm 
than the current rate paid hired labor in the section studied, the 
direct man hours were charged to the respective crops at 30 cents 
per hour, the current rate. The difference between the actual cost 
per hour and 30 cents per hour was treated as an item of overhead. 
TaBLe 45.—Summary of cost per acre and per unit for designated crops, 1919-1921 
W heat Alfalfa hay Sugar beets Potatoes 
Item | | 
1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 
Operating cost per acre: Dolls:| Dolls.| Dolls.| Dolls.| Dolls.| Dolls.| Dolls.| Dolls.| Dolls.| Dolls.| Dolls.| Dolls. 
Direct man labor______- 10. 89} 11.79) 7.38) 14.94) 18.86) 8.55) 24. 34| 27. 40) 15. 84| 29. 25] 30. 87| 18. 42 
Direct horse labor______ 8.44| 8.74 3.34) 6.52! 6.46] 2. 20) 18.78) 24.56) 5.94! 16.46! 16.34] 6.16 
Conic labore == een | See 00 | eee RSA le Sp el [Pare 30. 11) 37. 62) 26. 50) 11.19) 23. 64) 16. 19 
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eT Gallo ee eee oe 19. 33} 20. 83) 10. 72} 21.46] 20. 32} 10. 75)- 73. 23] 89. 58) 48. 28] 56.90} 70. 85} 40. 77 
Materials: 
Wa bern ae BOO eo TO oA eds 28 |p oa20l 214s ANG ecS30l) 22201 S222) 3222) eon le 
Secdé cs Sas 3.43] 3.87; 2.08] .69) .94) 1.10) 2.281 3.10} 3.59] 14.93] 48.10) 12.19 
Sacks and twine___-_ .98 75 83 | | eee 0s | eS Nee eee Th | ea 18. 55} 22. 32) 11. 89 
(DE) Ls oe oN ie ee oo 46 CeET Nc Ss ml [co rey WR gece | Are ee ca (bs Soe ee eee Ie 
Migninres=== sees 32 56 OD ites ses 2 |Ceees 2 4Al 23201 Bie 30 69) ss 
Total ___-__-__| 8.39] 9.01) 5.52) 3.99) 4.20) 3.24) 9.18] 9.41] 5.86} 37. 00) 74. 33! 26.20 
Other operating costs: 
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Use of machinery_-_-___ 2.54] 2.20) 2.88} 1.86] 2.54) 1.89) 4.56! 5.37) 5.63) 4.59) 6.56] 6.00 
Taxes and insurances__| 4.40) 3.72} 5.48) 4.28! 4.03) 5.77| 4.37) 4.84) 7.76) 4.69} 5.01) 6.46 
Overhea@ a= 2a 6.03} 4.99} 5.98} 4.35) 3.75) 5.38) 10.84] 13.15) 8.39} 138.97) 18.14! 11.98 
Miscellaneous__________}______ . ol A) | ee ates | ha oe ae | SP Se . 95 sel) 3: 96, 3.42 
PP OtAle = rt eee 15. 61) 15. 33] 17. 35} 10. 49] 10. 32) 13. 04) 19. 77| 28. 36; 22. 73) 24. 06) 33. 67, 27. 86 
Total operating costs___] 43.33] 45.17] 33.59] 35.94! 34.84) 27. 03/102. 18/122. 35! 76. 87|117. 961187. 85) 94. 83 
Crop credits per acre______- 1,63| ° 64| 54) 1.93) Lo2l” .62) 431) 4.981 3.01|.____. 7a e79 
Net operating cost per acre!) 41..70} 44. 53] 33. 05) 34.01) 33.82] 26.41) 97. 87)117. 37) 73. 86)117. 96|/177. 07) 94. 04 
Interest (use of capital) ____- 28. 55| 27. 89] 20. 69] 27. 25) 27.37) 20. 24) 30.91) 31.97} 24. 51} 30. 59} 31. 53) 22. 66 
Total net cost per acre ?____| 70. 25! 72.42] 53. 74] 61. 26} 61. 19) 46. 65/128. 78/149. 34) 98. 37/148. 55/208. 60/116. 70 
Short | Short | Short| Short | Short| Short| 100 | 100 | 100 
Bus.| Bus.| Bus.| tons | tons | tons | tons | tons | tons | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. 
Average yield per acre______ 41.4) 43.3] 45.5! 4.3) 3.9] 4.0) 9.9) 13.5) 10.0) 140) 168} 151 
Average cost per unit: | 
Net operating cost per |Dolls.| Dolis.| Dolls.| Dolls.| Dolls.|Dolls.|Dolls.| Dolls. Dolls.| Doils.|D olls. Dolls. 
WNGNlis Sonne 5 ge ee 1.01; 1.03) .73| 7.91! 8.67] 6.60) 9.89) 8.69, 7.39 . 84, 1.05 . 62 
Total net cost per unit_} 1.70} 1.67) 1.18} 14. 25) 15. 69) 11. 56) 13.01) 11.06, 9.84) 1.06) 1.24 .77 
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1 Total operating costs less crop credits. 
2 Net operating costs plus interest (at 7 per cent) on the capital involved. 
