IRRIGATED FARMING IN TWIN FALLS COUNTY, IDAHO 
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TABLE 59.—Cost per pound of producing alsike-clover seed on farms having different 
yields 
1919 1920 1921 
Variation in yield | | " l 
per acre Num- | Average |Average| Num- | Average) Average| Num- | Average | Average 
ber of yield | cost per| ber of yield | cost per ber of yield | cost per 
records | per acre} pound | records | per acre} pound | records | per acre| pound 
} ———- —_—_—_—— 
Pounds Pounds | Cents Pounds} Cents Pounds | Cents 
HOORTORI99 3 S2 Fas te 1 154 S48 Bee ee Re Sth ak ene Lief 1 141 28 
PANT) TORCH? Ye eter PS Se ol | OS Merge are cy | Seg een na, | PR Sense mere 2 276 26 2 232 17 
BOO) TKO GS) aes Se 2 252 20 2, 375 18 4 360 16 
400 to 499 Geer 2 5 440 15 2 436 17 4 444 14 
SOOKEOsO 9) hme | ree men |e a Soe hall a ee 1 521 16 3 551 14 
GOORTO 699 ees Sa ore Sa a ee lee ge 1 625 1 | eS ae] A A | eee ye dd 
COST OF HORSE LABOR 
The cost of maintaining work horses is one of the important items 
of expense in the operation of irrigated farms in southern Idaho. 
Furthermore, the.cost per hour of horse labor probably varies as 
much from farm to farm as does any other item of expense. ‘This 
variation, it appears, is due largely to two factors: The crop enter- 
prises of some of the farms studied were so organized as to require a 
large amount of horse labor per farm, whereas the organization of 
other farms required but little horse labor. In the second place the 
number of horses kept on farms of the same size varied widely. For 
example, the number of work horses kept per farm varies from two 
to six and from two to eight, respectively, on strictly 40-acre and 
80-acre farms. Table 60 presents a summary of the study of the 
cost of horse labor. 
The 151 farms from which the records were obtained varied in 
size from 20 to 240 acres and the number of horses kept per farm 
from 2 to 12. The average size of farm was 75 acres and the average 
number of work horses per farm 4.7. There was an average of 14 
crop-acres per work horse. 
TaBLEe 60.—Cost of maintaining work horses and cost of direct horse labor per 
hour, 1921 } 
Number of farms on which horse labor was studied________._.________-- 151 
AV ELALeUMMeT OlanGrses Der farm. UC! 28 eo TA eee 4.7 
Maria tion imaaumber of horses per farm 6202. Pos o a lls 2 to 12 
Revere ea Ste, DETPH OPS Bak at tre Hi) Ge J Ne oe ol ad by: $94 
PenAme. ChOM- ACCS. PEE. WOLK NOES. 2.2.6. 5. 85-2 ee 14 
Average hours of direct labor per work horse______--_-_-_------_-_-- 703 
mveravercustepek horse per year. 2s *. e  ee $55. 15 
CeCe MERC M@rceCeDel Cale ies Sk ee se ede i 34. 98 
AUPE w° | TYE te COS 2 S59 0 oe ep ee a NY Ag 27. 40 
WroOveresir wi U OT mONses ot owe fone SNe ee . 10 
Grnmecastssbarley, or corn), 273 pounds 29. 2222 22 2 --e 3. 03 
a sheke ek MOR hse er ee eee ee eed See PEL 4. 45 
CO ES GSTS IE fe se ee he 0 20. 17 
LD PESOTU BIS SB COND as es Sl ah ac a O50 
Rte isteach yp rey ees ee sree eA 18s bye 3h ee eh OL 
Siig cite tin ote Sek ey sory alas OS eer ee yee Joe ee. ee =z) Le BO 
LR SPER IVT STEP ISVU Ee 0 (ee eo nn UA - ee an a Se ann ee 1. 95 
Gnpenesiea ii Pr CCMiee: aan ee Bae ese Se 6. 58 
puerare cashsper nour of direct labore —. 22 2 3 . 078 
1 Shelter and labor caring for horses not included, No credit was given the horses for the manure 
produced. All averages are weighted 
