IRRIGATED FARMING IN TWIN FALLS COUNTY, IDAHO 2U 
TaBLE 7—Output per farm, wnput per farm, and return to capital on general crop 
farms, 1919-1922 
Item | 1919 1920 1921 1922 
Harts budied.) RUM Delia ones ol eee Ee tees Od 8 eee re 190 178 169 67 
SIZe Ola ACTCS Sees ae Ree ee So ae 74. 2 72. 2 72.0 74.7 
Dollars | Dollars Dollars Dollars 
Outputaperiarm=—total: sss se5e 5 ke ss ae eee eke 5, 441 4,175 3, 086 3, 762 
Gash outputs totals ce en eee es ee Ae 4, 929 3, 759 2, 716 3, 426 
NEVA RUST Rc iat ne a Be eA ee lt a em a mee 1, 823 1, 288 716 651 
IROTALOCSS Fete = eee Se Se ee eae ye Pa 528 372 591 372 
BES CNTR Berne Se a eee ce Oe eae ee 520 326 160 885 
Sugar Dectss= = 2 eos ay eT ee 8S A Re Ad 480 657 316 326 
Clover (ha yranG:Seed) *2ar 2s. 25 be ee 8 a 296 124 232 372 
vlfaltay (nyear GtSCed) sees en Te eee 8 395 194 104 97 
ChUIG MOM OS Si - 6 OSEEs oe hh Be ea eee ee ee 174 105 121 56 
GLY OSL OG Karte weet t te os ei fe a en 407 388 213 257 
IGiVeStOCKe products 22) ees eee eee os ee 213 208 189 215 
@CHEMSOULCES 34a s SAS ae he ee Sea Ae 93 97 7 195 
Noncashloutput—totales. 20ers sis 18 Sees ee ee es 512 | 416 370 336 
SS ES 
Family-used perquisites 1_______________--------------- 353 416 370 | 336 
Increase in inventories__-____ Fee GR es site AE RP SE We S| eo ae eee ae See see a 
Input ? per farm (other than of capital)—total_________________- 3, 217 3, 502 2, 764 2, 660 
ash input-—totale. eet i Ls TENGE oe ete EL 2, 219 2, 134 1, 721 | 1, 559 
ErodHabor tier tee eke Ty eee 441 352 241 | 210 
Contract apo. see: atese = Behe ta he St ae eee 141 176 196 141 
RGD AIT S eee Se et ee ee eS ae 78 60 50 52 
ICSU IDOM EM be ese 8 eS a eee PS ABUSES 168 140 64 83 
Atitomopile fordarm Se. = 2 ee 145 116 134 107 
SS COCs DOTS Mise sce eee a ae ree eg eR ge SEE 108 17: 96 105 
NackSianGsuwane eet see kote a es AE Le a) ee 74 89 71 118 
RTOS Hage e val bey litt ee ee eee eR ae ee 139 144 105 144 
PPR OS AOS oe eet UN re OE RSE tS OS a eo Se 312 326 418 331 
PriPahlORe Wales es An ee oe Se re Seer oh ee 223 221 144 112 
Mivestock DOUSHLa2 = ser ee ee ee 304 206 91 7D 
OiherSourcestei ee cakes ea) eer ee ee ei EE me 86 132 111 18 
N oncash EV DUE——LO tal Set ee os oe CER ee 998 1, 368 1, 043 1, 101 
WIECERCASG.TasIN VEN UOLICS re er ee es ee ee ee 134 182 | 218 
Operators 1a be ret ees Lee ath Sera ee ep, et 887 1, 057 784 797 
linpaigdtamilys labors 2 cer = ee es eS Ae 111 177 77 86 
Return to capital (output less input)___-______________-__-______- 2, 224 673 322 1, 102 
Retr bOrcapital spel Combest. ees pe ee 12 28 1.5 Bae 
1 “‘Ramily-used perquisites’? as here used differs from ‘‘Family living from the farm’’ (U. S. Dept. 
Agr. Bul. 1338) in that here the proportional part of the perquisites used by the farm labor (both hired 
and family) was deducted from the total farm furnished perquisites. 
2 Input does not include the use of capital, the object being to arrive at the return to capital. 
The average cash output of potatoes, beans, and sugar beets (the 
three leading row-tilled crops) was $466, $473, and $445, respec- 
tively, for the four-year period. The relative importance of these 
three crops, however, varied widely during the four years when 
judged either by the acreage devoted to each crop or by the cash 
output of each. These fluctuations, especially the variations in the 
acreage devoted to each crop from year to year, indicate the effort 
that farmers made to produce the most profitable crop. 
Noneash output consists of two items: Family-used perquisites and 
increase in inventories (other than that of real estate). Perquisites 
consist of (1) the rent equivalent or use value of the farm dwelling, 
and (2) the value of the food products produced and consumed on 
the farm. Family-used perquisites equal the total perquisites less 
the proportional part used in boarding and housing the farm labor. 
