IRRIGATED FARMING IN TWIN FALLS COUNTY, IDAHO 15 
Sugar beets.—Sugar beets are grown under contract, and prior to 
1922, farmers knew definitely at Slateins time what price they were to 
receive. The 1922, 1923, and 1924 crops were grown under a sliding- 
scale contract, the final price depending on the returns received for 
the sugar made from the beet crop. Because the crop was grown 
Fic. 10.—Potatoes are irrigated from three to five times during the growing season 
under a definite contract, sugar-beet growers (prior to 1922) were 
not so much subjected to speculative conditions as were the potato 
erowers. 
The price received for the 1916 sugar-beet crop was considerably 
higher than that received for the previous crop. The price in- 
Fic. 11.—Harvesting the potato crop 
crease continued each year until 1920 when the peak price of $12.10 
per ton (State average) was reached. The price received for the 1921 
crop fell to $6 per ton. Under the sliding-scale contract the price 
received for the 1922 crop advanced to $8.28 per ton and then dropped 
back again to an average of $7.21 per ton for the 1923 crop. 
