In Cooperation with the 
Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1421 
Washington, D. C. October, 1926 
AN. ECONOMIC STUDY OF IRRIGATED FARMING 
IN TWIN FALLS COUNTY, IDAHO 
By 
BYRON HUNTER, Associate Agricultural Economist, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and 
SAMUEL B. NUCKOLS, Associate Agronomist, Bureau of Plant Industry 
Introduction 
Scope of the Investigation 
The District Studied 
Agricaltural Development and Readjustment 
Basiness Analysis of the Farms Studied 
Cultural Practices and Labor Used per Gperation in Preducing Seven Crops 
Cost of Preducing Seven Craps, 1919-1921 
Net Returns per Acre from Seven Crops 
A Method of Estimating Costs 
Summary and Conclusions 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1926 
