PROFITS IN FARMING ON IRRIGATED AREAS IN UTAH. 
Table V. — Distribution of crop receipts on farms operated by their owners and on farms 
whose owners rent additional land. 
On 09 farms operated by their owners. 
On 23 farms whose owners rent 
additional land. 
Source of 
receipts 
(averages). 
First 
group, 
35 small 
farms. 
Second 
group, 30 
fruit and 
beet farms. 
Third 
group, 4 
grain and 
live-stock 
farms. 
Average 
for all 
69 farms. 
First 
group, 
10 small 
farms. 
Second 
group, 13 
general 
farms. 
Average 
for all 
23 farms. 
g 
03 
Ph 
1 
u 
<s 
Ph 
E 
Ja 
Ph 
S 
o 
& 
Ph 
03 
Ph 
03 
O 
Ch 
03 
Ph 
a 
03 
u 
03 
Ph 
■ g 
03 
Ph 
"5 
03 
03 
03 
Ph 
S 
03 
Ph 
03 
O 
03 
Ph 
a 
03 
Ph 
8 
03 
Ph 
$7 
39 
39 
39 
43 
125 
746 
84 
48 
60 
86 
9 
1 
3 
3 
3 
3 
9 
56 
6 
4 
5 
6 
1 
$3 
40 
25 
22 
21 
78 
445 
48 
63 
71 
111 
5 
$1 
21 
51 
22 
18 
112 
674 
13 
14 
5 
1 
2 
...... 
5 
2 
2 
12 
72 
2 
2 
1 
$1 
38 
32 
15 
10 
75 
598 
7 
9 
13 
10 
1 
Potatoes 
Wheat 
Oats . . 
$44 
10 
7 
2 
$10 
37 
86 
1 
5 
12 
4 
3 
2 
2 
8 
48 
5 
7 
8 
12 
1 
$60 
8 
5 
9 
1 
1 
5 
4 
2 
Barley 
Hay 
4 
28 
188 
23 
85 
88 
145 
2 
1 
4 
30 
4 
14 
14 
24 
1 
170 
438 
23 
59 
27 
498 
4 
77 
9 
74 
Truck crops. . . 
Apples 
1 
2 
23 
23 
4 
1 
2 
1 
Miscellaneous 
crops 
Total.... 
617 
100 1 1,325 
100 
741 
100 
932 
100 
646 
100 
934 ; 100 
809 
100 
Table V shows that the sugar beet constitutes the important cash 
crop on farms of every group, forming as it does nearly 50 per cent 
of the total crop sales (fig. 4). In the case of those farmers renting 
additional land it forms nearly three-fourths of the total crop sales. 
In riding through this valley one would be likely to infer that fruit 
constitutes a large proportion of the crop receipts. That such is not 
the case is shown by the data in Table V. Peaches, although occupy- 
ing a place of importance, constitute only 7.6 per cent of the total 
crop receipts, apples a little less, while other fruits, mostly berries, 
constitute 12 per cent. 
Previous to the introduction of the sugar-beet industry, potatoes 
formed one of the main cash crops on many of the farms in the 
valley. In recent years, however, the price of potatoes has been very 
uncertain, and this, with blight trouble, has been the cause of most 
farmers discontinuing this crop. If the farmers were assured of a 
reasonable price for potatoes, no doubt this crop would compete 
strongly with sugar beets as a cash enterprise. 
DISTRIBUTION OF FARM EXPENSES. 
Table VI shows the distribution of expenses on the three groups 
of farms operated by their owners and also on the two groups whose 
owners rent additional land. 
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