36 BULLETIN 160, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
Table XXIII. — Variations in Farm Practice (Salinas District). 
Operation. 
Farm 
Xo. 1. 
Farm 
Xo. 2. 
Farm 
Xo. 3. 
Farm Farm | Farm 
Xo. 4. Xo. 5. |Xo. 6. 
Farm 
Xo. 7. 
Farm 
Xo. 8. 
Farm 
Xo. 9. 
i-arm 
Xo. 10. 
Times over. 
Plowing 
Disking 
Floating 
Chiseling 
Harrowing (spike) 
Rolling 
Planting 
Cultivating 
Checking land 
Irrigating 
Levelinglevees 
Blocking and thinning. 
Hoeing: 
First 
Second 
Topping and loading- . . 
Lifting 
Net man 
Hauling 
Scattering tops 
Manuring 
Hours per acre: 
Man 
Horse 
Yield per acre 
Cost per acre 
1.5 
3.5 
1 
1.5 
.o 
Con. 
2 
1 
6 
1 
1.1 
1 
1 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
1 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
1 
1 
1 
.1 
14 
80 
16. .50 
'56. 56 
1 
1 
6 
3 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
1 
1 
1 
I 17.70 
S67.4S 
24 
107 
15.00 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
1 
1 
1 
.03 
22 
85 
18.50 
§67.81 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
1 
1 
1 
17 
85 
14.00 
154.88 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
.01 
32 
149 
9.00 
3 
1.5 
1.5 
3 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
20 
122 
20. 50 
874.21 
1.3 
10 
1.3 
1.3 
2 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
5 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Con. 
1 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
1 
1 
1 
.1 
25 
132 
18.00 
S69. 72 
.02 
19 
93 
14.80 
863.00 
1 
1 
5 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
Con. 
1 
1 
1 
.1 
30 
122 
13.00 
S73.96 
Average cost per acre for the district 866. 45 
Some of the operations that are mentioned in these three tables 
were not common to all districts. On many farms it was customary 
to give the land one plowing. However, in several cases the early 
fall plowing was followed by winter plowing. The chisel was used 
on only one of the ten Los Angeles farms, on none in the Oxnard 
group, and on all farms in the Salinas group. There was considera- 
ble variation in the number of times the fields were covered with the 
spike-tooth harrow. This was also true with cultivation. 
COST OF PRODUCING SUGAR BEETS. 
The more important factors which enter into the cost of producing 
sugar beets are labor, interest on land or rental, seed, water, taxes 
and insurance. In terms of money these factors are variable. As 
the supply of farm labor decreases the labor cost increases. There 
is a corresponding increase in the cost of farm implements. In- 
creased labor costs result also in an increase in the cost of materials. 
If the land valuation advances or the rate of interest increases, so 
also does the interest on the land investment become greater. How- 
ever, such fundamental factors as hours of man labor, hours of 
horse labor, pounds of seed, hours use of equipment and tons of 
manure do not fluctuate appreciably. Comparisons of amounts of 
labor and materials required in each area give the true relationship 
