UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 726 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
Joint Contribution from the Office of Farm Management 
W. J. SPILLMAN, Chief 
and 
Bureau of Plant Industry 
W. A. TAYLOR, Chief 
Washington, D. C. 
December 14, 1918 
FARM PRACTICE IN GROWING SUGAR BEETS 
FOR THREE DISTRICTS IN COLORADO 
1914-15 
By 
L. A. MOORHOUSE, Agriculturist, R. S. WASHBURN, Scientific 
Assistant, and T. H. SUMMERS, Scientific Assistant, 
Office of Farm Management 
and 
S. B. NUCKOLS, Assistant Agriculturist, Oflice of 
Sugar-Plant Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry 
CONTENTS 
Introduction 
Summary 
Method 
Development of Industry 
Climatic Conditions 
Size of Farms . . . 
Relation of Beet Acreage to Irrigated 
Crop Rotations 
Page 
Man and Horse Labor 13 
Farm Practice 14 
Cost of Producing Sugar Beets .... 45 
Profit 50 
Summary of Costs by Tenure % . • . . 51 
Cost in Relation to Acreage and Yield . 52 
Value of Beet Tops 55 
Relative Importance of Beet Receipts . 56 
Variations in Farm Practice 56 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1918 
