52 BULLETIN 726, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUBE. 
Table XXX. — Summary of costs by tenure (1914-1915). 
Owners. 
Renters. 
Owners additional. 
District. 
Total of all costs. 
Num- 
Num- 
Total of all costs. 
Num- 
ber. 
Total of all costs. 
ber. 
Per acre. 
Per ton. 
ber. 
Per acre. 
Per ton. 
Per acre. Per ton. 
Greeley 
78 $70.23 
33 1 62.48 
44 69. 76 
S4.36 
4.52 
5.20 
96 $74. 40 
2S 67. 54 
5^ 62.54- 
S4.95 
4.95 
4.88 
21 
5 
4 
$71. 15 
62.42 
63. 28 
$4.37 
4 99 
Rockv Ford 
5 52 
In the Greeley district the farm owners had a higher cost per acre 
for labor and manure, and they paid more for insurance and taxes 
than the tenant farmers. The interest charge in the owner group 
averaged $14.18 per acre, whereas rent on the tenant farms averaged 
$25.82. It has been pointed out that tins latter item not only 
includes enough to cover interest on capital but also to meet taxes 
on land and provide for a certain amount of upkeep. Sugar-beet 
land is rented quite generally in the Greeley area on a share basis, 
the landlord receiving one-quarter of the crop. This system does 
not carry the same degree of risk for the tenant as a cash rental; 
however, when the crop produces a good yield a greater benefit 
accrues to the landlord. 
The cost per acre and per ton in the Greeley and the Fort Morgan 
districts w as much greater on the tenant farms than the costs reported 
for the owner farms, and the owners obtained a better average yield 
than the tenants. Owners renting additional land in the Greeley 
district had about the same costs as owners. It will be observed 
that in the Rocky Ford area the position of owners and tenants as to 
total costs was reversed, the owners having a higher acre cost and a 
higher cost per ton than the tenants. The owners, however, had a 
better average yield than the tenants. 
COST IN RELATION TO ACREAGE AND YIELD. 
The question is sometimes asked whether the grower who is pro- 
ducing a comparatively small acreage of sugar beets has a better 
chance to secure higher yields than the operator who plants a rela- 
tively large acreage to this crop. What effect does the production 
of a large acreage have upon yield and cost \ Three hundred and 
sixty-seven farms in this survey were classified according to the acre- 
age grown, and also with reference to yield per acre; and the average 
cost per acre and cost per ton were determined. The results are 
shown in Table XXXI. 
