GROWING FIELD CROPS IN SUGAR-BEET DISTRICTS. 
Fig. 4.— Labor distribution by months in growing sugar beets in the 
Fort Morgan district of Colorado. The lines of hatching represent 
contract labor. 
in the dates of the various operations in the three districts, the distribu- 
tion over the year is practically the same. The labor in growing small 
grains and sugar beets is tabulated for the Fort Morgan district; 
beans, potatoes, and alfalfa have been worked out under the condi- 
tions at Greeley. The cantaloupe and cucumber data pertain to the 
Rocky Ford district, 
which is the only 
area studied where 
these crops are pro- 
duced commercially. 
The accompany- 
ing diagrams show- 
ing the seasonal dis- 
tribution of labor 
have taken into con- 
sideration only the 
work done in grow- 
ing the farm crops. 
No study has been 
made of the live-stock enterprises on these farms from the stand- 
point of labor distribution. Attention has been given to the 
overhead labor expense, which is a miscellaneous labor charge 
common to all farms, not definitely connected with any given en- 
terprise, but chargeable to the farm as a whole. 
The enterprise survey has been used only to a limited extent as a 
basis for the study of the seasonal distribution of labor. Such data 
have usually been 
obtained by the use 
of complete labor 
records of farm op- 
erations. The en- 
terprise survey has 
made available in- 
formation relating 
to labor distribution 
upon a compara- 
tively large number 
of farms, and the 
records thus ob- 
tained carry suggestions concerning the utilization of labor in growing 
crops and provide relatively accurate seasonal labor-distribution 
data for the district specified. Similar methods could be followed 
in obtaining labor data for the live-stock enterprises of the farm. 
In regions such as the irrigate d-f arm areas of Colorado, where 
there is much competition between certain crops and a variation in 
fig. 5, 
-Labor distribution by months in growing potatoes in the 
Greeley district of Colorado. 
