GROWING FIELD CROPS IN SUGAR-BEET DISTRICTS. 
47 
OTHER COSTS. 
" Other costs" is taken to include items which can not be con- 
sidered -properly under any of the preceding group headings. Many 
of these costs are of no less importance than those previously consid- 
ered. As a matter of fact, the use of land, the largest item in this 
group, is larger than any other one item except labor. 
Most of these costs are chargeable to the farm as a whole and 
must be prorated among the enterprises involved in order to determine 
the charge against any one crop. 
Table VI gives the remaining items of cost incurred in the pro- 
duction of farm crops in the three sugar-beet districts of Colorado 
covered by this bulletin. 
Table VI. — Other costs in producing farm crops in three sugar-beet districts of Colorado. 
Crop and district. 
Num- 
ber of 
rec- 
ords. 
Crop 
area. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Distribution of costs per acre. 
Taxes 
and 
insur- 
ance. 
Use of 
land. 
Machin- 
ery. 
Thrash, 
ing. 
Over- 
head. 
Total. 
Wheat: 
Greeley 
Fort Morgan 
Rocky Ford. 
Oats: 
Greeley 
Fort Morgan 
Rocky Ford. 
Barley: 
Greeley 
Fort Morgan 
Alfalfa: 
Greeley 
Fort Morgan 
Rocky Ford . 
Beans: 
Greeley 
Rocky Ford. 
Beets: 
Greeley 
Fort Morgan 
Rocky Ford, 
Potatoes: 
Greeley 
Cantaloupes: 
Rocky Ford 
Cucumbers: 
Rocky Ford 
Acres. 
160 
102 
82 
184. 50 
144 
75 
742 
262 
1, 310. 50 
1,233 
915 
853.3 
179.5 
5,028.40 
2, 455. 50 
2, 428. 95 
1,802 
301 
252 
Bushels 
47 .4 
21.3 
33.6 
61.8 
37.4 
54.7 
53.9 
46.7 
Tons. 
3.43 
3.36 
3.13 
Bushels. 
24.3 
26.9 
Tons. 
15.57 
13.65 
12.99 
Sacks. 1 
140 
Pounds. 
477 
SI. 70 
1.80 
1.83 
1.70 
1.80 
1.83 
1.70 
1.70 
1.80 
1.83 
1.70 
1.83 
1.70 
1.80 
1.83 
1.70 
1.83 
1.83 
$16.48 
17.25 
11.80 
19.07 
12.16 
12.95 
16.47 
15.03 
17.82 
15. 23 
14.88 
18.81 
17.87 
14.18 
11.55 
17.22 
13.95 
13.09 
14. 47 
$0.69 
.95 
.67 
.69 
.95 
.67 
.69 
.95 
.95 
.67 
2.75 
2.67 
2.75 
3.80 
2.67 
2.75 
2.67 
2.44 
$6. 20 
2.26 
2.32 
6.30 
2.84 
2.59 
5.94 
3.56 
4.18 
3.93 
$1.19 
1.71 
2.12 
1.08 
1.58 
1.89 
1.17 
1.64 
1.12 
1.25 
1.17 
2.40 
3.67 
5.06 
4.80 
5.24 
8.13 
12.00 
4.47 
$26. 26 
23.97 
18.74 
28.84 
19.33 
19.93 
25.97 
22.98 
21.33 
19.23 
18.55 
29.84 
29.97 
23.69 
21.95 
26.96 
26.53 
29.59 
23.21 
1 Each sack weighing 110 pounds. 
The charge for taxes and insurance is fairly uniform for all dis- 
tricts. The use of land varied from $11.55 an acre for beet land at 
Fort Morgan to $19.07 for oat land at Greeley. This item will differ 
according to the cash rent, the share rent, and the yield per acre. 
Where cash was paid the exact amount was considered. If a share 
of the crop was given for the rent, the farm value of that crop was 
used in the tabulation. 
More machinery is needed for cultivated crops than for grains 
and alfalfa. The use cost of machinery was therefore greater for 
the former crops than for the latter. At Fort Morgan the highest 
