GROWING FIELD CROPS IN SUGAR-BEET DISTRICTS. 
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In each district there are three essential cash crops. At Greeley 
and Fort Morgan these crops are beets, potatoes, and beans. At 
Rocky Ford the potato crop is displaced by cantaloupes. These 
three crops bring in more than 75 per cent of all the receipts. 
Although the total crop receipts per farm vary considerably, the 
percentage derived from the sale of alfalfa is practically the same for 
each district. 
Table X. — Crop receipts per farm and percentage of their distribution and the yield per 
acre of the principal farm crops in three sugar-beet districts of Colorado. 
Item and district. 
Distribution of total crop receipts (per cent). 
Crop receipts: 
Greeley 
Fort Morgan 
Rocky Ford. 
$8,118 
4,631 
5,741 
21.4 
5.4 
11.5 
44.8 
12.1 
14.5 
67.3 
34.1 
0.7 
30.7 
12.7 
2.6 
.2 
.6 
Item and crop. 
Greeley. 
Rocky 
Ford. 
Fort 
Morgan. 
Yield per acre: 
Sugar beets tons.. 
Beans bushels. . 
15.57 
24.3 
61.8 
47.4 
53.9 
12.99 
26.9 
54.7 
33.6 
13.65 
Oats do 
Wheat do 
Barley do 
37.4 
21.3 
46.7 
Item and crop. 
Yield per acre: 
Alfalfa tons.. 
Cantaloupes .dollars. . 
Cucumber seed, 
pounds 
Potatoes sacks.. 
Greeley 
3.43 
Rocky 
Ford. 
3.13 
217 
476.7 
Fort 
Morgan. 
3.36 
SUMMARY. 
(1) The distribution of labor in the three districts in Colorado 
studied shows that sugar beets have a longer season of labor than 
any of the other crops, the grains having the shortest seasons. 
(2) For the most economical production of crops and the best use 
of farm labor the farmer should grow a number of crops rather than 
one. Each farm should have some acreage devoted to the growing 
of alfalfa, a grain crop, and one or more of the row-tilled crops. 
(3) The preparation of the seed bed is very important. Sugar 
beets require more labor in this respect than any of the other crops. 
A well-prepared seed bed lessens the labor of cultivation and is 
essential for obtaining a good stand and yield from all crops. 
(4) The labor of planting potatoes is greater than that of any 
other crop studied. 
(5) Manure is considered very valuable. Of the farmers visited, 
92 per cent manured some land, and 84.5 per cent of these used the 
manure on beets. 
(6) Grain crops do not respond well to the use of manure, as the 
straw growth is too great. 
