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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 693 
Joint Contribution from the Office of Farm Management 
W. J. SPILLMAN, Chief 
and 
Bureau of Plant Industry 
W. A. TAYLOR, Chief 
Washington, D. C. 
July 16, 1918 
FARM PRACTICE IN GROWING SUGAR BEETS 
FOR THREE DISTRICTS IN UTAH AND 
IDAHO, 1914-15 
( A detailed study of field operations and current cost factors involved 
in the production of this crop in 1914-15 on 173 farms in the Provo 
and Garland districts, Utah, and the Idaho Falls district, Idaho) 
By 
L. A. MOORHOUSE, Agriculturist, and T. H. SUMMERS and R. S. 
WASHBURN, Scientific Assistants, Office of Farm Manage- 
ment; and JAMES W. JONES, Agriculturist, Office of 
Sugar-Plant Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry 
CONTENTS 
Summary of Results 
Object 
Procedure 
Cooperation 
Areas Studied 
Size of Farm in Relation to Beet Acreage 
Relation of Beet Acreage to Irrigated 
Area 
Comparison of Farm Estimates With Fac- 
tory Records 
Method of Presenting Data 
10 
11 I 
Page 
Crop Rotation 11 
Value of Man Labor and Horse Labor . 14 
Farm Practice in the Production of Sugar 
Beets, and Related Costs 15 
Cost of Producing Sugar Beets .... 35 
Value of Tops 40 
Beet Acreage Per Farm and Yield Per 
Acre in Relation to Cost 41 
Comparison of Beet Receipts with Other 
Farm Receipts 42 
Relation of Yield to Cost of Production . 42 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1918 
