4 BULLETIN 603, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
time, it has "been found that an analysis of a suitable number of farm 
estimates provides material that indicates the trend of affairs in such 
a group and conclusions which may be drawn therefrom can be 
regarded as significant. 
COOPERATION. 
In developing and projecting these studies the Office of Farm 
Management worked jointly with the Office of Sugar Plant Investi- 
gations of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Acknowledgment is due 
the farmers in these districts who gave willingly of their time hi order 
to furnish careful estimates with reference to their methods of pre- 
paring the soil, planting, cultivating, irrigating, and harvesting the 
sugar beet. These men also gave information relating to the acreage 
and yield of the crops grown on the individual farms. The crop 
sales were given, and it was therefore possible to determine the 
relative importance of the sugar beet hi these systems of fanning. 
Each operator also reported the lire stock on hand at the beginning 
and at the end of the farm year, and a statement was made showing 
the sales of live stock during the year. The relation of animal 
industry to beet production may be seen in these estimates. In all 
of these phases the growers cooperated heartily. 
AREAS STUDIED. 
Three distinct areas were included in this survey (see fig. 1). 
In Utah County, neai Provo. Utah. 21 reports were taken for 1914, 
and 37 farm records were obtained in the same area hi 1915. Utah 
Comity has been an important beet-producing center for several 
years. The manufacture of sugar had its beginning in this State 
as early as 1S52. but this pioneer venture did not prove successful. 
It remained for the farmers of Utah Comity to demonstrate at a 
later date the value of the sugar beet as a cash crop. The past 30 
years have witnessed the development of an exceedingly important 
industry for farmers living within the Salt Lake Basin and con- 
tiguous territory. In Boxelder County 39 records were obtained 
for 1914. and to these 40 were added for the crop year 1915. The 
farms which were visited he adjacent to Garland. Utah; hence, hi 
this discussion, the name of this town is sometimes applied to the 
district. A beet-sugar factory was built at Garland in 1903. At 
present Boxelder Comity leads all other counties hi Utah in the 
number of acres planted to sugar beets. 
The third district hi this series furnished 36 records. These 
farms were located hi Bingham and Bonneville Counties, near Idaho 
Falls. Idaho. The observations on this area were confined to the 
year 1915. The sugar factory at Idaho Falls. Idaho, was constructed 
hi 1903: thus the beginning of the industry in this area corresponds 
with the initial work in beet production at Garland. 
