6 BULLETIN 693, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The development of the sugar-beet industry in Utah and Idaho 
is apparent in Table I. 
Table I. — Sugar-beet acreage and yield in Utah and Idaho. 
Utah. 
Idaho. 
1899 
1909 
1915 
1S99 
1909 
1915 
Total acreage 
7,546 
85,914 
11.4 
27,472 
413,846 
15.0 
59,400 
691,000 
11.6 
None reported. 
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do 
15,601 
179, 661 
11.5 
35,900 
375, 000 
10.4 
Production (tons) 
Average yield per acre (tons) 
The figures for 1899 and 1909 were taken from census reports. The 
1915 figures are from the Government estimate on the sugar-beet 
crop in Utah and Idaho. Between the years 1898 and 1909 the sugar- 
beet acreage in Utah was increased almost fourfold. Within the 
six years from 1909 to 1915 the area planted and harvested more 
than doubled. It will be seen that Idaho farmers did not begin 
raising beets commercially prior to 1900. The past few years have 
witnessed a decided increase in the acreage devoted to this crop. 
The slight fluctuations which are apparent in the average yield per 
acre for the respective years were undoubtedly due to seasonal 
conditions. 
The acreage devoted to beets in the Garland district doubled 
within the five years from 1910 to 1915. There were 879 beet 
growers in this county in 1915, and they planted 10,874 acres to this 
crop. The average beet acreage per farm for the same season was 
12.37. This figure shows a slight increase over the preceding four- 
year average. The normal yield per acre for this region from 1911 
to 1915, inclusive, was 11.53 tons. 
There were 5,763 acres planted to sugar beets for the Idaho Falls 
factory in 1911. This area was increased to 8,076 acres in 1915. 
The average acreage devoted to beets in this district for the five- 
year period 1911-1915 was 6,198. Beet growers at Idaho Falls 
made an average yield of 11.18 tons per acre for the same period. 
CLIMATIC FEATURES. 
The climate in the region under discussion is semiarid in character. 
There is a considerable variation in the annual precipitation as 
recorded by observers at various points in the two States. Garland 
was not included in the fist of weather stations which have kept 
continuous records through a series of years, hence the rainfall for 
the Bear River district will have to be judged in part from the 
reports for Corinne The latter station is located at the southern 
end of the Bear River Valley The average precipitation for Boxelder 
and Utah Counties, Utah, and Bingham County, Idaho, for a period 
of years will be found in Table II. 
