GROWING SUGAR BEETS IN UTAH AND IDAHO. 
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Table III. — Number of farms of specified sizes in 1910 in Boxelder and Utah Counties, 
Utah, and Bingham County, Idaho; also number of records secured in these counties, 
1914-15. 
Utah County. 
Boxelder County. 
Bingham County. 
Fremont 
County. 
Size. 
Number 
of farms 
in 1910. 
Records 
secured 
in 1914-15. 
Number 
of farms 
in 1910. 
Records 
secured 
in 1914-15. 
Number 
of farms 
in 1910. 
Records 
secured 
in 1914-15. 
Number 
of farms 
in 1910. 
318 
1,530 
500 
283 
98 
96 
29 
19 
83 
450 
281 
303 
122 
161 
77 
50 
63 
472 
582 
790 
191 
145 
38 
6 
53 
20 
17 
17 
3 
1 
24 
29 
14 
5 
5 
2 
11 
12 
12 
1 
445 
594 
100 to 174 acres 
1,372 
236 
175 to 259 acres 
260 to 499 acres 
293 
500 to 999 acres 
75 
23 
58 
79 
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Utah County especially shows a large number of farms under 9 
acres; the second group, 10 to 49, contains more than one-half of the 
farms in this county. The settlement of some of these districts dates 
back to 1848-1850, and as the practice at that time favored the 
smaller units it is not surpiising to find a large number of such tracts 
at present. There is a more uaiform distribution throughout the 
various group sizes in Boxelder County than in Utah County. It 
should be observed that Boxelder County has a much larger land 
area than Utah County, and as a large part of this excess is known 
as dry land, it has made necessary the development of many more 
farms of the larger sizes. The Idaho districts have been developed 
within more recent years, and although there is here also a tendency 
in the direction of the smaller units, farms containing a quarter- 
section (160 acres) are much more common than in the Provo district. 
The small farm frequently is cultivated somewhat more intensively 
than the large farm. Fruit growing is an important enterprise on 
these tracts. Some farmers give attention to the production of 
truck crops. On farms of practically all sizes the supplies for the 
household are not overlooked. Fresh fruit and vegetables are there- 
fore available for the home table. 
RELATION OF BEET ACREAGE TO IRRIGATED AREA. 
Sugar beets can be grown profitably in the region of this study 
only on that part of the farm which can be supplied with water 
artificially. Therefore it is important to know what proportion of 
the irrigated land is occupied annually with this intertilled crop. 
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