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BULLETIN 693, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
beets come the fourth and fifth years. This practice did not appear 
to be very common. A few men have used the sugar beet on the 
same field for 7 to 10 }^ears without introducing any other crop. 
The following may be cited as typical rotations for the areas 
surveyed : 
Provo and Garland areas: Idaho Falls area: 
Alfalfa, 5 years. Alfalfa, 4 years. 
Grain, 1 year. Potatoes, 1 year. 
Beets, 5 years or more. Beets, 2 and 3 years or more. 
Grain, 1 year. Grain, 1 year. 
Reseed to alfalfa. Reseed to alfalfa. 
VALUE OF MAN LABOR AND HORSE LABOR. 
Each farmer furnished an estimate not only of the value of his 
own labor on the farm, but also of wages paid out for regular and 
extra labor. In addition, a record was obtained covering the value of 
horse labor. These rates were tabulated, and the averages derived 
were as follows: 
Man rates and horse rates per hour. • 
Boxelder 
area. 
Utah 
area. 
Bonneville 
and. Bingham 
area. 
$0.20 
.09 
SO. 19 
.10 
' SO. 20 
.10 
There is very little difference in the average rates per hour for man 
labor and horse labor in these three districts. The customary rate 
for man labor appeared to be 20 cents per hour, or $2 per day, while 
the usual charge for horse labor was approximately 10 cents per 
hour, or $1 per day. The seasonal variation for the first two dis- 
tricts in 1914 and 1915 was so small that the rates worked out for the 
first season were adopted for the second. This applies to two 
counties in which records were taken for 1914 and again in 1915. 
The value of both man labor and horse labor fluctuates from year to 
year, owing to changes in the rates that are paid. 
The labor requirements of any crop do not change as readily as 
the cash rates per hour or day, hence in discussing the various topics 
included in this paper special attention has been given to the hours 
of man labor and horse labor required for each operation. Beet 
growers are quite familiar with the dollar method of presentation; 
consequently, money values have been assigned in writing this 
bulletin. The labor requirements of this crop are also given. Thus, 
if a change is effected in the labor rates, a few simple calculations 
will enable the reader to obtain the corresponding value showing the 
cost per acre or per ton. 
