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BULLETIN 693, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
farms. Sixty-six per cent of the growers at Idaho Falls reported on 
planting. The work was done in the same manner as in the other 
districts. Ten to thirteen acres constituted an average day's work. 
By comparing the farm rate for planting in these three districts 
with the contract price, which was 50 cents per acre, it will be seen 
that the cost was 22, 15, and 13 cents per acre less for the respective 
areas than the contract price for this work. The difference may be 
considered as the charge for the use of the drill. 
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CULTIVATING. 
Intertillage should begin early. The beet crop is cultivated from 
three to seven times, depending upon soil conditions and area under 
cultivation. Usually all of the cultivation is completed before 
irrigation; in a few cases the two operations overlapped. Blocking 
and thinning proceed simultaneously with cultivation; however, 
the discussion of hand labor will not be taken up by parts but will 
be considered as a whole. (See Table XV.) 
