GROWING SUGAR BEETS IN UTAH AND IDAHO. 
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were fed to the live stock owned by the operator. The estimated 
valuation assigned on these farms was based upon the probable sale 
price of feeding stuffs which would be saved when tops were fed. 
Other growers in .these districts sold the beet tops to cattle or sheep 
feeders, and the estimates in this instance were based upon the cash 
receipts for tops. The third group included those farmers who 
plowed the tops under. A few farms combined two of these methods 
in disposing of the beet tops. The per cent of farm estimates and 
the average value of the beet tops per acre under three methods of 
handling them are shown in Table XXXI. 
Table XXXI. — Disposition and estimated acre value of sugar beet tops. 
District. 
Year. 
Number 
of 
records. 
Per cent 
fed. 
Value 
when 
fed. 
Per cent 
sold. 
Value 
per acre 
when 
sold. 
Per cent 
plowed 
under. 
Value 
when 
plowed 
under. 
Garland 
Provo 
1914-15 
1914-15 
1915 
79 
58 
36 
35 
50 
61 
$2.48 
2.81 
2.31 
19 
$2.12 
32 
29 
$1.77 
1.27 
Idaho Falls 
31 
2.82 
A much lower estimated value was reported by the farmers who 
plowed under the tops than by the men who fed or sold this material. 
In the Garland district the average cash price received per acre was 
less than the average estimated value. The case was reversed in 
the Idaho Falls district, and the operator who sold obtained a higher 
price per acre than the estimated value which was given by those 
men who fed the tops to their own live stock. 
BEET ACREAGE PER FARM AND YIELD PER ACRE IN RELATION TO COST. 
The yield per acre is an important factor in making a study of 
costs. The number of acres planted per farm also appears to exert 
some influence upon cost of production. (See Table XXXII.) 
Table XXXII. — Costs in relation to acres in beets and yield per acre. 
10 tons or less per acre 
(cost). 
11 to 15 tons per acre 
(cost). 
16 tons and over per acre 
(cost). 
Acres in beets. 
Num- 
ber of 
farms. 
Per 
acre. 
Per 
ton. 
Num- 
ber of 
farms. 
Per 
acre. 
Per 
ton. 
Num- 
ber of 
farms. 
Per 
acre. 
Per 
ton. 
10 acres or less 
12 
14 
8 
$62. 59 
59.04 
60.20 
$8.65 
6.69 
6.22 
17 
24 
18 
$72. 47 
66.87 
64.70 
$5.53 
5.01 
4.85 
29 
32 
19 
$75. 70 
71.81 
70.19 
$4.12 
11 to 20 acres 
3.93 
21 acres and over 
4.02 
Increasing the yield per acre made the total cost per acre greater, 
but each successive increase in yield reduced the cost per ton. It 
would seem that the grower who is producing 16 tons per acre either 
in small, medium, or comparatively large tracts can grow and market 
