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these beets at a much lower cost per ton than the man who gets only 
10 tons per acre under similar conditions. With greater efficiency 
in a few of the major operations, higher yields would undoubtedly 
result, and this in turn would appreciably increase the margin above 
cost. It may be noted that, with the exception of one subgroup, the 
larger the area devoted to beets, the less the cost per ton for a given 
yield. Where 21 acres of beets and over were grown and a yield of 
16 tons and over was produced, the cost per ton ($4.02) was slightly 
increased by a lower yield per acre than that reported for the pre- 
ceding size group. 
COMPARISON OF BEET RECEIPTS WITH OTHER FARM RECEIPTS. 
A comparison of the income from sugar beets with that from other 
farm enterprises sheds some light upon the importance of this crop, 
especially in the Provo and Garland areas. The information which 
was obtained upon the subject deals only with the crop year 1915. 
The average receipts per farm and the distribution of these receipts 
were obtained from 113 farms. 
Table XXXIII. — Beet receipts in comparison with other farm receipts. 
Number 
of 
farm 
records. 
Average 
total 
receipts 
per 
farm. 
Per cent of total receipts from— 
Per cent 
beet 
receipts 
are of 
total 
crop 
receipts. 
Per cent 
receipts 
District. 
Crops. 
Live 
stock. 
Miscel- 
laneous. 
Beets. 
from 
potatoes 
are of 
total 
receipts. 
37 
40 
36 
$2, 542 
2,471 
4,873 
54.1 
70.1 
64.8 
43.4 
25.1 
34.1 
2.5 
4.8 
1.1 
41.8 
44.5 
29.4 
77.2 
63.5 
45.3 
24.4 
A glance at Table XXXIII will show that the farms in these three 
districts were essentially crop farms. Approximately two-thirds of 
the returns from crops in the Provo and Garland districts came from 
sugar beets. This enterprise produced more than 40 per cent of the 
total farm receipts in the same areas. The lower returns from beets 
in the Idaho Falls section are due to competition with the potato. 
The receipts from potatoes and sugar beets combined were 53.8 per 
cent of the total receipts. The receipts from live stock in the Provo 
area came from dairy products, while at Idaho Falls these receipts 
were secured from sheep feeding. 
RELATION OF YIELD TO COST OF PRODUCTION. 
The accompanying frequency curve (Fig. 9) shows the distribution 
of the operators in these three districts on the basis of cost per ton 
in producing beets. 
It will be seen that the 173 operators who gave estimates may be 
divided into two groups, each including about an equal number of 
