10 BULLETIN 963, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
the total of all costs in each district by the number of acres grown 
therein gave the cost per acre for each section. The cost of pro- 
duction of a ton of sugar beets in the respective areas was determined 
by dividing the total of all costs by the total number of tons mar- 
keted. A weighted average is therefore represented in the final 
result. 
LABOR COSTS. 
_ Labor is made up of operators’ labor, horse labor, and contract 
hand labor. By adding these together the total labor cost for each 
district was determined (Table V.) 
Taste V.—LZLabor costs. 
| 5 Labor costs per acre. Range in labor costs. 
| B 
| a > | = | +> le 
| Sj = = = lees Per acre | Per ton 
_ = 
Region. = “A bese aes or ep di | 
| = 2) : ms fai Ou: = = —_ | ca — 
S m 5 2Oue O Ae O'S = Tae bs See pe wa PRs 
= 3 Maelo (ea ee | Rees el a= oe |1O.5 pesos 
= | os is S ape | Wy | Wn | wR 
eoltg bat eel 4 BoB leg a eee ee oases 
3S = = = qj | = = lea St | OF | Om | Of 
Sa are Ss) S ) = = iS) Ss >a iste S sca | SS 
nm | 2 = = 10 |o Ae |e OF Petes <p | <¢o 
———— —= —— 
Utah: | | | 
132) fe eee 1918 | 44) 303.5/$61, 88] $8.02} $1. 98|$23. 65/$95.53) $5. 93/8128. 75|$67.57| $9.65) $3.92 
eee ee | 1918 | 58] 766 | 38.82} 20.92} 3.71) 17.95) 81.40) 5.14) 110. 45| 61.24) 8. ay 3. 65 
Idaho: 
Idaho Falls and | | 
Blackfoot... ----- 1918 | 74/892. 3 | 30. 63} 18.12} 2.42) 14.42) 65.59} 5.01/ 100.99} 47.73] 10.26; 3.30 
Twin Falls. .-.-.. | 1919 44/687. 03) 28.28} 27.06} 3.78} 14. 86] 73.98] 6.78! 120.03} 55.17) 14.60) 4.50 
| | 
COST OF MATERIALS. 
Cost of materials includes the value of manure in the yard, money 
spent for the purchase of manure on a few farms, expense for beet 
seed, and water assessments. (Table VI.) 
TaBLe VI.—Cost of materials. 
Num- | Total | Cost per acre. 
| Cost 
District. | Year ber ae pa | per 
farms. vested.| Manure.| Seed. | Water. | Total. | %2- 
| | 
Ie i ekbabes 2m. ee ae ee es ae 1918 44 | 303.5 | $9.82 | $2.07 | $2.09 | 313.98 $0. 87 
Garland =U tah bse ee eee 1918 58 | 766 3. 05 1. 96 | . 92 7. 93 900 
Idaho Falls and Blackfoot, Idaho-.-.-.| 1918 74 | 892.3 | 6. 07 1.8 1.10 9.01 . 69 
3. 46 2. 29 3.15 8 ; 
win alls hdanOs< joe | 1919 | 44 | 687.03 | 
| 
1 The usual charge for water in the Garland district was $1 per acre. The average cost shown in this 
tableis slightly less than this amount, and it signifies that afew of the operators wererenters and the assess- 
ments for water were paid by the landlord. 
There was considerable difference in the rate of application of 
manure for the respective districts. The maximum application 
occurred in the Lehi district. This feature is explained more fully 
in a discussion concerning the practice of manuring in these areas. 
The fact that Lehi growers made a very heavy application accounts 
in a large part for the comparatively high manure charge which is 
