6. BULLETIN 963, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
was also put up at Blackfoot about the same time. Thus the begin- 
ning of the industry in this area corresponds with the initial work in 
beet production at Garland, Utah. 
In the Twin Falls area, 45 cost records were obtained. The area 
hes in the Snake River Valley and in many respects it is similar to 
the sections at Idaho Falls and Blackfoot. The beet industry is 
comparatively new in this section of the State. (For a discussion 
of the history of the sugar-beet industry in this region, and of climate 
and soil, see Department Bulletin 693.) 
SIZE OF FARM. 
The enterprise records for 1918-19 were confined almost entirely 
to farms producing 5 or more acres of beets. It was felt that the 
man who was growing less than 5 acres of beets would not be pre- 
pared to give detailed information on field operations. 
All of the counties represented in this study contain a relatively 
large number of small farms, many planting not more than 3 or 4 acres 
to sugar beets. (See Table I.) A comparatively large number of 
farms in Utah County are under 9 acres; and more than one half of 
the farms are in the second group, 10 to 49 acres. The settlement of 
some of these districts dates back to 1846-1850, and as the practice 
at that time favored the smaller units it is not surprising to find a 
large number of such tracts at present. Boxelder County has a much 
larger land area than Utah County and a larger percentage of dry 
land, which has made necessary the development of many more 
farms of the larger sizes. The Idaho districts have been developed 
within more recent years, and although here also there is a tendency 
in the direction of the smaller units, farms containing a quarter 
section (160 acres) are much more common than in the Lehi district. 
TasLe I.—Farms grouped by size; all farms in area (1920 census) and farms studied. 
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Utah County. | Boxelder County.. ham | Bonne- | yates 
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, | Counties. 
Size offarm. 
Number Records | agate Records | Number Records} Number) Records 
in 1919. | in 1918. | in 1919. | in 1918. | in 1919. | in 1918. in 1919. | in 1919. 
9 acres and under. -.....---.--| 423.) o 5 sessese iL eee ae LOS fs pee ee ee 181 1 
AD toa0 acreses . 24 se ee soe OL 24 520 29 | 876 28 817 13 
50 fo 99 acres FS ee 552 | 12 337 13} 1,009 32 859 18 
100 TOL Facres > See eee 280 7 268 | 12 775 | 9 588 | ll 
dT 5b 259 a Ches= a ee 118 | 1 160 | ce 250 | But 154 1 
260 $6499 acres=- Ss 1005 2228S 22-2 241 2 476 2 HON SSP aS 
500: ¢0 999 acresic. = ss 518) see Ley iS Soe ee a bhi |oeey Sees i Bl ay Se 
1,000 acres and over... -.----- Sol) Sess ae 89 1 PR eens aS To) Seen 
1 After the 1910 census, Bingham County was divided, and two counties were organized under the names 
Bingham and Bonneville. 
offarms obtained) offarms| obtained offarms obtained offarms | obtained _ 
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