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VI. Labor costs, Idaho, by areas—Continued. 
27. Hours of labor per acre to perform once the various ma- 
chine operations_ _____.__. _ ._.__. __ oa --__ 
28. Percentage of hand labor done by (1) contract labor, 
(2) family help, (3) hired help and grower’s labor. - 
VII. Horse labor costs, Idaho, by areas: 
29. Horse cost rates per hour_. - 
30. Horse time per acre. ______ mee 
31. Horse time per acre to perform once the various machine 
operations. __. o_o oo... 
VIII. Capital and capital charges, Idaho, by areas: 
32. Market value of sugar-beet land. _ 
33. Average value of other capital ._____ 
34. Value of land and other capital used ____ _________ 
35. Comparison of land charges as determined by three different 
methods. _ i —eeeam 
Comparison of total capital charges as determined by three 
methods— 
36. Peracre________. 
37. Perton.__________ cen 
38. Comparison of cash rental paid for land with estimated 
cash rentals. _________.__ _ ee 
39. Interest rates paid on farm mortgages_____. - 
40. Returns for capital, management, and labor. ____._______ 
IX. Farm practice in sugar-beet production: 
Kinds of operations and percentage of total number of farms 
on which each was performed a given number of times— 
41. On tractor and nontractor farms_____ 
42. On nontractor farms only _ oo 
Kinds and amounts of tractor work performed in sugar-beet 
production __ em 
44. Manuring practice in sugar-beet production. _. 
45, Hauling sugar beets. oo -- 
46. Pounds of beet seed planted per acre__.__.___.__. 
X. Types of farming on farms investigated, Idaho, by areas: 
47. Use made of farm area operated. oo __ 
48. Size of farms and relative importance of sugar-beet acreage - 
49. Sugar-beet yields per acre, by areas_.-_. .-.-._  - .---- 
50. Acreage of the principal crops grown_ _.__-________. 
51. Percentages of cultivated land devoted to various crops... 
52, Yields per acre of the principal crops grown.________..... 
52, Number per farm of head of various kinds of livestock .___ 
5%. Tenureoffarms._____________-._ - 
55. Tenure of sugar-beet land. _________. mm 
56. Abandoned beet acreage. oo. I 
XI. Miscellaneous tables giving the replies of the farmers to some 
general questions concerning the sugar-beet industry: 
Farmers’ replies to questions concerning— 
Effect of existence of the local sugar factory upon the 
value of— 
57. Farm land in general _____ -— 
58. Sugar-beet land___ ___ ooo 
59. Land used for crops that compete with sugar 
beets. oc eee 
60. Comparison of the estimated value of land used for the 
production of sugar beets with the estimated value of 
. land used for crops that compete with sugar beets____ 
81. Effect upon land values if beet-sugar factories were removed 
from the locality. em 
Farmers’ replies to questions concerning the extension and 
limitation of the sugar-beet acreage on the farms investigated 
in Idaho— 
62. Potential sugar-beet land_ _ ______-___  ---- 
53. Factors limiting the extension of sugar-beet acreage. - 
84 Affect of crop of sugar beets on other subsequent crops. 
85. Crops that compete most with sugar beets. _-__-- 
AR Farmers’ estimates of the profitableness of sugar beets 
as compared with other erons._ 
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