LABOR COSTS: IDAHO, BY AREAS
TABLE 24.— Labor cost rates per hour
SUMMARY FOR IDAHO AND ANALYSIS BY AREAS, 1921, 1922, AND 1923
Labor cost rates per hour
A re
1921
ar"
1923
3-year
average
Cents
34.7
34.2
34.5
NoTE.—The labor cost rates for 1922 and 1923 are those paid hired labor or allowed for unpaid labor as
determined by field investigation.
The wages for 1921 were determined by adjusting the 1922 rates on the basis of the percentage change in
monthly wages (without board) paid farm laborers. For example, the average monthly farm wages (with-
out board) in Idaho were 2 per cent higher in 1921 than in 1922: the 1921 labor cost was obtained by
adding 2 per cent to the 1922 cost established in this investigation.
Tents
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TaBLE 25.—Hours of direct labor on machine operations employed in the production
of an acre of sugar beets
SUMMARY FOR IDAHO AND ANALYSIS BY AREAS, 1921, 1922, AND 1923
Exclusive of contract labor, labor operating tractors, all machine labor hired at custom or piece rates
(drilling beet seed, etc.), labor supervising and managing, and indirect labor] !
Hours of direct labor on machine
operations
3-year
average
daha
Twin Falls.
Blackfoot
Per acre
55.1
53.5
56.7
! Indirect labor time was obtained by taking a flat 15 per cent of the hours of direct labor on machine
yperations. The hours of indirect labor per acre are therefore 15 per cent of the hours shown in this table.
TABLE 26.— Hours of direct and indirect labor employed in the production of an
acre of sugar beets
SUMMARY FOR IDAHO AND ANALYSIS BY AREAS, 1021, 1922. AND 1923
Exclusive of contract labor, labor operating tractors, all machine labor hired at custom or piece rates
(drilling beet seed, ete.), and labor of supervising and managing]
Hours of direct and indirect labor em-
ployed in the production of an acre
nf sugar beets
.daho
Twin Falls._.__._________
Blackfoot
1091
Yer ccre
58. 6
32 y
199292
r acre
64.3
62.9
B5. 4
093
or acre
65.2
62.8
B66. 9
3-year
Average
Per acre
63.4
61.5
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