The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-04-12
ISSUE BULLETIN
OF GREAT Value
FARM MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
SHOWS FARMERS PROFITS
ON SEVEN CROPS

With the object of placing the COM
parat1ye costs of growing seven prin-
cipal crops in the hands of Idaho far
mers, enabling them to consider the
current conditions and estimate the
probable profit which will be forth
coming, the University of Idaho agri-
cultural experiment station, cooperat-
ing with the United States department
of agriculture, has issued Research
Bulletin No. 2, bearing the title.
Farm Costs and Relative Profits of
Seven Crops" The publication was
compiled by Byron Hunter, specialist
in farm management at the Univer-
sity of Idaho, who represented both
the university and the United States
department of agriculture, and S. B.
Nuckols, representing the office of
sugar plant investigation of the de-
partment of agriculture.
Discusses Farm Efficiency
Answers to problems concerning the
net returns per acre and per dollar
expended, influence of yield per acre
and the chances for increasing farm
efficiency are of great Importance
and concern to the average farmer,
and for this purpose the bulletin was
issued.
during the year of 1919 when a bus
mess analysis and farm production
study of 200 farms in the irrigated
region of Twin Falls county was made
by the University of Idaho in cooper
alton with the office of farm manage
ment and farm economics and the
office of sugar plant Investigations Of
the United States department of agri-
culture. The business analysis for
the year Of 1919 has already been
published in a special bulletin and a
similar report for 1920 is now in pre-
paratiOn.
Gives Detailed Figures
The crops featured in the bulletin
are wheat, potatoes, sugar beets,
beans, alfalfa hay, alsike and red
clover seed. In addition to the farm
records the enumerators
secured from the farmers in the area
studied detailed figures and estimates
covering the cost of producing the
seven leading crops grown in the
district. These estimates included
value of land, hours of man and horse
abor, quantities of materials and
other items of cost necessary to pro-
luce an acre of each crop.
The object of the bulletin is to en-
able farmers to decide intelligently
which enterprises to undertake, in
,rease or reduce, by being familiar
With the comparative costs and re-
ative profitableness. During the
period covered by the bulletin, as
outlined in the summary, the cost
TENS of crop production were at their
lighest The survey will be conduct
ID each year, according to Mr.. Hun
er, until the comparative profitable
less of the principal crops is defin-
tely established.
Requirements Vary Little
The basic requirements for pro-
uction, such as labor, seeds, sacks,
wine, fuel and fertilizer vary but
title from year to year, the bulletin
tates. The cost of producing any
rop for a given year can be deter
lined fairly accurately by applying
urrent prices for the year in ques-
ion.
With such material in the hands of
he farmer he is given considerable
altitude of choice between the several
inds of crops which may be suited
D his particular locality. The con-
itions surrounding the study in the
win Falls region are very similar
0 those in the other irrigated re-
ions of southern Idaho and as re-
ult it is felt that the bulletin will
ave wide application and will be
great value