CULTURE OF THE SUGAR BEET. 127 



STTGAR FACTORY OF THE SOCIETY OF EEBETJ1VELZ, AT PEEEU WELZ. 



No. 71. 



Between the subscribers : of the first part, the administration of the Society of Perru- 

 web: for the manufacture of sugar from beets and of animal charcoal, the headquar- 

 ters of which is at the establishment of Perruwelz ; of the second part, M. Louis 

 Leturcq, cultivator, domiciled at Roucourt. Parties to the following agreement : 



Article I. The party of the second part engages to cultivate during the campaign 

 of 1874, in beets called Silesian, green top or pink top, the following quantity of 

 land: 



Art. II. The grower may use only the seed furnished by the factory or permitted by 

 the administration, and in the latter case at his own risk and peril. 



Art. III. The seed shall be furnished by the factory from the 15th to the 31st of 

 March at the price of 1 franc per kilogram (9 cents per pound). 



Art. TV. The beets shall be planted before the 15th of May upon a good clay or 

 sandy soil, suitably prepared without excess of manure. The latter shall not be dis- 

 tributed after June 15, neither shall direct application to the plant be allowed. 



Art. V. The plants shall remain completely provided with their loaves — that is, the 

 leaves may not be cut off for feeding purposes until the time for pulling, which shall 

 not be made more than five days before their delivery at the factory. However, after 

 the 25th of October the beets may be pulled at once and piled in heaps or stored in 

 trenches until the time of delivery. 



Art. VI. All beets shall be delivered healthy, free from earth, leaves, and " turols.'' 

 Their weight shall be determined at the office of the scales at Perruwelz, with a 

 tare of 5 per cent. This tare shall be rated according to the cleanliness and the 

 quality of the beet. Above 15 per cent., and if the beets are rotten, frozen, or of bad 

 quality, the purchasers may refuse them, or accept them with a tare, which they 

 alone shall value or appraise. 



Art. YII. The delivery of the crop shall be made at the trenches of the storehouse 

 of the sugar-works of Perruwelz at the price of 20 francs (§4) per 1,000 kilograms 

 (2,200 pounds). 



Art. YIII. Beets grown in gardens or upon low, wet, or turfy soils will be refused. 



Art. IX. The purchasers reserve the right of inspection by their employe's of the 

 fields planted, in order to be assured that there is no detraction from the agreements 

 herein stipulated ; and in case of infringements it shall be optional with them to make 

 a reduction of 2 francs (40 cents) per 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) or to declare the 

 present contract null and void. 



Art. X. The person furnishing the roots shall have the right to a quantity of pulp 

 equal to 20 per cent, the weight of the roots delivered by him, at an average price of 

 10 francs (62) per 1,000 kilograms (2.200), but he shall lose this right if he tails to come 

 and take the delivery on the day which shall be indicated by the manager of the so- 

 ciety. 



Art. XI. In order to avoid obstruction on the reception of the crop, the dates for 

 the deliveries shall be at suitable times designated by the purchasing administration, 

 having regard for the greater or less quantities of the crops to be furnished, and in 

 general in such a manner that 15 per cent, and no more may be called from the loth 

 to the 30th of September and 50 per cent, from the 1st- to the 25th of November and 

 not after. 



Art. XII. Payment for roots furnished shall be made as promptly as possible, but 

 certainly before the end of January. 



Art. XIII. Beets pulled with a hook shall be refused. 



LOUIS LETURCQ. 



(Made in duplicate at Perruwelz this 6th day of January, 1674.) 



