96 The Sugar-Beet in America 



bottom leaf, and will use reasonable effort to protect the same 

 from frost and sun. The Sugar Company will furnish the seed 

 at 15 cents per pound to the Grower, and plant the same, when 

 so requested, at the rate of 65 cents per acre. 



2. Delivery of beets shall be made as follows: Until and 

 including October 15th, only as required by the Sugar Company ; 

 and after October 15th, the Grower shall deliver without further 

 notification all unharvested beets, the Sugar Company reserving 

 the right to reject beets containing less than 12 per cent Sugar. 

 The Sugar Company, at its option, may accept or reject any 

 beets not delivered on or before November 30th. 



3. All such beets to be delivered at the expense of the Grower 

 in a manner and condition satisfactory to the Sugar Company, 

 in the sheds or on cars at the .... factory, or at the re- 

 ceiving station at In case of no care, the 



Grower agrees to unload in piles as directed by the Sugar Com- 

 pany and shall receive ten cents per ton for such piling. 



4. The Sugar Company shall not be bound to accept diseased, 

 frozen, damaged, and improperly topped beets, and beets which 

 do not otherwise meet requirements hereof. 



5. The weight of dirt delivered with beets shall be deducted in 

 the customary manner, and such deductions shall be conclusive. 



6. The Sugar Company, on the fifteenth day of each month, 

 will pay $9.00 per ton for all beets delivered and received during 

 the preceding calendar month in accordance with the terms, 

 specifications and requirements of this contract, that shall test 

 over 15 per cent in sugar content. In addition to the aforemen- 

 tioned payment, the Sugar Company will pay the Grower his 

 proportion of one-half the increase in the price of sugar, if any, 

 above $7.45 per cwt., Seaboard Refining point, based on the 

 quantity of sugar sold at such increased basic price. The latter 

 payment to be computed and made when all the sugar manufac- 

 tured from the beet crop of 1918 has been sold. 



7. The Growers shall have the privilege of selecting, at their 

 expense, a man of reliable character, satisfactory to The Sugar 

 Company, to check the tares and weights of the beets grown 

 under this contract, at the receiving stations where such beets 

 may be delivered. 



8. The Sugar Company, at its pleasure, during the growing, 

 harvesting and delivery of the beets, shall have the privilege 

 and shall be accorded the opportunity, by the Grower, of sam- 



