208 THE SUGAR INDUSTRY. 



beets to cover laboratory, tare taking, weighing and other expenses for the purpose of 

 protecting the interests of the parties hereto, and said amount shall be deducted from the 

 amounts due said second party for beets delivered. 



[f] That in case the Los Alamitos Sugar Factory is damaged by fire, or otherwise 

 in such a way that it will be impossible to repair same in time to work the crop of beets, 

 then this contract shall, at the option of the first party, become null and void; and in the 

 event of its exercising such option, the party of the first part agrees either to pay to the 

 party of the second part, $11.25 per acre for every acre contracted for and actually 

 planted with such beet seed at the time of the disaster, or in the event of such disaster, 

 and also at the request of the party of the first part the party of the second part shall 

 deliver said beets at the railroad depot at said factory site in such quantity as the party of 

 the first part shall require, but not to exceed tons per day, at the same prices and 

 on the same terms as hereinafter specified. The party of the first part may exercise 

 either alternative as above specified, and the fulfilment of the same shall be binding upon 

 the part of the second party upon notice by the party of the first part. 



For all beets delivered at the factory according to the conditions named above, the 

 party of the first part agrees to pay as follows $3.50 per ton for beets containing 12 per 

 cent, of sugar to the weight of the beet, with a purity co-efficient of 80; and an additional 

 25c per ton for each and every per cent, of sugar contained above 12 per cent., as deter- 

 mined by test made in the laboratory of the party of the first part. In determining the 

 percentage of sugar, any fraction of 1 per cent, under one-half of 1 per cent, shall not be 

 counted, but any fraction of 1 per cent, not less than one-half of 1 per cent, shall not be 

 counted as 1 per cent. The party of the first part reserves the right to reject very large 

 beets, diseased beets, or those parts of beets grown above the ground not fit to be man- 

 ufactured into sugar, or beets below 12 per cent., or whose co-efficient purity is less 

 than 80. 



The party of the first part ?hall be entitled to the one-fourth part of the crop raised 

 on the land above described, as rental thereof, the same to be delivered at the factory. 

 Five per cent, of the amount coming to the party of the second part for his share of the 

 said crop, shall be retained by the party of the first part, until the said land has been 

 thoroughly cleaned of all weeds and beets after harvest. 



It is further expressly agreed, that possession of the entire crop to be raised on 

 said lands, shall remain in the party of the first part ; until the said rent has been paid, 

 and until all amounts which may be or may become due from the party of the second 

 part to the party of the first part under the terms of this lease, whether it be for seed, or 

 laboratory expenses, or the expenses mentioned in clause "c" of this contract, or on 

 account of any other covenant herein contained, have been fully paid; and that any 

 attempt by the party of the second part to sell, transfer, convey or mortgage said crop 

 or his interest therein prior to the delivery thereof as herein agreed, shall entitle the 

 party of the first part to at once take the same into his own hands and proceed to deal 

 therewith in all respects, the same as if the property had been entirely sown and planted 

 by the party of the first part and this contract had never been made. 



The party of the first part will advance to the party of the second part from time 

 to time, during the beet thinning season, such sums as may be recommended by the field 

 superintendent of the party of the first part, for the purpose of thinning or weeding the 

 said crop, and not to exceed per acre, for which the party of the second part shall 

 give a note or notes, payable out of the first deliveries of beets made by him to the fac- 

 tory, and bearing interest at the rate of per cent, per annum, said notes to be secured 



by a chattel mortgage on the interest of said second party in said crop, the same to be 

 executed and delivered at the time of making such advances. The party of the second 

 part agrees to plant all the seed furnished by the party of the first part, on the acreage 

 contracted for, as described above, and dispose of it in no other way. 



Payments will be made on the 15th of every month for beets delivered during the 

 previous month, and all moneys due by the party of the second part to the party of the 

 first part shall be deducted from the first payments. Notice should be given to the party 

 of the first part at once if anything detrimental occurs to the crop after the seeds are in 

 the ground. 



THE SPRECKELS CONTRACTS 

 with farmers who supply beets to the factories at Watsonville or Salinas, Cal. 



A FOR FARMERS WHO RAISE THE CROP ON TTIETR OWN LAND. 



This Agreement, made and entered into between the Spreckels Sugar Company, 

 a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the state of California, party of the 



