GROWING FIELD CROPS IN SUGAR-BEET DISTRICTS. 



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station, where they are either dumped or shoveled off the wagon. 

 On an average, for the Greeley district the farmer hauled his beets 

 1.54 miles. Where cars are available and the yards at the factory 

 are of sufficient capacity to receive the beets, they are dumped from 



Fig. 35. — Stacking alfalfa hay, showing the side-swing type of stacker. 



special-type drop-side wagons so that they go direct into the car. 

 This saves the labor of shoveling. Where the beets are not dumped 

 the company receives them at the loading station and requires the 

 farmer to shovel them into piles on the ground. Beets are delivered 

 as they are harvested. 



To market potatoes it is necessary that they be sorted, graded, and 

 sacked. This is done by running them over a screen and picking 



Fig. 36.— Stacking alfalfa hay, showing the derrick type of stacker and the use of sleds and slings. 



out the damaged tubers, the smaller ones and dirt falling through the 

 screen. A sorting crew usually consists of three men. One puts the 

 potatoes on the sorter or screen, and two men sort them and sew the 

 sacks. This may be done in the field at harvest time or in the potato 



