32 BULLETIN 760, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
case may be, a representative sample is taken and weighed as it comes 
from the load. Then all dirt is removed, the sample is retopped 
when necessary, and the clean beets are weighed a second time. The 
difference in weight between the beets before and after cleaning de- 
termines the percentage of tare. 
Eighteen men in the Los Angeles and five in the Oxnard district 
hired all of the hauling done at a contract rate of from 35 to 55 cents 
per ton, depending on the distance hauled. (See Table XIX.) In 
the Salinas area the hauling was all done by the farmers themselves. 
The number of tons of beets hauled at one trip ranged from 3 to 6 
Fig. 21.—Hauling sugar beets with wagon and trailer. The crew consists of one man 
and eight horses. This is a common practice in the beet-producing districts of 
California. 
tons for the smgle wagon to 7 to 10 tons where a trailer wagon was 
used. 
TABLE XIX.—Hauling. 
Acres in beets per Hours of labor per 
Number | Per cent farm. : acre. Labor 
District. of of total Distance cost per 
: records. | records. eo acre. 
Total. Sold. Man. Horse. 
Miles 
Los Angeles....-..--. 63 78 109.29 108.90 1.20 5.80 31.36 $4.30 
Oxnardiiey cs ees 40 89 63.30 63.30 1.76 4.66 31.00 4.08 
Salinaseeee anes se as 39 100 92.72 90.15 1.06 4.99 30. 74 4.12 
The season for hauling extended from July to December. The 1- 
man-6-horse and 1-man-8-horse crews were the ones most in evi- 
dence, 50 per cent of the former and 24 per cent of the latter being 
reported. (See figs. 21 and 22.) 
