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BULLETIN 720, U. a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



must be pulled by the contractor, and cleaned of adhering dirt by knocking the beets 

 together or otherwise as pulled, and throwing them into piles. The ground on which 

 the beets are to be piled must be cleaned off and leveled down by the contractor, 

 so that the grower may fork the beets into the wagon free from dirt, rocks, leaves, 

 or other trash. 



The beets shall be topped by the contractor in the following manner, to wit, by 

 cutting off the tops squarely just below the crown at the base of the bottom leaf. 

 Knives shall not be used for lifting beets, but hooks may be used, provided they are 

 properly driven into the top of the crown of the beet only. 



All tools for hand work shall be furnished by the grower. 



All cultivating, irrigating, plowing out, and loading shall be done by the grower, 

 unless otherwise agreed upon. 



All beets left in the field over night must be protected properly from frost by the 

 contractor by covering the piles with beet tops, the tops to be removed by the grower 

 before beets are loaded. 



Fig. 23. — Sugar beets piled at a loading station. Surplus beets are sometimes thrown into large piles at 

 the receiving stations, and these are then reloaded when the supply from the field is curtailed by bad 

 weather or otherwise. 



The grower reserves the right, in the event the hand work is not done properly or 

 with sufficient rapidity by the contractor that the crop would thereby suffer, to 

 engage additional help for doing the work as cheaply as practicable under existing 

 conditions, and to deduct the expense of the same from this contract, it being agreed 

 and understood, however, that in the event of any dispute arising between the grower 

 and contractor as to the interpretation of the above rules, as to the manner in which 

 the work is being done, or as to the necessity of additional help, the agricultural 

 superintendent or field man of the company shall act as referee, and his decision shall 

 be final and binding on both the contractor and grower. 



PITTING SUGAR BEETS. 



During the harvest season beets are sometimes taken out much 

 more rapidly than they can be received by the sugar company. It- 

 is therefore the custom to put a portion of the crop in pits during 

 this period. Pitting was found to be much more common in the 



