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trash. Only a few growers, however, reported on this operation. 

 This work in a number of cases was included with the lifting of the 

 crop, and on other farms the contract laborer was required to do 

 this work with a garden rake as a part of his contract labor. The 

 number of records obtained was not large enough to warrant any 

 definite conclusions with reference to the time consumed or the cost 

 per acre. A span of horses with a V-shaped leveler can prepare 

 sufficient space for several rows of beets in a short time (fig. 24). 



HAULING. 



It has been pointed out that hauling is done 'at the same time as 

 the hf ting and topping. Ninety-six per cent of the growers included 

 in this investigation gave information on hauling; the remainder of 



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Fig. 2.3.— Loading sugar beets with fork from small piles in field. 



these growers hired hauling done by contract. Heavy wagons were 

 used, equipped with strong, well-built beet boxes of special type 

 (figs. 25 and 26). The loading was done with forks or by hand. 

 Rain occasionally leaves the ground heavy and 'makes it necessary 

 to use an extra team. In cases in which the crop was delivered 

 directly to the cars at the loading station, no hand labor was required. 

 The unloading at the beet dump was done mechanically (figs. 27 and 

 28). 



In the Rocky Ford district 22 growers marketed the beets with a 

 crew of one man and two horses, while 67 growers utilized a 1-4 

 crew. In the Fort Morgan area 43 operators used a crew consisting 

 of one man and two horses, while 13 growers hauled with a crew 

 of one man and Jour horses. The Greeley area, which furnished 



