GROWING SUGAR BEETS IN" COLORADO. 



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the largest number of records, had 126 growers who reported a crew 

 of one man and two horses, 46 reporting one man and four horses, 

 and 8 reporting one man and three horses. A few odd crews were 



Fig. 26 — Hauling sugar beets from the field. When the soilis soft an extra team is used to assist in getting 



the load to a solid road. 



Fig. 27.— Unloading beets mechanically. This type of machine is known as the rocker dump. 



reported. There was a variation in cost from $5.64 per acre, which 

 was the average for the Fort Morgan list of growers in 1915, to $6.86 

 per acre for the Rocky Ford group in 1914 and 1915 (Table XXII). 



