44 BULLETIN 726, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XXII. — Hauling data for three Colorado districts. 



District. 



Year. 



Num- 

 ber 

 of 



farms. 



Acres 



hauled 



per 



farm. 



Tons 



hauled 



per 



acre. 



Dis- 

 tance 

 hauled. 



Average crew. 



Hours per acre. 



Total 

 cost 



Man. 



Horse. 



Man. 



norse. 



per 



acre. 



Rocky Ford 



Fort Morgan 



Greeley 



1914-15 



1915 

 1914-15 



107 

 66 

 1S4 



22.84 

 35.58 

 25.56 



13.07 



13.94 

 15.35 



Miles. 

 1.81 

 1.8 

 1.54 



1.1 



1.07 

 1.00 



3.56 

 2.59 

 2.53 



13.61 

 12.34 

 13.03 



44.11 

 30.01 

 32.44 



$6.86 

 5.64 

 6.05 







Distance ofTiauling and its relation to cost. — It is generally conceded 

 that the distance from the loading station is an important factor in 

 determining cost. The records for all districts were sorted upon the 

 basis of distance, and the average cost per ton for the several groups 

 was computed. 



Fig. 28. — Showing device at loading station for removing the soil that sifts through the sieve as the beets 



pass from the wagon to the ear. 



Table XXIII. — Relation of distance from loading station to cost of delivering the 



sugar beet (1914 and 1915). 



Distance (miles). 



Average 

 distance. 



Number 



of 

 records. 



Average crew. 



Average 



cost 

 per ton. 



Man. 



Horse. 





Miles. 

 0.80 

 1.63 

 2.64 

 3.70 

 4.87 



93 

 151 

 72 

 14 

 2 





3.19 



2.81 

 2.90 

 2.90 

 4.00 



$0.40 



1 to 2 



.44 



2 to 3 



.55 



3to4 



.63 



Over 4 



.68 







The significance of this study may be seen by comparing group 1 

 with group '4. Hauling an average distance of 2.6 miles in comparison 



