GROWING SUGAE BEETS IN MICHIGAN AND OHIO. 



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area was seven-tenths of a ton greater than the average load in the 

 latter area. In other words, the Alma operators hauled an average 

 load of 3.1 tons, whereas the Grand Rapids growers took in only 2.4 

 tons per load. 



Fig. 22, 



-Hauling sugar beets with a crew of 1 man and 2 horses, 

 the common crew for these regions. 



This illustrates 



The hauling season extended from about September 15 to early in 

 December. A 1-man, 2-horse crew (fig. 22) was used in all districts 

 except Grand Rapids, when five men used a 1-man, 3-horse crew. 



Table XV. — Hauling. 



District. 



Per 



cent 



of all 



records. 



Acres in beets 

 per farm. 



Tons 



hauled 



per 



acre. 



Miles 

 hauled. 



Hours of labor 

 per acre. 



Labor 

 cost 

 per 

 acre. 



Labor 

 cost 





Total. 



Hauled. 



Man. 



Horse. 



ton. 



Caro 



100 

 100 

 100 



95 



15.06 

 9.54 

 6.40 



15.29 



15.00 

 9.47 

 6.14 



14.46 



9.73 

 11.63 

 10.40 

 13.30 



1.59 

 4.21 

 2.90 

 2.57 



12.09 

 20.50 

 17.72 

 19.10 



24.18 

 41.46 

 37.14 

 37.55 



$4.62 

 8.25 

 7.25 

 7.58 



10.48 



Alma 



.70 





.73 





.56 







The average distance to loading station or sugar-factory beet 

 dump is 2.47 miles. Of 315 men reporting on hauling, 62 per cent 

 hauled less than the average distance, and 38 per cent more than 

 the average. Thirty-eight per cent hauled an average of 1.91 miles. 

 Seven per cent hauled an average of 6.82 miles. Those men who 

 hauled an average of 1.91 miles did so at a cost of 48 cents per ton 

 less than the men who hauled over 5^ miles, or an average of 6.82 

 miles. (See Table XVI.) 



