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BULLETIN 199;, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table YIU.~ Temperature and precipitation at Ogden, Utah, from November 1, 1912, 

 to January 5, 1913 — Continued. 





November, 1912. 



December, 1912. 



January, 1913. 



Day of month. 



1 



a 



a . 



a 



a 



Il 



a 

 . a 



V. 



■ a 

 a 



.a 





&a 



Ph 



a 



1 

 1 



a 



a^ 



:a 



- g 



§ 



i 





" F. 

 57 

 47 

 47 

 52 

 55 

 53 

 53, 

 55 

 56 

 55 

 57 

 47 

 47 

 51 

 52 

 48 

 48 

 46 

 49 

 45 

 52 

 39 



" F. 

 35 

 24 

 24 

 26 

 28 

 29 

 28 

 25 

 27 

 28 

 33 

 21 

 23 

 26 

 23 

 21 

 19 

 20 

 23 

 21 

 29 

 16 



" F. 



46 



35.5 



35.5 



39 



41.5 



41 



40.5 



40 



41.5 



41.5 



45 



34 



35 



38.5 



37.5 



34.5 



33.5 



33 



36 



33 



40.5 



27.5 



Ins. 

 0.26 



"".'62" 

 ".'64' 



""."26' 



" F. 

 45 

 43 

 47 

 47 

 51 

 52 

 42 

 34 

 38 

 41 

 34 

 32 

 28 

 30 

 35 

 34 

 34 

 35 

 34 

 33 

 41 

 39 

 40 



° F. 



12 



15 



17 



21 



24 



24 



24 



20 



19 



20 



4 



7 



3 



5 



15 



16 



7 



16 



11 



13 



26 



19 



20 



" F. 



28.5 



29 



32 



34 



37.5 



38 



33 



27 



28.5 



30.5 



19 



19.5 



15.5 



17.5 



25 



25 



20.5 



25.5 



22.5 



23 



33.5 



29 



30 



Ins'. 



° F. 



" F. 



° F. 



Ins. 































































15 



























0.27 











18 











19 

























21 













22 













23 













24 













25 













26 













27 













28 













29 



.07 











30 











31 



.04 



































39.7 



.91 



27.1 



.41 



21.6 



0.10 



















Mean for entire period, 36.72° F. 



RELATION OF SHRINKAGE TO MONEY LOSS. 



The answer to the question whether the shrinkage of sugar beets 

 involves a corresponding money loss to the growers will depend on 

 the system of payment for the beets. There are two methods in 

 vogue in many districts; in others, only one. In most cases the 

 farmer has the option of contracting to furnish his beets to the factory 

 either at a fiat rate per ton for all beets containing above the stipu- 

 lated minimum of sucrose or he may accept a sliding scale of pay- 

 ment whereby the price per ton is modified according to the actual 

 average sucrose content of his beets. Some sugar companies offer 

 a so-caUed sliding scale, which is in reality two separate flat rates, 

 one for aU beets up to a certain percentage of sucrose, and a slightly 

 higher rate for all above that percentage. Only the flat rate, prop- 

 erly so called, and the sliding scale will be discussed. 



The following is a fair example of prices under the sliding scale: 



Five dollars for beets containing 16 per cent of sucrose and 30 cents a ton for e very- 

 additional 1 per cent of sucrose, with a deduction of 25 cents a ton for every 1 per 

 cent less than 16 until the acceptable minimum is reached. 



Under this system it will be seen that the increment of sucrose is 

 paid for at practically the same rate per cent as the basal price of 



