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BULLETIN 693, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 



HAULING. 



The hauling season coincides with the harvesting season. When 

 the latter begins late in September or early in October, the greater 

 part of this work wiU be completed by the end of November. The 

 sugar beet is a bulky and heavy product to handle, hence good wagons 

 with substantial racks are an important part of the grower's equip- 

 ment. Ample horsepower must also be provided to haul the beets 

 from the field to the dump, slicing station, or factory. Formerly 

 many of the sugar beets were unloaded by hand, but under present 

 conditions this work is done mechanically. When the soil is soft an 

 extra team may be required in the field for the purpose of assisting 

 the regular crew to haul tlie loads to a solid roadbed. (See Table 



XXIII.) 



Table XXIII. — Hauling practice. 



District. 



Year. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 farm 

 records. 



Tons 

 per 

 acre. 



Average crew. 



Hours per acre. 



Total 

 cost 

 per 

 acre. 



Cost 



Man. 



Horse. 



Man. 



Horse. 



per ton. 





1914-15 



1914-15 



1915 



75 

 58 

 30 



14. 60 

 15.10 

 13.50 



1 

 1 

 1 



3.50 

 2.93 

 3.67 



11.96 

 14.35 



8.71 



42.61 

 40.20 

 31.87 



S6.22 

 6.75 

 4.93 



Cents. 

 42.6 





44.9 



Idalio Falls..- 



36.5 







One hundred and sixty-three farm reports were se<"ured on hauling 

 practice. A few growers hired the beets hauled. The price for haul- 

 ing on contract varied from 35 cents to 75 cents per ton. The cus- 

 tomary price appeared to be 50 cents per ton for a haul of one and 

 one-half miles. In the accompanying record this rate varied from 

 36.5 cents per ton for the Idaho Falls group to 44.9 cents per ton for 

 the Provo group. Forty-three farm reports in the Garland area indi- 

 cated the use of one man and four horses in this operation. Prac- 

 tically aU of the remaining Garland records were apphcable to a 

 1-man and 3-horse crew. The Provo reports included 19 crews with 

 one man and four horses, 16 with one man and three horses, and 23 

 with one man and two horses. At Idaho Falls the usual crew con- 

 sisted of one man and four horses. 



The distance between the beet fields and the loading station 

 naturally has an influence on the cost of deHvery. It will be seen 

 that in marketing a crop like sugar beets, where the yield from 1 

 acre weighs 12 to 15 tons, the product of a single acre wiU require 

 several trips with one wagon; and if there is a long haul ahead of the 

 operator the cost of handling the crop will be much greater than it 

 is on the farm which has a loading station nearby. This relation- 

 ship is shown in Table XXIV. 



