COST OF PRODUCING SUGAR BEETS IX UTAH AXD IDAHO. 37 



85 per cent of the hand labor was done on a contract basis. At 

 Idaho Falls 91 per cent was done by the operator and his family. 



HOEING. 



Hoeing is done during the early summer months. Under ordinary' 

 conditions the fields are hoed twice, but these records show tliree 

 hoeings for the years 1918 and 1919. In cases where a contract is 

 involved, the hand labor agrees to keep the field free from weeds; 

 this may mean hoeing three times, together with some work in 

 pulling out large weeds late in the season. 



The stipulations of a typical agreement for contract labor for the 

 year 1918 are given herewith: 



The grower, in consideration of the promises herein contained to be kept and per- 

 formed by the said contractor, agrees to i)ay the contractor fcr said work as follows: 



Thinning $8.00 per acre 



First hoeing 3.00 per acre 



Second hoeing 2.00 per acre 



Pulling, topping, and loading — S-ton average crop or under 12.00 per ac-re 



Pulling, topping, and loading — 9-ton aA-erage crop 13.00 per acre 



Pulling, topping, and loading — 10-ton average crop 14.00 per acre 



Pulling, topping, and loading — 11-ton average crop. . - 15.00 per acre 



Pulling, topping, and loading — 12-ton a^-erage crop in. CO per acre 



Pulling, topping, and loading — 13-ton aA-erage crop 17.00 per acre 



Pulling, topping, and loading — 14-ton average crop 18.00 per acre 



Pulling, topping, and loading — 15-ton average crop 19.00 per acre 



In case the crop shall exceed 15 tons average per acre, the grower agrees to pay 

 the contractor for harA^esting such excess tonnage at the rate of $1 per ton. 



The contractor agrees that out of the money due for thinning the grower shall 

 retain the sum of fifty (50) cents per acre, and out of the money due for first hoeing 

 the sum of fifty (50) cents per acre, as guarantee for the proper completion of the 

 later work. Upon the proper completion of the second hoeing and harvesting, this 

 money shall be repaid to the contractor, without interest. 



The grower agrees to pay the contractor promptly iipon the completion of each 

 item of work, and, in case of delay in payments, the grower agrees to pay interest on 

 all deferred payments from the time when due until paid at the rate of 1 per cent 

 per month. 



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In the event that the grower shall elect to pull and top his beets with a mechanical 

 device, he may be released from the further operation of this <'ontract without jiroju- 

 dice, by notifjdng the contractor of his intention on or before Septemlier 1, 1919, 

 and by paying to the contractor the $1 per acre retained xmder the above-mentioned 

 arrangement, together with any money due the contractor. 



The contractor agrees, where possible, to space the beets from 9 to 14 inches apart 

 in the row, thinning the plants so that not less than 90 per cent tliereof shall be single 

 plants at the time of thinning; to leave the plants in a healthy condition, not to 

 expose the roots more than necessar\'; at thinning time to hoe deep enough to remove 

 all weeds by the roots that are in the row or within three inche.s thereof on either 

 side; to keep the beets free from weeds in the row by hoeing them at lea^t twice 

 after thinning; if so instruited by the agents of the sugar company, to i>ull all weeds 



