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completed by the middle or toward 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 equipment. 

 Ample horsepower must be provided to haul the beets from the field 

 to the dump, slicing station, or factory. (Fig. 13.) Formerly many 

 of the sugar beets were imloaded by hand, but under present con- 

 ditions part of this work is done mechanically. When the soil is 

 soft, an extra team may be required to assist the regular crew. 



The distance between the beet fields and the loading station natur- 

 ally has considerable influence on the cost of delivery. If there is a 

 long haul, the cost of hauling will be much greater than it is for the 

 farm which has a near-by loading station. (Table XXV.) 



Pig. 13.— Hauling beets to sugar factory. This type of rack enables the grower to unload without any 

 hand labor and with but little loss of time. 



Comparing the group with an average hauling distance of less than 

 one-half mile with the group with an average haul of over 3 miles, it 

 will be seen that there is a difference of 5.5 man-hours and about 22 

 horse-hours in labor requirements for hauling. 



Table XXV. — Relation of distance from market to tivie required for hauling heels. 



Groups, by distance. 



Aver- 

 age 

 dis- 

 tance. 



Per- 

 centage 

 of rec- 

 ords. 



Average crew. 



Hours per ton. 



Hours per acre. 



Man. 



Horse. 



Man. 



Horse. 



Man. 



Horse. 



r,p.<;s tlian 1i miles 



0.9 

 2.3 

 3.8 



57 

 31 

 12 



1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 



3.3 

 3.2 

 3.6 



0.7 



.9 



1.1 



2.4 

 3.0 

 3.8 



10.09 

 12.03 

 15.59 



33 62 



11 t.n .S milps . 



38 72 



rtVfir S Tnilfis 



55.91 







