96 The Sugar-Beet in America 
bottom leaf, and will use reasonable effort to protect the same 
from frost and sun. The Sugar Company will furnish the seed 
at 15 cents per pound to the Grower, and plant the same, when 
so requested, at the rate of 65 cents per acre. 
2. Delivery of beets shall be made as follows: Until and 
including October 15th, only as required by the Sugar Company ; 
and after October 15th, the Grower shall deliver without further 
notification all unharvested beets, the Sugar Company reserving 
the right to reject beets containing less than 12 per cent Sugar. 
The Sugar Company, at its option, may accept or reject any 
beets not delivered on or before November 30th. 
3. All such beets to be delivered at the expense of the Grower 
in a manner and condition satisfactory to the Sugar Company, 
in the sheds oronears at the . . . . factory, or at the re- 
ceiving station at . . In case of no care, the 
Grower agrees to unload i in ‘piles as directed by the Sugar Com- 
pany and shall receive ten cents per ton for such piling. 
4. The Sugar Company shall not be bound to accept diseased, 
frozen, damaged, and improperly topped beets, and beets which 
do not otherwise meet requirements hereof. 
5. The weight of dirt delivered with beets shall be deducted in 
the customary manner, and such deductions shall be conclusive. 
6. The Sugar Company, on the fifteenth day of each month, 
will pay $9.00 per ton for all beets delivered and received during 
the preceding calendar month in accordance with the terms, 
specifications and requirements of this contract, that shall test 
over 15 per cent in sugar content. In addition to the aforemen- 
tioned payment, the Sugar Company will pay the Grower his 
proportion of one-half the increase in the price of sugar, if any, 
above $7.45 per cwt., Seaboard Refining point, based on the 
quantity of sugar sold at such increased basic price. The latter 
payment to be computed and made when all the sugar manufac- 
tured from the beet crop of 1918 has been sold. 
7. The Growers shall have the privilege of selecting, at their 
expense, a man of reliable character, satisfactory to The Sugar 
Company, to check the tares and weights of the beets grown 
under this contract, at the receiving stations where such beets 
may be delivered. 
8. The Sugar Company, at its pleasure, during the growing, 
harvesting and delivery of the beets, shall have the privilege 
and shall be accorded the opportunity, by the Grower, of sam- 
