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vester. The tops are delivered, separate from the roots, 
and left in windrows or piles. 
This latter type of machine moves under its own 
power, using a light-weight, high-speed gasoline engine. 
The first type described is drawn by a team and requires 
about the same power to propel it as does a mowing ma- 
chine that is cutting alfalfa. 
HAULING (PLATES XV, XVI) 
Beets are taken to the factory or to the railroad load- 
ing stations in wagons which are usually fitted with 
special racks. The ordinary wagon box can be used, but 
much labor is saved by having a rack made for the pur- 
pose. The beets are thrown from the field piles into the 
wagon by hand or with a beet fork. If no dumps are 
available, the beets must be thrown from the wagon into 
ears or into pile silos with a fork. Hand unloading in- 
volves considerable hand labor, but fortunately it has to 
be resorted to in a few places only. In most of the beet- 
producing sections, conveniences for lessening hand labor 
are at hand. 
_ A number of types of beet racks are used: some merely 
let down the sides; others provide for the entire rack to 
turn on an axis and dump out the beets. These racks 
are made to hold from two to seven tons and average about 
four tons. Nets are sometimes used to help in unload- 
ing. These are placed in the rack before the beets are 
loaded, and with their aid the entire load may be lifted 
off at once. 
Different companies have various methods of han- 
