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BULLETIN 760, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 
In tlie Los Angeles area this period extended from July 20 to De- 
cember 1, in the Oxnard district from July 15 to November 10, and 
on Salinas farms from September 1 to November 25. (Table XVJJLL.) 
Table XVIII. — Lifting. 
District. 
Number 
of 
Per cent 
of total 
Acres in beets per 
farm. 
Hours of labor per 
acre. 
Labor 
cost per 
records, records. 
Total. 
Lifted. 
Man. 
Horse. 
acre. 
Los Angeles 
66 SI 
91.92 
46.68 
92.72 
89.52 
46.68 
92.72 
4.19 
3.63 
4.45 
16.72 
23.77 
26.37 
S2.51 
Oxnard 
Salinas 
37 
39 
82 
100 
3.14 
3.57 
Fig. 15. — Harvesting 
>ugar beets with a crotch lifter that is operated by a crew of 
one man and four horses. 
There are two general types of implement used in doing this work, 
viz, the crotch lifter and the side lifter. (See fig. 15.) The crotch 
lifter has double prongs which run on both sides of the row, while 
the side lifter has single points on the ends of long, thin, cutting- 
blades, the most common size being the one-row implement with but 
one point. This is called a " side lifter M because the point runs at 
the side of the row. The crotch type lifts only one row, while side 
lifters are made to lift from one to four rows at a time. Side lifters 
are universally used when tractor power is employed. (See fig. 16.) 
The size of the lifter used depends on the horsepower of the tractor. 
Both side and crotch lifters were used in the Los Angeles district. 
On Salinas farms crotch lifters were used exclusively, while on 
farms in the Oxnard district the side lifter was the universal type. 
