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BULLETIN 693, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
HAULING. 
The hauling season coincides with the harvesting season. When 
the latter begins late in September or early in October, the greater 
part of this work will be completed by 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 equip- 
ment. Ample horsepower must also be provided to haul the beets 
from the field to the dump, slicing station, or factory. Formerly 
many of the sugar beets were unloaded by hand, but under present 
conditions this work is done mechanically. When the soil is soft an 
extra team may be required in the field for the purpose of assisting 
the regular crew to haul the loads to a, solid roadbed. (See Table 
XXIII.) 
Table XXIII. — Hauling practice. 
District. 
Year. 
Num- 
ber of 
farm 
records. 
Tons 
per 
acre. 
Ayerage crew. 
Hours per acre. 
Total 
cost 
per 
acre. 
Cost 
Man. 
Horse. 
Man. 
Horse. 
per ton. 
1914-15 
1914-15 
1915 
75 
58 
30 
14.60 
15.10 
13.50 
1 
1 
1 
3.50 
2.93 
3.67 
11.96 
14.35 
8.71 
42.61 
40.20 
31.87 
$6.22 
6.75 
4.93 
Cents. 
42.6 
44.9 
36.5 
One hundred and sixty-three farm reports were secured on hauling 
practice. A few growers hired the beets hauled. The price for haul- 
ing on contract varied from 35 cents to 75 cents per ton. The cus- 
tomary price appeared to be 50 cents per ton for a haul of one and 
one-half miles. In the accompanying record this rate varied from 
36.5 cents per ton for the Idaho Falls group to 449 cents per ton for 
the Provo group. Forty- three farm reports in the Garland area indi- 
cated the use of one man and four horses in this operation. Prac- 
tically all of the remaining Garland records were applicable to a 
1-man and 3-horse crew. The Provo reports included 19 crews with 
one man and four horses, 16 with one man and three horses, and 23 
with one man and two horses. At Idaho Falls the usual crew con- 
sisted of one man and four horses. 
The distance between the beet fields and the loading station 
naturally has an influence on the cost of delivery. It will be seen 
that in marketing a crop like sugar beets, where the yield from 1 
acre weighs 12 to 15 tons, the product of a single acre will require 
several trips with one wagon; and if there is a long haul ahead of the 
operator the cost of handling the crop will be much greater than it 
is on the farm which has a loading station nearby. This relation- 
ship is shown in Table XXIV. 
