GROWING SUGAR BEETS IN MICHIGAN AND OHIO. 29 
area was seven-tenths of a ton greater than the average load in the 
latter area. In other words, the Alma operators hauled an average 
load of 3.1 tons, whereas the Grand Rapids growers took in only 2.4 
tons per load. 
Fig. 22.—Hauling sugar beets with a crew of 1 man and 2 horses. This illustrates 
the common crew for these regions. 
The hauling season extended from about September 15 to early in 
December. A 1-man, 2-horse crew (fig. 22) was used in all districts 
except Grand Rapids, when five men used a 1-man, 3-horse crew. 
TABLE XV.—Hauling. 
Acres in beets Hours of labor 
Per aa aaa, Tons per acre. Labor Labor 
District cent hauled | Miles cost cost 
; Olgas | eeeemacann amcammena lt Clone REL ULL Ce OT: per 
records. Total. |Hauled.| 2¢T°- Man. | Horse. | 2°F°: ton. 
(CE HOSP SiMe el Seat Em ean eA yee 100 | 15.06 15.00 9.73 1.59 | 12.09 |] 24.18 | $4.62 $0. 48 
BAU Tra aE ie ee ren Cul ate 100 9.54 9.47 11. 63 4.21 20.50 41.46 8. 25 -70 
Grand Rapids.............. 100 6. 40 6.14 10. 40 2.90 Ws 37.14 Heo aes 
Northwestern Ohio........- 95 15. 29 14. 46 13.30 2.57 19.10 | 37.55 7.58 .56 
The average distance to loading station or sugar-factory beet 
dump is 2.47 miles. Of 315 men reporting on hauling, 62 per cent 
hauled less than the average distance, and 38 per cent more than 
the average. Thirty-eight per cent hauled an average of 1.91 miles. 
Seven per cent hauled an average of 6.82 miles. Those men who 
hauled an average of 1.91 miles did so at a cost of 48 cents per ton 
less than the men who hauled over 5$ miles, or an average of 6.82 
miles. (See Table XVI.) 
