30 BULLETIN 748, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TasrE XVI.—Relation of distance from loading station to cost of delivering 
sugar beets. 
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Per cent 
Z : Average Labor cost 
Distance (miles). : s ofall 
distance. recondal per ton. 
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Miles. 
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me to Sap Ee aS NTE eos LR et SURED Pe in A rally temo BDSG SR TS 3.33 24 - 65 
LOGE SS eee ane A OR eS Oke SS By tere Mita gees SMG heen eS Side la 4.7 6 ail 
Overy ree Sigs Ship een Soy SN oi att URN ark OR e - Se e ip Aen REE 6.82 7 | 1.01 
VARIATIONS IN FIELD PRACTICE. 
Certain field methods in growing and handling sugar beets are 
common to all areas. On the other hand the desired results are 
often accomplished in a number of different ways. Variations in 
field practice may be due to the condition of the soil at the time the 
work is done. Some fields may have to be disked more than once 
and the soil may require extra treatment with the spring-tooth har- 
row. Perhaps in other cases it may be possible to put the field in 
good condition for seeding merely by using the spike-tooth harrow. 
Climatic conditions usually govern the methods that must be em- 
ployed in handling the growing crop. The handwork, such as block- 
ing and thinning, hoeing, and topping, is usually done on a contract 
basis, though a part of this work may in some instances be done by 
the owner or renter. Occasionally all of the handwork may be done 
by the farmer, his family, and hired hands. <A few of these features 
are illustrated in Tables XVIT to XX, which were prepared in order 
to show variations in farm practice for 10 representative farms in 
each of the 4 districts included in this survey.t 
1Under the operations ‘“‘removing trash”’ and “ manuring” the fractional numbers 
indicate the portions or parts of the total beet acreage on which it was necessary to do 
some cleaning up after the preceding crop. or they indicate the part of the total area 
that received a treatment of barnyard manure. Referring to the table for the Caro district, 
it will be observed that Farm No. 1 manured one-tenth of the beet acreage; Farm No. 2 
covered two-tenths or one-fifth of the beet land with manure, while Farm No. 5 treated 
one-half of the beet acreage with an application of manure. The manuring was done 
chiefly in the late fall and the early spring months, 
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