COST OF PRODUCING SUGAR BEETS IN UTAH AND IDAHO. 89 
and, as soon as the beets have straightened up, that he will proceed to cultivate as 
often as may be required to remove the weeds between the rows without destroying 
any of the plants. The grower further agrees to plow up his beets as rapidly as the 
‘contractor is able to pull, top, and load the same and to furnish wagons promptly for 
hauling the same to the sugar company’s receiving station. 
The grower agrees to furnish the contractor with a camping place for the laborers 
necessary to perform the work herein provided for, together with hay or straw for 
their bedding and water and fuel for domestic purposes. In the event that the 
erower’s fields shall be more than one mile from the camp established by the con- 
tractor, the grower agrees to haul all laborers necessary to perform the work herein- 
before provided for, to and from such fields. The grower further agrees to haul the 
laborers from the sugar factory or the railroad station to his farm and to return them 
at the completion of their work, 
LIFTING, PULLING, AND TOPPING. 
The harvest season begins late in September and frequently ex- 
tends well into the month of November. As a rule enough lifting is 
Fic. 12.—Topping sugar beets. Sometimes it is customary to pull and top irom the loosened row, while 
in other cases the beets are thrown in piles and topping is done from the latter. 
done each day to furnish work for that day. The pulling is done by 
hand as described in the foregoing contract. The beets covered by 
this study were loosened entirely with a one-row lifter. (Figs. 11 
and 12.) The most common crew for lifting consisted of one man and 
three horses. From one and one-half to two acres constitutes a day’s 
work in lifting. 
The handwork, pulling, and seni has been described in the 
sample contract. 
HAULING. 
Hauling coincides with lifting. When the latter begins late in 
September or early in October the greater part of the work will be 
