. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GROWING SUGAE BEETS IN CALIFOENIA. 29 In the Los Angeles district 4-horse outfits were employed on 48 per cent of the farms and 3-horse outfits on 19 per cent. Six- horse outfits were found on 44 per cent of the farms in the Oxnard and on 95 per cent in the Salinas area. In addition to the work shown in the table, 13 men in the Los Angeles and 5 in the Oxnard area contracted the lifting at a rate of $3 to $3,50 per acre. In some cases this work was done by steam power. (See fig. 17.) Four men at Los Angeles and four at
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GROWING SUGAE BEETS IN CALIFOENIA. 29 In the Los Angeles district 4-horse outfits were employed on 48 per cent of the farms and 3-horse outfits on 19 per cent. Six- horse outfits were found on 44 per cent of the farms in the Oxnard and on 95 per cent in the Salinas area. In addition to the work shown in the table, 13 men in the Los Angeles and 5 in the Oxnard area contracted the lifting at a rate of $3 to $3,50 per acre. In some cases this work was done by steam power. (See fig. 17.) Four men at Los Angeles and four at Oxnard did the work of lift- ing with their own tractors. The amount of work accomplished per day varied from 4 to 10 Fig. 16.—A 4-row beet harvester (side lifter) that is operated by a gasoline tractor. TOPPING. Topping is classified as contract labor, and has been considered under the heading " Hand ; (See fig. 18.) HAULING. The sugar beet is loaded by the contract beet workers into strong, well-built beet Ix^xcs, either witli forks or by hand. (See figs. 19 and 20.) From the field they are hauled either to a loading station where they are loaded into cars, or directly to the sugar factory beet dump. Upon arrival at the loading station or factory, as the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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