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Show Devey Beet Topper Sueeess rhreo Machine Now Operating In Ffeld. Work Equal to Hand Work and Several Times as Fast John Dovey of Lohl and associates ino now realized success with thalr joet topping machlno, upon which thuy have boon working for tho past ten years. Three of their latest typo toppers nro In oporatlon, ono at Pleas-nit Pleas-nit Orovo, ono nt Spanish Fork and 3UO nt Garland. All fall, oven during tho recent storms, they havo boon proving their biiccoss on boot Holds of thosd districts. Tho boots topped by tho machlno oemparos very favorable with tlioso that aro hand topped :omparJao!i shows. Tho toppor ImB been changed con-ildorablo con-ildorablo from tho original ono with which Mr. Dovoy mndo his first demonstration de-monstration In Lohl In tho fall of 1912. Tho trouble experienced then ivns In cutting Just enough of tho top )tt. On tho lato machlno this Is regulated regu-lated by a catlplllar roller which precedes pre-cedes the revolving disc knlfo, raising rais-ing or lowering tho knlfo according to tho hoghth of tho bcoL Tho distance betweon this roller nnd knlfo Is regulated regu-lated by a loaver, enabling tho opcr-utor opcr-utor to cut Just nn little or Just as big n slice fioni tlip boots as Is necessary or desired. In tho hanging of tho rollor nnd knlfo it is so arrongod that thuy work out of proportion, that 1b, whon a high boot forces tho catlplllar UP tho knlfo doofl not riso as high nnd consequently cuts a deeper sllco from ' .I, tho beot. This foaturo fa a' big part '' ! of tho success of the machlno no high tH bcotn generally havo a deeper crown jfB than tho lowor boots and need moro jB cut from them. Tho loworlug of tho 'B roller works opposite to tho raising, f 'B thus trimming less from tho i small J A jB boots. r'.W ' Powor from tho two drivo and sup- pH porting wheels propolis tho roller and i'B Bllclng or topping disc. Two horaoa 'H handle tho machlno which is opor- -H nted from u riding Boat by ono man. B Tho cheapening of tho harvostlngiof B beotB by tho uso of tho machlno is do ,. H monstrated on tho William Qreon 'B farm Just north of iho Ploasant B Grave cutting station. Thoso farmers .B nro putting beets onto tho wagon at , -B a cost of about U per ton. H Their system of digging tho beets 'B is to top any number of rows, ono at WU a time, With tho toppor. Ono man and iflfl ono team does this tdgolhor with liar- B rowing tho beota, llvo rows at a time, H to relievo them of tho dirt that ad- jH heres to them, Anothor loam and man B removes tho tops from flvo rows at a- B tlmo, with a sldo dollvcry hay rack. ?B This samo man and team plowB tho "B topped boots. Thon elx boys pick up 'B thoso boots, which havo boon harrow- B ed by tho llrst man and toam, and, H throw them into n wagon. Thoso two H men and teams and tho Rlx boyt, with H tho help of tho machines, top, pull and 'B load onto tho wagons from 25 to 35 H tons of boots por day at a cost of( H 131.00 por day. This allows & por H day for man and team and '$2,50 par H day for tho boys. This Is eald to -ha jH conBldernblo Iobb than it costs to har;.. vest tho boots by baud. , WM |