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Show TO CACHE SUGAR , BEET GROWERS On account of tho largo crop of sugar beets this season, many bectB will havo to bo stored In sheds and piles for months boforo they .iro work ed up In tho factory, and in oidor for theso beets to keep, they must bo stored nway in a proper manner. They must bo proporly topped, or whin they' get warm In the pile they commenco to grow and this takes the sugar out of tho beets; they tdin'uld bo free from frost, leaves and dltt to keep good. Some farmers deliver them In a propor way, thoy plow out us many1 ns thoy can top In tho Lame day, clean off a placetor their piles bo thero are no rocks, clods or leaves and th'en when "they load tholr beets thev shako tho dirt off as 'they load them lutoHhe wagons, topping them well' and'lf fflortf are dug than thoy can baul, they cover them up with leaves; then they can haul them when they get ready. So far theso farmers aro living up to tholr ccn tract. Others will plow out a lot of beets poorly top them, throw them In piles on leaves clodB and rocks, nnd loao them uncoored to freeze. Then they load them Into tholr wngons beets frozen, with clods, leaves or rocks, uovor shaking any dlit off as thoy load them and try to get as much trash as possible Theso men nn n mlo aro tho ones who talk tho most ngalnst the sugar company. In tho beot contract signed by the muno-s, Is tho fo lowing. Tho farmer agrees to cultivate, harvest and deliver his beets I" tt husband Ilka manner, to the satisfaction satisfac-tion of tho Sugar Company and tho Field Superintendent, to protoct the beets from frost and sun during harvesting har-vesting and delivery." In another place It reads: llects that are improperly topped, diseased, frozen or damaged, etc., will not be, received, The Sugar Com-pany Com-pany reserves tho right to reject any wagon loads containing an; undeslr-able undeslr-able bets as heroin before dcsrrlb i Farmers who do not top lliolr" beets tuoperly will loso 25 or Co cents per ton oa then for when they aro talc-cu talc-cu from the loads and tested, Uiey I use tops and all in testing for sugar I and somo tops havo been tested and wero only 2 per cent In sugar con tcut, hence theso tops aro a loss to 4 the farmer nnd Sugar Company, but it great benefit to tho land when left i ml plowed under. Tho Sugar Company requires tho boots to bo delivered In accordance with tho contracts made between the LLH company and tho fur mors. All LfliLfl agents receiving beets are forbldduu llLLfl to receive them only In accordance E'LH with tho beet contracts. ' IM |