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Show TO CACHE SUGAR BEET GROWERS On account of the largo orop of sugar beets Mils Boason, raany beets will havo to bo stored In sheds and plloa for months before they Are work cd up in tho factory, and In or.lor for theso beets to keep, thoy must bo stored nwny In a proper manner. Thoy must bo properly topped, or when thoy get warm In tho pllo ibcy coinmonco to grow nnd this tnkes tho sugar out of tho beets; they should be freo from frost, leaves and dlit to keep good. Somo farmers deliver them In a proper way, they plow out us many na thoy can top In the umo day, clean on" n plneo for their piles so there are no locks, clods or leaves and then when thoy load tholr 1 ects they shako the dirt ofT as thej ldad them into the wagons, topping tliem well and It moro nro dug than thoy can haul, they cover them up with loaves; then they can haul them when they get ready. So fur theso fin mors nro living up to tholr contract. con-tract. Others will plow out n lot of beets poorly top them, throw them In piles on leaves clods and rocks, nnd loavo them uncovored to froer.o. Then they load them Into tholr wngoiiH beets frozen, with clods, loaves or rocks, never shaking any dirt off as they load them nnd try to get as much trash ns posslblo. Theso men us n rule are tlio oucb who talk the most against the Btigur company. In tho beet contract signed by the faimurs, Is the fo'lowlng: "Tho farmer ngrees to cultivate, harvest mid deller his beetH In n husband like maimer, to the Butlsfnc-tlon Butlsfnc-tlon ot the Sugar Company and thu Field Superintendent, to protect tho beets from frost nnd sun during harvesting har-vesting and delivery." In another placo It reads: "Heels that aro Improperly topped, diseased, frozen or damaged, etc., will not bs received. The Sugar Company Com-pany resurvea tho right to reject any wagon loads containing any nndeslr-nblo nndeslr-nblo beets ns heroin beforo described." describ-ed." v Farmcra who do not top their beotsi proporly will loso 23 or CO centB por ton on thorn for when thoy aro taken tak-en from the loads and tested, thoy uso tops and nil In testing for sugar and sumo tops have been tested and wcro only 2 per cent lu sugar con tent, beuco theso tops nro a loss to the farmer nnd Sugnr Compuny, but a great benefit to tho land when left und plowed under. Tho Sugnr Compuny requires tho beets to bo delivered In accordance with tho contracts made between the company nnd tho farmers. All agents receiving beets are forbidden to rocolvo them only In accordance with the beet contracts. |