Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-02-14

heretofore have b-n given out NJ near
as possible In proportion To the mere
agc and tonnage OF each OF the grow.
crs' fields.
You VIII admit that beet crop while
yet In the ground II II very hard crop
To estimate correctly. and. therefore.
our estimate. which IL usually made
the latter part OF August. or the fore
part OF September. before harvesting
commences, may vary somewhat COM
Pared with the actual yield OF the field:
therefore. we cannot base the orders
wholly upon the first estimate. and In
many eases arc compelled to make an
other estimate during the time OF har-
ycStlng.
Growers Estimat..-ln almost cy-
cry ease the growers Innate OF his beet
crop hns been far beyond the actual
yield. and many believe Caitliough this
ovcrcstiinatc may not h. made with
this intcnu that an ovcr-cstiInatc Will
aid them In receiving larger orders.
but this Is n great mistake.
The first delivery orders nj the be.
ginning of the harvesting season are
not filled very regularly. ms some are
filled. others partially. and some not at
all. and. therefore. the Few growers
who are In readiness and ARE willing
to put ON enough force to I'LL their or
der In many cases have an opportuni-
~ to harvest considerable OF their
crop during the first few weeks. AS
the company must have the bccts at
the time. many growers, therefore.
get ahead OF their proportion of dcliv-
cry on account OF their ncighbors hav-
Ing other work on hand which they
consider more necessary Mt the time
than their deliveries. L. this unjustt
Many consider 1t such. II every grow
or could be In readiness as soon as the
harvesting season opens. the orders
could he given out ON an even footing.
and would probably bc more satisfac-
tory.
orders wn.-overdrawing OF
orders has been practiced to quite an
extent during the last delivering sea-
son. and In many eases II was success
ful to the grower. Most OF you are un-
doubtedly acquainted with the manner
in which this scheme was carried on.
This was probably one OF the most i'm
portnnt points which made 1t difficult
for the ngriculturist to proportion the
orders according to his estimate. for II
grower ovcrtlrew his order. II
changed the basis upon which the or
ders were. given out.
Explnin.-For instance. a grower s
tonnage is estimated Mt 40 tons. and
this was the basis we figured on for
his orders. considering the time to com
plctc the run OF bcets. and during two
weeks his orders were thirty-five tons
and he drew In forty-five tons. or ten
tons over his order: this would throw
our estimate OF ns far as checking
from the control sheet the number OF
| tons his orders called for up to date
consequently until n new estimate oi
u correct check of the exact tonnage
hauled in would he made. such party
would be receiving more than his pro
| portion.
In such n case ms just mentioned
overdrawing has worked hardship
on those who have tried to do Just
and TO many II has seemed that these
parties who had really ovcrdrawn theii
orders had been shown partiality from
| the company or agriculturist. but this
| has not been the case.
Overdrawing Orders.-T'his has offer
been the reason why the wagon dcliv
| cry had to be stopped nt the factor.
| (which the growers thought unjusO OF
account of more beets being delivered
| fhan We're really ordered. 1t Is Ger
| tainly n very easy matter for encf
grower to figure up each day the mum
her of tons he still has left to deliver
T of his present order: yet l believe thai