St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-26

year being $3.50 gallons of syrup and
l6,2S9 pounds of sugar. A much better
| showing is anticipated from this year
on. The largest amount of sugar OBJ
! tanned in this state was in the years
| 1915, which respectively furnished
l45. 2S5 pounds and 151,215 pounds.
Beet sugar received quite boom from
the legislature last winter. Minnesota
is declared to be peculiarly adapted to
| produce these beets. In 1888 and 1899
| sugar beets were raised in various
| places in Nebraska, the results at Grand
Island being particularly good. 1t is,
therefore, claimed that in this state the
success OF beet growing is more than as
sured-certainlv preliminary expert
| mentS this year bear this out. OF course
1T is not to be expected that the land in
every part of the state will meet the re-
qnirementS of successful beet growing
The character of the soil has an Infiu-
ence upon the shape, size, quality and
yield of the beet. Verv light, sandy
soils produce beets containing a fair
amount of sugar, with Juice of high pur-
lty, but deficient in yield per acre. A
clay soil produces a heavy, large beet
containing considerable quantity of
sugar, but with low purity of the
Juice. Loamy lime soils produce
beetS having the most sugar with
high purity of the juice and the yield
per acre is good. The beet takes most
of its food from depth of about twelve
inches. so that porous, easily cult
waited and well-drained soil is essential.
The Soltln Minnesota naturally adap ted
to the cultivation of sugar beets must
have been for sufficiently long time
under cultivation. With our conditions,
where the ground freezes to so great a
! N hn
comes suddenly with long sunshiny
days, the requirements for moisture,
light and heat are usually well filled.
The raising Of sugar beetS has been
encouraged by congress, who have pro-
vided bounty therefore. and its impor-
lance may be understood from the fact
that the United States consumes more
sugar than any other country, and with
the exception of England the per capita
consumption is greater.
Having enumerated in this article the
number of COWS and their produce, it is
within bounds to state that in 1880 there
were 250, S13 sheep and 216.9l3 hogs on
the assessors lists, and last year the
number was 297, liz sheep and 364, 379
hogs. From the same source we find
for 1890 the following: 80, 3S9 One-year-
old horses, 79,451 twO-year-OldS, 231, 1856
three-year-Old horses and over. There
were also: Cattle under three years,
440, 525; cows, all ages, sd. 1853; cattle
over three years, $685.; total cattle of
all ages, 1,05l, 156. A fine showing, truly!
Need any more be said to further
prove Minnesota's claim as an agricul-
tural state?
The most skeptical person must be
convinced that here we have the ideal
place for the Intending settler. That
there is plenty of room is easily proven.
The population of the state is reported
by Supt Porter as 1,30l,S26. The state
is capable of maintaining many more
millions. The total number of farms in
the state in 1880 was "A, SSS; this year the
number reached 10O,622, of which 1907
were new farms. The cultivated acre
age Of the state is 6,743.421 acres. The
total acreage is 54.76O,OOO. 1t will thus
be seen that there is room for every
body, as it has already been demon
strated that there is opportunity for all
who come to make a living.