Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-09-13
Beet Sugar Mandatory.

the oregon sugar Beet company.
The capital stock of the concern is
81, 900, 900, and its general offices
are located in Portland. The in
corporators are K, G. Korn, sug-
ar beet manufacturer recently ar
rived from Germany; E. S. Larsen,
we'll known commission merchant;
Edward Hughes, prominent deal
er in farm machinery; John Klos-
terman, wholesale groceryman,
and c. H. Cary. The company
contemplates the building of one or
more beet sugar factories in Oregon
during the comius year. 1t is an
nouced that it has already ordered
from Germany, where all tie besi
sugar beet machinery is now made,
a plant which will cost about $500.
coo, TIE crlss-: las bean piacF1 1
year in advance, because the de.
mand is so great that the tnanufac.
turers cannot fill orders on shorter
notice.
The formation of the Oregon Su.
gar beet company is a direct out,
growth of the Investigations car.
ried Oh in this state during the last
few months by Nj. Korn, who
came here directly for that purpose.
1t will be remembered that upon
his arrival he made overtures to the
chamber of commerce for the estab-
lishment of the Industry here, al
leging that the soil and climate OF
Oregon are similar to that of the
portion of Germany where sugar
beet raising is found most lucrative
Since that time he has not only
made extensive chemical examina-
tions of the soil of different parts of
the state, but has actually expert
mented with seed and raised sample
, crops with very satisfactory results.
In Germany the best soil yields
about II per cent. of saccharine
matter, in California it yields Ia
per cent, and here about 16 per
cent.
Judge Carey, one of the incor-
porators, says: "The Importance Of
the industry in this country, has
been amply illustrated by the sue
cessful operation Of factories in Cal
ifornia, Nebraska, Iowa, Dakota,
and elsewhere, n In Oregon,
wheie there is so little diversity of
agricultural products, a wide field
is offered for the establishment OF
such an industry, and so far as ex-
pertinent goes we are very fortun-
ately circumstanced. Our design
is to erect factory, and perhaps
two, in this state In the next Is
months. The first one will proba-
bly, be in the Willamette Valley,
and the second east of the noun
tains in a section where the soil and
climate are suitable. The leader
in the enterprise is a gentleman Of
wide experience and a manufactur.
er Of high standing in his native
land. The factory for which such
expensive machinery has been or.
dered will have a capacity Of from
45o to 600 tons of beets per day,
and when established will run 70,
the usual season of 100 days each
year. 1t will employ from 900 to
500 hands In the factory and will
require the cultivation of about
5000 acres Of beets each year. The
plan will be to locate the factory al
a suitable site, with reference tc
railroad and river transportation,
and convenient to the best beet
raising section. But before the
factory can be built we must ar.
range with the farmers for the cul.
tivation of beets from seed to be
furnished by the company and i'm.
ported from Europe.
Beet raising from the farmers
standpoint, is very profitable. Ii
California the average profit tc
farmers is about $40 per acre. The
average crop is about IS tons pei
acre, and the average price paid al
the factory about S. per ton. The
cost Of cultivation is about $50 pei
acre. The company will enter in.
to a written contract with a sufi.
cient number Of farmers to provide
a sufficient acreage Of beets for the
seasons run, The contract will
provide for the payment for beets
in cash on delivery at the factory