Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07

~, footorv that had been built rev
vears ago, but were lniornieu '
project had not materiaii]eu. rs,u. con
pi NJ d,y however. Menomonee Falls can
~, ;tsalf with having the first sugar
- NV atory ct of the Mississippi River.
, N.Y. 40" nanv known as the Wisconsin
So Rret Company, was organized py
sIn,'a,tee narties in March, 1893. freu-
an;.,, Richter. is directly interested, as
.,.an w 6. Rauschenberger ana Juiius
I,n.hlut The latter, in company with
rarI - Eorn. the manager or the coH-
NV made n tour within radius OF ten
lilies If the village trying to induce Iarn',
r, 3, make Il contract for the raising -
hnnts The project in 1891 was fresh III
+bo minds Of n great many ana the worn
- soliciting was arduous and 1raushl
WITH M decided results the hrst rev
weeks. Mil,
The manager says that over two-thlrus
of thc people were doubling as 10 Wne.h-
or sugar could be made of beets, ana TO-
doy il is a question in the minds OF SONS
as to whether the project VIII mateiiai.Ae.
And then there was the question OF peihs
bound to a contract for ten years, WHICH
was one of the stipulations IN the con
tract. But through their indefatlgaplo
efforts $50 signatures were oDtalneu aAu
the agreement has given entire satlsl"c
ton Every farmer agrees 10 piaht
oort,;n number of acres of bcets every
ro,r NOT ~ exceed one-tifth of his entire
,,reoye os the same soil is to be used ev-
orv five yeors in rotation The contract
,~rocs 70 nav 81 a ton for all beets testing
NJ leost IL per cent sugar in the juice,
with % cents additional for every per
cont more than the standard. and pre-.
MUM for those testing 20 per cent. All
farmers have received numbers ana their
tests 80 by numbers, those falling below
the standard not to be accepted. ne
seed was furnished by the company at
cost. which is about 26 cents pounu.
Contracts were taken to raise Deets III
the way from one-half to fifteen acres
Six pounds of seed were used per acre.
but the propagators of the industry rec,
ommended ten pounds. Twelve huhureo
acres were contracted for, but the mar
vest showed an increase or ohe-thlru
more. From some of the experiments
taken with beets from the different fields
the polariscope, which is an expensive
testing machine manufactured in Ger
many, reveals sugar properties up TO 10
per cent. The tests have not been strict
" accurate, but the laboratory of the
factory will soon be in operation, and the
chemists say they will then be ready to
give the matter their undivided atten-
ton, and will before many months elapse
get at the average of the sugar properties
of beets raised in Wisconsin.
All those that made contracts with the
company received printed instructions as
to how to plant, cultivate, and harvest.
\ great many of the farmers, as the man
ager says, had an idea, however, that
they could raise bects without these in
structions, and, although the solids in the
juice may come up to the average, the
purity coellicent will be below the stand
ard. Then there was time last summer
when the company, owing to stringency
in the money market, was unable to pros
ecute the work of erecting the factory,
and many of the farmers lost confidence
when they saw matters at standstill
for Il few months and they paid little at
tention to the cultivation of the beets,
which will reduce the percentage of juice
in the beet from 90 which is the stand
ard, probably to so, not speaking of the
percentage Of solid matter and purity CO.
efficient, which are next in considera-
ton.
The sugar-beet culture is new, but tho
chemists aver that no matter what per
cent. is polariZed the average another
year will be higher.