The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-02-18
CLATSOP COUNTY
FOR BEET SUGAR
Pield Open to Farmer and Nanufac-
turer II SkilIfnlly Operated.
OUR NEIGHBoRs ARE AROUSED
what California and Washington Can
DO. oregon and Clatyop County
Can DO Much Better,

Clatsop county, according - the
United States government report, nnd
maps on iilc In The agricultural depart
ment NJ Washington. can succesSruily
grow sugar bects In fact. Clats0p
county ls marked aA the place ~ all
places In which 10 raise this Daccarine
vegetable why is there not In As
toria "a sugar bcai factory
To the north Of ua. On the state Of
wRshington. arrangements are being
perfected today for the building Of "A
larg. sugar beet factory In Seattle. The
plains 0f Puyallup and all the country
surrounding and contiguous to Seattle
and Tacosna are well adapted To rails.
ing of sugar bests. Succssmful expert
mcn,s have becn made and capital II
now ready 10 20 into the business.
For twenty years California has been
raising sugar beeis and manufacturing
Hugur. only recently have those en-
gngcd In the BUSINESS bccn able To make
a pruAt. For years II COST more 10 pro-
dues suEns from bs-sts than the market
price Of the manufactured article. Sci
ence and common sense have tri-
umphed, Today !; only costs one. fourth
of what Il did "a manufacture beet su-
Rar. A farmcr gets 81 ton for his
bccts. and can raise fifteen tons 10 the
anrc, The California beet contains six
and one half pounds u sugar "a 100
pound OF bects In Utah the proportion
In three and one-llalf To one hundred.
California manufacturers have been 80
successful that they are now building
one ar two additional factories. and
the cultivation of beets ls rapidly grow.
Ing At no time, even during the ex-
pcrimental period. has the farTner re.
ceiyed less than 81 per ton FOR his pro.
duet
rhd~c who have had experience In
raising sugar bects say that strange
as q may seem. the saccarine matter
OF thc vegetable is drawn from the Rlr
and ma, fruTn the .snil 4 warm, m"is,
climate Is. therefore. particularly well
adapted for their cultivation. After the
bcvts have been harvested, they are
piled up In symmetrical tiers in the
warehouse 10 await transportation 90
mill, They must be- used before they
sprout or the saccarinc matter Will
b. los, In warm and moist climates
II stored any length Of time, the bccts
should be In cold storage to prevent
sproutng
An expert In the business said last
night 20 an Astorian representative
that the thousands OF acres OF rich
bottom and tide lands in clatsop coun-
~ would make the ideal grounds upon
"'hich To grow sugar heets. These lands
Possess every advantage and chemical
composition TO insure large crops. They
can he had nj a cheap price, and nj an
expense OF twenty-five or thirty dollars
an acre for dikinH. can be given value
OF two hundred dollars per acre. Sugar
beets raised on these lands will bring
the farmer an income Of more than
twenty per cent on that valuation I'VE
are throwing away annually thousands
OF dollars into foreign markets for SUI
gar. which We might raise at home.
The profits OF such an industry would
be divided In the community, and bring
prosperity to many, II anyone will
make the experiment. In the proper man
ner and with proper seeds OF sugar
beet growing in this county. Will
send enough OF the crop to friends OF
mine in California, who will analyze
the beets and let us know just what
We can do in this line The expert
ment is worth trying. Lot some one
make beginning, and show that we
are not going TO remain behind Califor-
MIA and Washington"