The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-06
FLAx AND SUGAR,
Interesting and valuable Suggestions
by Me-, n. L, stanford,

Clatsop, April S,--tEditor AstoThnl--
would like 60 occupy some ot the
papers space FOR a nw more words
IN flax and sugar bccts, This IN an
ideal county for flax 50 far az sotl and
climate 80, but the people aae not the
right kind Tor dax culture Flax re-
uuilVs palnstaking hard work. and
cheap work, II n farmer eSperimcnted
with tlax hc would gNS no,hiog for
HIS labor tn a mill was bust, and not
worry large returns after Sugar bects
however, win pay every one that
works at them. both lS,for, and after
factory Is started, | win tell some
few facts about bScts that can hc easl-
~ verified by going TO experts, only
harN racts can be stated ror want ot
space, They exhaust the soil less than
n,os, ANY other crop; the saccharlne
matter being a c0I'bo-hydVGtc, n taken
uNam the air and doN mot dcpond "a
the soil for the pcr cent In the beet,
only In 81 far us sonte soils give
g,v,,b,r vitality to the plant The per
cent depends greatly On the sc,d sbwa;
also on the care given the crop, Those
raising u twelve per cent crop IN Inst
are sure to do better IN a FEW years,
IL IL light, and not heat, that IS the
chemical agent that separates the car
al -
summer days of Clatsop Furnish the
agent. IL a farmer win put an acre
In good tllth, and SOW half to ruta-
bagas and the other half To sugar
lS>,ts, and the next year SOW the whole
acre to any kind oC grain. he viii sec
that the turnips have stripped the
soil. while the bcets have appapntly
made q better
viii now give few figures fur
nished me by C. G. Howell. who is an
undoubted expert on sugar bcats and
factories, These hgurcS are for a min
chat would run through 3St tons OF
6,ssts each day FOR isO days, 1000 tons
u day could be run with grcattr proht.
Above that they become unwicldly
Men employed by the year In and
about the factory; one manager and
secretary. $4,000; one superintendent.
$4,000: one bookkeeper. 81. 500 one chem
Isl, 1880; one assistant chemist. 5000;
two foremen. 1880. two sugar boilers.
1850; one watchman. 5000; one engin-
eer. 1850; one assistant engineer
Si.0S0 one stockkecper. $500: one car
penter. $40: one disttller. 1880. one as
sistant dLsuller. $1,000; eight ooopcrs
$3.50; ten laborers, 5000; enc stock
superintendent. 1880; one assistant
stock superintendent, $1,000; four cow
boys. s2.so0; three feeders, $l,SOo; total
for forty-three men. si5.66O.
Employed during the factory run ot
one hundred and twenty days
one welgher. $500. two bookkeeperr.
5000; ono superintendent OF delivery
and tester. $500; one polarizcr, $3.50: one
sampler. s24O; two assistant samplers,
$3.50: four at beet sheds. $500; two at
machine. s576, two ~ dif-
fusing battery. foremen. S7so; tw0 at
difrus!ng battery, spoutmen, 1885, two
at dlirustns battery. pulpm,n. s5I6; two
at calorlsator. s576; two at aBt
oarbonator. S57s; two at filter
presses, foremen, $3.50; eight at filter
presses, 1890; four at saturators. S,5j.;
two at evaporators. s5I6; eight at cen
tr1fugah, s2.3Oi; two packers $50; two
tenders s575; two markers, $576: two
llmeknn men, S720; two limekhn help
eris S576; two lime mixers S576; four
oilers. $1,000; two arcmen, '720, four
stokers. $3.50: one knlfe-grinder I21o.
four laborers. general. $3.50.
Seventy men during factory
run. s2l, ,Ols: 43 men by the year H5,55O.
Total wages at factory, 166.s7s.
4OOsO tons beets at &c, sl6O,32o; stone
coal, s35. 900; lime, AsOO: coke, $500.
Paid out each year s269O9s.
Such a factory would give work on
the farm to 1000 men, besides those
employed at the factory. The rental
Of laRA for beet culture near n factory
IL 90 year. Three dollars and afty
CENTS is the general price for twelve
per cent beets and forty cents for each
one per cent above that. II would re-
quire about 3,34O acres Of land to pro-
duce the beets for the factory.
n. r. STAFFORD.