The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-01-07
THE sUUAR BEET
In the Pseos valley Of New nsxlss.

In the Pecos Valley Of New Aexlse.
Prof. W. A. Rogers incloses in bis let
ter circular, from which We extract the
following:
There ID now in course Of erection at
Eddy, New Mexico, q beet sugar factory.
II will be in operation in November,
1895, at which time the crop now being
planted will have fully matured The
factory will work up 225 tons Of sugar
beets daily, and turn out 30 tons of the
finest granulated sugar per day.
The farmer living within convenient
reach Of such . factory is fortunate
man. He has home market for high.
priced crop which he can grow on very
cheap land. The factory will consume
about 10000 tons Of sugar beets per IN.
mum. For these beets It contracts to
pay a per ton, provided they carry IA
per cent. Of sugar, and 25 cents addition.
81 for each oce per cent. Of sugar the
beets may carry over IA per cent. The
prices paid win vary between "a and S.
per ton. Taking "a SO per ton a. an
average the factory win pay to the farm.
ers furnishing the beets, annually, the
sum Of $3.50, 900, in addition to the wages
paid to about 100 employees. The price
quoted is paid on delivery free on board
of cars anywhere in the valley. It the
same at the factory, as it is at any point
in the valley. The factory pays the
freight.
Careful experiments in the cultivation
Of the sugar beet, both as to the quantity
of bsets that can be grown, and as to
their quality in regard to sugar making,
have been carried on in the Pecos Valley
for several years. The results obtained
have been great surprise to the sugar
experts engaged in the experimental
work, and the final conclusion was reach.
ed that the Pecos Valley of New Mexico
is the best locality known in the United
States for the profitable cultivation of
the sugar beet and the successful manu-.
facture of sugar.
AS to the quantity of sugar beets that
can be grown to the acre, the conclusion
reached was that 20 tons would make a
good average for the valley, though some
fields were estimated to yield at the rate
of 80 tons. The average yield of sugar
beets per acre in California is IL tons; at
Grand Island and Norfolk, Nebraska, 8
tons, and at Lehi, Utah, 10 tons. The
yield of beets at these averages is consid.
cred very goods and the crop is esteemed
very valuable by the farmers.
The contents of sugar in the beeta
grown in the Pecos Valley shows an
average of over 1S per cent. on well cul
tivated fields, and from single yield, %
beets, taken from ten feet in row, con.
tanned 2OS7 per cent. of sugar. The
richest beet OF the % contained 1878 pei
cent. of sugar.
Figuring on an average yield of only
10 tons to the acre, with an average of ID
per cent. of sugar, the money yield would
be $50 to the acre. One farm in the val.
ley produced at the rate of 81 tons to the
acre, with lS per cent. of sugar. This
crop would yield the grower money
revenue of $155 per acre.
Some idea of the importance of the
beet sugar industry may be formed from
an examintion of the official United
States reports. The total consumption
OF sugar in the United States in 1895 was
l,949. IA tons, of which 1852, 900 tons, OF
about 18 per cent, only, were produced
at home. The imports were valued at
$l25, 100000. If all the sugar we CON
sumo was made from American.grown
sugar beets. it would directly or indirect
ly sustain 100000 people. To supply
the home demand with American sugar,
it would require 400 factories with q ca.
pacity of 500 tons Of beets per day, and
each in operation at least 70 days in the
year. There can, therefore, be no ques
ton as to market for the new factory
product.
For further facts and values of land
address the owners.
The PEcos VALLEY IRRIGATION
& IMPROVEMENT Co.,
Eddy, New Mexico
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