The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-02-25

THE SUGAR BEETS
HAVE OTHER USES
Better Than Tnrnips for Feeding to
Stock and Make Better Butter.
CLATSOp CAN RAISE THEM
Someone Must start The BAH AM When
taised In Quantities Sugar Fac
tory Will Follow.
cLArsop CAN RAISE THEN

IlhiHnpt FThfhHAJ ~'iSAh"l ~
t0rian There has been Same talk. and
paper discussion. on the subject Of
sugar bccts lately.
The most Of what has been said about
phe possibility u making sugar In this
country il all 10 ! have been making
thorough Inquiries about sugar bects
during the last two years. and have
learned that this county can have a
sugar beet factory. and n successful
one. II - disposed, The conditions ex-
ist all right. all that IL needed IL de-
velopmant. Tho bottom lands ~ Lewis
and Clarke and Young's Rivers win
produce beo,s averaging II pounds. The
tide lands viii average 10 pound beets,
and by using top dressing " sand
Will bring better bee,s than the bot
tom lands
Now II n factory was started near
the mouth of the Lewis and Clarke,
or between that and Young's River
all the beeta raised on either river. and
also the be,ds raised on phe tide lands
south 81 skipanon creek could be easily
transported TO the factory one-fourth
of the land on these rivers would sup
port msall factory and fair sized
factory could use all that could be-
raised on the land.
Land on which sugar beets can be
raised. and which Is near o. factory, Is
considered to he worth $500 per acre
| inquired the value OF the land near
several factories. aud In no case could
Il be- got for lees than $500.
also learned that this same land
could have been bought for hf,y cents |
an acre. In some cascs before the fac 4
tory was built.
Now where does the trouble cnme in. I.
n the b,ets are raised? Which they /!
can be. for that has been proved. Well. /
II comes in In just the same place that .
/, does In making roads Everybody .
would b. willing 10 step IN and help .
take the benefits OF tho enterprise.
after the factory was well aeoing. but .
everybody is also willing TO let others
bear the burden ot starting the bail 10
rolling The farmer thinks ne does not
want To raise beets untii there is a
factory to buy them. and thc capitalist
ioca not want to build the factory
III he can see his way clear to get
ihs bects.
Now, there are lots OF farmers In
he beet territory that are raising tur.
iips for stock feed, II those men would
switch on on 20 sugar beets they would
yet much more stock fe-.d to the acre.
md with the same labor. They would
not have 81 great a bulk u feed. but
I would be more nutritious II fac.
ory bought turnips. Il could get any
iuentity Of them. because the farmers
nave raised them here for years, and
know all about them II the farmers
we're as well posted on sugar beets
here would be no turnips raised 10
peak OF.
Farmers know that turnlps will give
/ flavor to milk and win spoil the ia
'or OF butter, Sugar beets on the con-
rary. give fine flavor To milk; the
milk Is richer. the color OF the butter
= like that OF June, There IL no veg
table so good TO produce lots OF rich
milk IA the sugar best and FOR stall
eeding for fat. 1t is away ahead Of
urnips, An acre OF sugar beets, on
he proper kind of land, Is easter TO !
'aise than turnips, Is worth more is
'asier kept after taking from the
,round, and has very many other ad- =
'antagcs over any other vegetable, so
hat II farmer once gets started on
hem he win always have them. and
viii be ready to contract to raise them,
1t present a factory. II built and
eady, could not contract FOR oneItenth
4 what Il would need
l think II would be wise for every "
armer TO post up ON sugar beets, There II
> money in raising them even II there
$ no factory, and where they are gem
rally raised factory is sure to be
uilt. d. +. STAFFORD.