Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-01-23
tHE SUGAR BEET.
Prof Blount speaks Prom the stand point
Of an kxpcrt.

lux communication on the subject ~
O,-i culture. which IL ir-tlnssi a. play al
important part tn the future history "
Nrv Mexico
viii the soils ~ the Rio Grandr valley
prUiuce beets ~ rich Ia sugar " -AcrhA.
rlne matter As thU-- fal.,d IN the Prcu-,
IL n question that may and should excite
great interest IN this community At pres.
cut among 10th latmer- aud investors In
COMMERCIAL ent,fpflsrs
see uu fraruu why the suils VI this
valley cannot lie made To- produce better
sugar berts aud more Ivt acre with pro-
pef -s'd aud cultivation from the fact
That the, are macr ny 81 the night Kinds
Z rlrm-ut- to promote the growth " the
rTt aud -rcfrte ia II iully. u not more.
sugar thar It contains IA California.
Maine, Wisconsin, ~ even IN any couIl.
Try IA Europe where the sugar .br-t IN.
iu',tN pay, veil bath farmer aud manu-.
iactupt
The waters u the Rio GrAnde ATE com.
pAfAtlNri, pufr when clear aud ale atuul
the hr-l ~ are able b. obtain TOT dumr-.
TIE puip -e- For thou Auds u ,rAfr
The, have htru carrying aud lAtuSing
uut upon T. IL banks tch sediments
which Cunpu~c the soils w. nov culli.
'atr lies" soils, -u compose t. contain
the ten murfAi elements necessary To-
ihr l'st aud most health, plant growth,
hui ESPECIALLY arr ths, veil adapted to
rput crop, According 10 the chemical
analysis thrN p'--,~,s the tire" elements
winch = I've IA plant tupi tn the proper
pruIuftiuu- lli.-r elements are yhu-.
pnpuc Hc,i, p"la-h aud nitrogen the
nitrogen coming itom the Atm, sphere
aui the other twu 'rum the soil as ,retl
IA the ash " plants
without celebrating farther uu tins
chemical matter. II might he we'll to
state that all the soils IA this valley ruu
tain phu-phUlit acld aud utlltI' about
the same amount u ultrngrd ~ l. u,u.
ally found III good fertile soils any where.
but Tia" very ulgh percentage ot I,ol,,sh
ali average OF l.44 per cent l. unusual
AID really out VI proportion AlDng--ldr IT
the other t"u rlrurnts Thi- disprupOr.
tluu, have found. II All advantage IL the
sugar beet, Ia fact. the nt-t dos not uh.
jet H. dikall,- ~ strongly A. other crops.
but rather ludulgr- Ia them hen not too
ST. hdaut
From ia" practical experience ! have
had with tie -ulls niade 10y the rlNrr, iul
~ume years, am quite certain they con.
tam all the elements necessary aud
are ia all RESPECTS most aintahl,
adapted To- the successful growth VI the
sugar beet la fact, my observations aud
practice have found them mutually adapt.
ei Ia each other the siIl- for the beet
aud the beet tur the soils. Even without
any fertilizer whatever they seem t. in.
Fart h large amount ~ sacchartIua mat.
ter 10 the beet when the, are we'll pre-
pared -oln" months before planting time.
~ har been proven for some years
White the be-ts, grown AT the Agrlcul.
tufal college ior i>r years, did not Show
quite 30 per cent sugar IN the chemical
laboratory, IT does not argue that the,
cannut br made Ia yield much more l.,
the Use III better seed aud better methods
OF cultivation, Tor upon the seed aud
culture depend the large amount o, sugar
GENERALLY,
Earl! III this century Que or two efforts
% manufacture sugar from the beet were
made, but not until 1875 WA aBy real
satisfaction obtained hy the then exist.
ing nrthOdS employed. In ls'ii Europe
proiuced lu's million cwt Of sugar from
the beet, aud CONSUMED 81 million. OF
ah"ut = pounds per capita. Late In the
iuS, the first beet sugar plant WA erect.
~ al Aharahu, California. The yield
per acre amounted ~ 10 tons, which
brought o. aud the beets yirld~i ii per
cent sugar, For wears this plant did not
pay. In ISL the sugar plant In Maine
turned out million pounds " sugar.
the yield yer acre being lo'. tons aud the
sugar content II per cent. other factor.
les were erected IN California, the beet
acresg. greatly extended Rni the sugar
content raised Ia II per cent. while the
plants At hrand Island. Neb., and Stur.
gls, lak. manufactured beets that Yield.
ed i'." per cent sugar. IN 1917. la 1881
the beet crop IN this country produced
from !; ~ tons Irr acre aud contained
from Is Is per cent sugar, while the
same hrrts In Europe pruhur.d from
"li,S tons per acre aud from T. IA yer
cent sugar,
The general government purchased -,
tons Ut beet -eed In Europe 10 $3.50 ami
distributed II among the states. ~ Of
which raised htets aud tested them for
sugar The best show II sugar content
WAS made hy Washington, IL % per cent
Wit II samples. The poOrr,l show was
made by oklahoma, Gd, per cent with n
single sample, New Mexico had III
samples, and the average sugar content
Wa lJ.i2 per crnI,
The next year, 1871. the SsIne -red MAS
again tested IN - states aud territories.
the hrSt sugar cunIent being made b,
Nevada, with nine samples, low per
cent, The porr-t yield Wa hy Missouri.
N,U' per cent, with > samples oklahoma
did not report, hut Washington lowered
her hrris 10 h.is per cent and New Mex.
leo raised here to 10 20 per cent, with IT
samples
la lNI3 IN the states above noticed. the
yield per acre prIerpllhly decreased,
while the sugar Increased Ia lGl yer
cent Tor the highest with purity oi Nl.b
per cent. showing that the beet should
not be- allowed IL gov tnu large IA II Il
apt "a do III many regions. thus ircrras.
my the anRAr content