Arizona republican., 1898-04-13

of the total worlds production of sugar 1 (7,707, 800 tons) nearly 5,000O00 tons are made from beets, but, in order to make the beet sugar industry in any community paying one, 1t is estl-
 mated that the minimum size of a beet
 sugar factory should be a capacity of 300 tons of beets per day, which would cost about S200, 1000. As the beet sea son is short, the factory would have tc
 run to it's full capacity, and it is there fore plain that, so far as the individ-
 ual is concerned, no farmer can hope to grow beets and make the sugar on i the farm. That point is an important 1 one to understand, as many farmers
 are of the opinion that community can cooperate and engage in beet sugar production with limited capl-
 tal
 The most important factors are eli
 mate and soil. Experience has shown
 that the sugar beet reaches its high est development in north temperate latitudes, a belt extending about 100
 miles either side of the isOtherm of
 seventy degrees for the month of
 June, July and August being gener-
 ally regarded as the best region for
 the sugar beet, which includes large
 portion of Pennsylvania. Farms also
 vary, and, it will frequently be found
 that beets will prove paying crop on
 one farm and fail on another adJoln-
 ing, not so much in the difference of
 the yield, but in the percentage of . sugar. If the percentage of sugar is
 high the beets may be small, and the
 actual yield below the point at which
 profit will be derived. Then there , is judgment to be exercised in the s. !, lection of varieties of beets, while the use of fertilizers must be in an intel 1igent manner. Beets should contain ; not les than 12 per cent of sugar, and the proportion of sugar is largely in . fiuenced by the climate, soil, variety |. fertilizer, period of harvesting and t management in general. It is possible y however, that with the aid of the sta.
 tions all the difficulties incident tc !. !. lack of experience vii be removed an6 u farmers be enabled to grow peets prof u itably if the factory is in a commun ,; ,; ity favorable to the enterprise.
 In all countries where the sugar bee is made a speciality much considera . tion is given the value of the beets a! ' cattle food; that is, the residuum. af
 ter the sugar is extracted. By feed :, ing stock in connection with the grow
 ing of the beets for sale to the factory | carrying home the pulp for stock food ; the farmers opportunities from tn :, growing of beets are increased Ex U periments in Pennsylvania show tha U \, the yields of beets range from ten t II II fifteen tons per acre, and the averag II amount of sugar to exceed 12 per cent
 The farmers will have to contend witt le wet and dry seasons, and his profit le will be more some years than durin o others, but it is believed that farmer ls have neglected the beet as an impor u tant food for cattle, independently O It it's use as a source for procuring suga, U not that the beet is as valuable a grain, but because farmers will find larger increase in production fron y, cattle by reason of the feeding of sue y culent food, and although there is som III preparation required for all kinds 0
 roots before feeding them to stock oi such labor is unnecessary when tn le beet pulp from the factories is use n- the combination of the pulp with graf re giving better results than when beet Us or grain are fed separately.-Philadel J. phia Record.