The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-04
rne Reet sugar industry.

1t will be a notable fact in the future
history of Minnesota. that Senator
* ,ller led the movement for the manu-
facture of beet sugar in this state.
There is no doubt now that sugar will
be probably produced in Mlnneso ta
in large quantities. The ST. Louis
Park plant will be a model factory,
embracing all the very latest improve
msnts in machinery and methods.
The Pioneer Press of Saturday says:
THE cultivation of sugar beets is
one of the coming industries of this
country, said G. f, Saylor of Des
Moines, Iowa. g
& Mr.. Saylor came to inspect the beet
sugar plant which is being erected at
ST. Louis Park, and spent the day
with the promoters of that institution.
he is the special agent of the depart
ment OF agriculture of the government,
and is in charge of the beetsugar in
vestigations now being conducted in
this country. He is probably the most
thoroughly informed upon the cult
Yation of sugar beets of any person in
the United States. <..@
1.-The department of of agriculture
desires to ascertain through the invest
igations and experiments which are
being conducted under my CHARGE"
said Mr.. Saylor, whether Or not the
cultivation of sugar beets i'll this
country is a practicable thing. / have
been engaged in the work nearly two
years and from the vast amount of in
formation | have obtained l am now
of the impression that the United
States is destined to become the great
sugar producing country of the world.
1.-THE sugar beet is the result of much
breeding and cultivation and the G. eat
est care is necessary in growing it to
keep it up to the stage to which it has
been developed Naturally, the beet
produces not more than per cent of
sugar, but ithas been made to produce
II and Is per cent and even as high as
% per cent sugar.
"Minnes otl is in the center, therm-
ally, OF the beet sugar belt, and it's
soil is paculi arly adapted, in parts,
for the raising of the beet. The in
dustrw is q new one in this country,
but has been developed SO rapidly that
it no " far exceeds that OF either France
or Germany. There are factories at
Rome, N. Y, Grand Island and Nor
folk, Neb L1hlgh, Utah, Eldorado
WatsonvilIe, Chino, Los Alamotis,
Cal. Plants are being built at Bay
City, Mich, Pelina5, Cal, and one in
New Y ork, as we'll as in your own city.
If there were $50 factories of 500 tons
daily capacity the United States would
consume all the sugar produced by
them, so there is no apparent danger
Of overstocking the market for long
time to come. There is no reason why
sugar, beng as staple an article as
| -four should not receive af much
attention in It's manufacture as
does -four, and I believe it will wher
the people learn the business. We
import to this country 100, 900 millions
of pounds of sugar every year.
The experiments in the raising O
the Beets which have been carried or
in MINES ota have been most success
| full. [ have seldom seen finer crop
tnan at st. Louis Park, and down a
Albert Lea the product is of the finest
quality. Beets should show at leas
Il24 per cent of sugar to be of value
and those raised here show from L
to 16 per cent. 1t costs $50 to produce
an acre of beets of eleven to twelve
tons. They can be sold for $50, ant
the profit is therefore in the neighbor
hood of 500 per acre. They can b.
transported fifty miles by rail or from
seven to ten miles by wagon at pro
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