Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-03-19
NEW MEXICO BEETS
What the Beet Raising Industry in
the Pecos Valley Means to
That Region.
RATES MADE BY FACTORY
No Reason Why the Same Results Should
Not Be Applicable to the Entire
Territory-How Santa Fe
Will Benefit.

The beet raising industry promises t.
become one of the foundation stones t,
New Mexican greatness and the merits
of the business cannot be too CAREFUL,
considered ut this opportune time.
This is the third year of beet raising
in the Pecos valley, and the English In
vestors have no occasion to regret en-
gaging in the business. The factor,
there will provide for $500 acres o
beets this season and the farmers ar,
given the option of two kinds of con
tracts. regulated by sliding scale or fla1
prices.
The flat rate binds the company to
pay $4 per ton for all beets delivered on
board the cars ut any station of the Pc
cos Valley railway, having not less than
II per cent sugar to the weight of the
beet and purity co-efficiency of 80.
Beets below this standard will be taken
by the company at the following scale
] of prices: For all beets containing not
less than II per cent sugar, and Is pur-
ity, SO per ton; for all beets containing
not less than 10 per cent OF sugar and x
purity, $3.50 per ton. For beets having
a less purity co-ef1iciency of so per cent
a reduction Of 25 cents for each two de
grees below 80 per cent, will be made
Should any Of the beets delivered be
subject to a tare of over Is per cent, the
company will deduct an amount equa
to the sum of so cents per ton for such
excess of tare. The company pays
freight on all tare up to and including
Is per cent, and the beet grower to be
charged the freight for the extra tare
over Is per cent at the rate of so cents
per ton.
In the sliding-scale contract, the com
pany pays "a per ton for beets containing
| 4 per cent of sugar to the weight of the
| beet, and an additional 25 cents per ton
for each and every per cent of sugar
above IA per cont, up to and including
II per cent, as determined by the weight
Of each load of beets delivered. A re-
duction of rs cents per ton will be made
for each and every per cent of sugar
below IA, down to IL per cent. The
company reserves the right to reject
any and all beets containing less than
| [12 per cent of sugar, with purity CO.
efficiency of 80. The stipulations re-
garding tare are the same as the fat
price contract.
The sugar factory instructs the Pecos
farmers to plant their beets as early as
possible, and says: ''To raise a large
tonnage of beets Of good quality, it is
absolutely necessary to have full
stand, therefore, you should plow deep
fy and prepare your soil well. You
cannot plant too much seed. Avoid
rrigating during hot sun; irrigate in
the evening and during the night. Do
not permit weeds to grow among the
beets."
The beet raising industry in the Pecos
valley has had a wonderful effect in pro-
noting settlement in that section and
is now being regarded by the residents
Of the valley as one of the principal
commercial and farming agencies of
the western empire. 1t is of sufficient
| Importance to warrant stimulating set
tlement there and offers an unparalleled
inducement to the prospective home
seeker, insuring him speedy remunera-
tion for his labor. No one ever heard
of beet crop failing in country where
beet raising is practiced extensively.
| Beets are not susceptible to the disas-
trous influences etfecting cereals, nor
does the market value vary as to the
prices of the less favored farm prod
ucts. The element of chance is almost,
If not wholly, eliminated from agricul-
basis Of operations.
| 1t has been demonstrated, beyond
doubt, that the pulp of the beet is un-
excelled as feed for cattle, and thus
another incentive to beet culture Is
made manifest.
Sheep, now being fed at the factory at
Eddy are gaining weight rapidly.
The Utah Slaughtering company has
contracted to secure the entire pulp out
put of the Utah Sugar company, for a
period of five years. They have feed
sheds at Lehi and supply from 1000 to
1000 head of cattle and sheep with pulp
each year. This also necessitates feed
ing about 1850 tons of alfalfa to the
stock, which is grown In the neighbor.
hood of Leht. No grain Is necessary
where pulp and alfalfa are fed, to put
the stock In the pink of condition fol
the market. Old sheep, having lost
their teeth, fatten rapidly on pulp, fol
the softness of the stuff renders mastica
ti0n unnecessary.
There Is no reason in the world why
the successful demonstration of sugar
beet raising in the Pecos should not ap'
ply in general to the territory of New
Mexico. In the experimental plant al
that place 1t was determined that the
beets grown at Santa Fe returned 22.S
per cent sugar.. the highest percentage
ever shown. Why this information Is
not q source Of profit to thousands Of
soil tillers is unanswerable. Surely ma
ture has gifted us bountifully and each
acre OF available ground tributary to
water, should be a treasure vault wherein
toll delves for the golden guineas of pas
toral reward.
Sound the tocsin heralding the dawn
Of new era in agricultural pursuits and
the sturdy sons of eastern rural dis
tricts will form the vanguard OF pros
porous commonwealth-the nucleus to
giant enterprises and future greatness
now undreamed Of. Herald to the civil
lied world the glad tidings that New
Mexico has slumbering resources which
needs but the magnetic touch Of new
blood to awaken genii whose faithful
servitude will shower unsurpassed
blessings upon the heads of the pros
porous farmers
Picture Santa Fe a great manufactur-
ing center, surrounded by prosperous
farms; thousands employed, distress
alleviated, poverty eradicated; the hum
OF industry rythemically grooming a
work-day melody to seething masses Of
toiling humanity; the presses Of fac
tories wringing the nectar Of prosperity
from the product Of the soil; and the tall
chimneys Of huge industrial institutions
belching heavenward, billOws Of success
emanating from the fires OF enterprise.
All this Is entirely within the province
Of New Mexican resources and each ag.
ricultural industry adds powerful
quota TO the commercial body destined
To create n grand summary.