Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-23

Herbert Myrick, former Colorado
newspaper man. now editor Of the
Orange Judd Farmer, arrived In Den
yer OH the Goth, and addressed the
Colorado Editorial Association.
Mr.. Myrick has. In recent years dc.
voted much time 10 the sugar beet In
dustry In Mr.. Myrick's new book
"Thc American Sugar Industry" the
subject OF sugar beets Is eXhaustively
treated from both scientific and prnc-
ticat standpoint. In this book is pub
lished a tabular statement, which was
prepared by the Colorado experimental
station ut Fort Collins.
II shows that. In 1898. 600 farmers
in Colorado grew sugar beets as nm
experiment, compared to less than 300
during the preceding year. Mr.. Myr-
lex said yesterday:
"Out OF 4ji analyses made at the
time OF going to prees with my book,
the sugar content ranged from S'tO %
per cent. and averaged 15h per cent.
with m average purity OF over so per
cent. This Is Il remarkably high NV
erage compared with the productions
of other states. The average Is higher
than In Nebr,iskn and Michigan and
even better than we expect under gem
cral conditions in California.
"Aiy own Judgment IL that under
proper culture certain sections In Colo
RADIO will produce fran II to 1B tons of
beets per acre. each containing from IA
to II per cent. of sugar of over so per
cent. purity.
1.-THE conditions of the Colorado soil
and climate are so regular. as well as
20 peculiarly adapted to the crop. that
irrigation insurcs II good yield regard
less of the rainfall and practically
makes the Industry a sure thing In Col
oradO.
I'VE can grow not only ii nice beet
In this state. but thc beautiful fall
weather and absence of rain in
autumn enable the root of the beet to
rabricatc the largest possible amount
of sugar.
I'm some other states the fall season
Is warm and moist. giving tie bects n
second growth. which at once reduces
the sugar content. This Is II most iDi-
portant point. and III this respect Colo
radios advantages are not TO bc over
looked. Indeed the changes In the
sugar content that may he occasioncd
by bad weather In the fall. are such
that even the passing Of clouds be
tween the sun and the beet crops VIII
reduce hy many pounds tile sugar con-
tent OF nm acre of bectS.
industry should bc profitable IN Colo
RADIO. especially around Rocky Ford and
In the Cache In Pou,lrc valley. The
farmers In those localities are expert
cnccd In intensive culture. in marked
contrast to the system OF agriculture
where wheat and other crops are
grown by the square mile. These
growers of fruits and vegetables will
find little difficulty In raising the sugar
beet. and In the sub-soiling. deep plow-
: Ing and general high culture this crop
demands. Where turner's are not used
to that kind OF agriculture II often
takes several years for them to mas
ter the culture OF the sugar beet.
"AIany farmers about Grand June.
tion are equally well qualified and
see no reason why the new factory
that will he ready for the 30 crop
there should not lie a brilliant success.
Many farmers there have already
grown bects for the successful factory
ut Lchigh. Utah.
We have ln instance nt La Grandc
Oregon. of u locality where. because
the farmers We're unaccustomcu to In
tensivc agriculture. the first campaign
of the sugar beet was not very success
full. II can not bc too strongly emphn
sized that the beet sugar business Il
..Given an ample supply Of beets oi
proper quality. their manufacture into
sugar Is an absolutely sure and safe
business. The vital thing is to get the
bects. and because there IL 50 much
for the average farmer to learn In
growing bccts. 1t bchoOvcs farmers ev'
crywhcrc to plant from u quarter tC
mn acre of bccts this year. If not con
vcnient to ship the .ects to a factory
they will bc worth nll they cost. II fe,
TO live stock. while tile results In grow
Ing the crop OH Il commercial scale VIII
bc of great value In securing sugar fac
tories nt Colorado points year from
now.
There are great many different
varieties of the sugar beet but I am
inclined to believe that the Kleinwnn
Zlebcner will give the best results fol
Colorado In general. denver Repub
lican.