Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-02-24
Beet Sugar Notes.

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Ii is asserted that the beet sugar fac
tory of Bay City has raised the price OF
farms IN that vicinity about twenty five
per cent.
It is now definitely settled that Sagi
nav will not get beet sugar factory
this year. Local capitalists are appre
hensive that Cuban sugar will be pro
dnced In such quantities in the near
future as TO make beet sugar unprofit
able. Ii is said however, that com
pany has been arranged for with ample
stock TO build factory next fall to be
gin operations in 1900.
The Michigan Sugar 90. will close the
first campaign of it's beet sugar factory
i'm about ten days. The amount paid
ont 20 farmers for beets approximate
Sl3O, 600 for about $4,000 tons of beets
averaging over 81 "A ton The amount OF
cash distributed last week on the fourth
payment was $50 900 The product OF
the campaign will be about 6 $4,000
pounds of sugar. Ii is estimated that
the factories in that city next yeal
Will disburse nearly 5000 900 Co farmers
aud produce over 10000 900 pounds OF
sugar.
The Jackson General Welfare Associ-
alton has settled il that this county is &c
have beet sugar factory. DR. G.. b
Smith, who has charge of the United
states experimental station at Lansing
declares this county all right for beet
growing. The doctor is To come here
soon Co address public meeting upon
this question. The first years seed &c
plant one acre viii be given each farmer
who desires 70 plant an acre or less
The committee having the matter III
charge has written for prices on machin
cry TO manufacture beet sugar.-Corres.
pondent TO Detroit Evening News from
Jackson, Mich.
one of the party of gentlemen from
abroad which recently met in Detroit &c
form plans for the Caro- factory is
quoted as saying the following Ger
man capital will go into the sugar beet
industry with American capital, but
hardly alone The industry is one that
can and viii pay its own way. II is not
hard 20 find capital, but il must be
borne i'm mind that the farmers will
have to be educated up 20 growing the
beets Michigan is an excellent state
for this industry, being probably the best
territory IN America AT present. But
the erection of factories. an idea that is
nos running wild, must not exceed the
output Of the beet producing farmers
I'm Germany there is no difficulty in this
regard, for the farmers recognize that
beet. growing Is very profitable branch
of farming
In conversation with man greatly
interested n the question of sugar beet
raising, the editor has learned that it
will be about impossible TO expect "a
factory in Mt. Pleasant the present
season for he following reasons The
visible supply of beet seed is exhausted 4;
the demand for structural iron and
apparatus is so great that orders are
many months behind TO build a fac.
tory and build II right is of the first i'm
p3rtance; 10 build factory right will re-
quire more time than can possibly be
given o. the construction Of one this
,eIsou The person with whom we
'onVersed rut great stress upon the adj
wise 10 not hurry the construction of
factory The time 10 begin is now and
get ready-and take all the time there
is o. ger ready-fOr the crop of 1900. A
Factory 90 constructed will be built on
right principles, and will prove far
more profitable than the hurriedly con-
factory. Mount Pleasant will
have a factory, but 10 secure, we must
keep everlaStingly at isabella Coun-
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