The Delta independent., 1899-03-03

| over done. that offers a fair field Hun
dreds Of large factories will be required
to produce the sugar now imported and
this will call for an investment OF be-
tween goo. 900 600 and $500 100000 in
buildings and machinery. Eveu il the
imperialistic policy prevails. the tariff
should and can apply equally to colonial
a. upon foreign produce, just as England
\ now does
Il advocate establishing beet sugar
factories throughout the Central. Mid
| die and Western states. and cane sugar
houses in Florida. Louisiana and Texas,
instead OF admitting raw sugar free OF
duty from the tropics for tho benefit OF
the sugar rsfiners' trust.
He then went into the development OF
the domestic beet sugar industry up to
1896. and continued.
The increase in sugar beet culture
and in the manufacture OF sugar there
| from during the past two years presents
an array OF facts that reads almost like
fairy tale. This new industry has long
passed the experimental stage and il
nov permanently established a. . com
pleie success. printable alike to farmer Ia
borcr and capitalist. Look at the II years
record OF the sugar mill at Watsonville,
Cal. and the works OF fifteen other large
and successful beet sugar factories in
New York. Michigan. Wisconsin. Illinois
Minnesota, Nebraska. Utah. California.
Oregon aud New Mexico.
Il am enthusiastic over the fascination
afforded by this industry, which CON-
bines raising = new crop with the
manufacturing OF universal necessity,
and the paying to the farmers, laborsrs
and investors interested in the factory
| Of the immense sums otherwise sent
assy from the region trihntary 10 4tha
mill to pay for imported sugar. 1t com
bines agriculture and manufactures.
high farming aud good profits, employ
ment Of labor and retention OF home
capital. 1t is not surprising that the
brilliant success OF existing factories
has led to veritable boom and a large
number OF beet sugar mills are now
being built or projected to work up the
1899 CROP One OF these mills will alone
pay upward OF s2.0Oo.ooo each year for
the beets it consumes"
Charles II. Turner. Provo, says: After
blowing in the spring. the first thing to
do is to go over the land with leveler
made from 2xl0 timber from sixteen to
twenty feet long with four cross pegs
about four or five feet OF equal apart.
This will make the land level and do
much toward pulverizing it. Next uee
some good pulverizing harrow until the
ground is worked down very fine. but
not packed. After narrowing go over
with some smoothing board but do not
use a roller on clay land. Use light
harrow just before planting, which will
do a great deal to prevent the ground
from baking il there should come 4
storm Soon as the beets can they
should be cultivated and then thiBned
rs quickly as possible. After thinning
work them as often AZ possible, Do not
irrixate too soon. Give the beets a
chance to go down and hunt FOR mo .
ture. After that do not let them burn.
think they should be irrigated about
every two weeks in ordinary seasons. l
find il does not pay to water too much.
Work tho land more. Water Injuries the
crop. Don't lie, weeds get the start OF
the bets. can handle five acres OF
b.eis before the weeds get large easier
than can one acre afterwards. l think
beeis pay better than any other crop
grown in this locality. l have grown
from two to five acres every year since
the factory has commenced and nm
satisfied with the results. This year l
had in eight acres which Averaged over
twenty tons per acre. have con,racss.i
FOR fifteen acres next season.
One hundred and forty eight broad
gauge cars / ave started acr,-e the con-
tinent. leaving Cleveland. Ohio. bound
sor Grand Junction. Tn-y are carrying
the skeleton Uf the ia,nei Sc new beet
susar factory which is To he ercc,ed ss
the latter pisc" for the nanuiArinre oi
sug.r. Thee cars il strung together in
one train would almst rsach . solid
mile. One hundred and thirteen q then
are loaied down With uachinsry 70 b
installed b the esst factory - tAs
boildise = completed. Thirty -ssvsa
c.ss sss iosdsd With structural stssa "a
b employed in sAs fsesosy hsilai.G.
Ths ioossss plsss - 70 - eoopsssss3
within the ssst ssvso noetAs ed tAs
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