The Holly chieftain., 1899-11-24
H,s.r Beer Growing psonf.bIe In
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pint 6k d his return trip from the
eaST r4k Hopkins has lived at Provo
for 6ight fears and is quite familiar
dath the working of the, sugar beet
fqct1Jy at Lehi, IA miles distant, and
makes a.most favorable report of the
success OF beet growing in that locali-
ty,s
Mr.. Hopkins said: 1.-THE factory at
Lehi was built 3 or years ago and is
running its full capacity: the same
m,n growing beets from year to year
AID would increase their acreage II
the factory could handle the beets,
bat are limited as the factory is able
to do no more than it is now doing.
The factory is located about II miles
from Lehi and the same distance from
American Fork, the employees living
in the respective towns, there being
but few houses about the factory.
I Beets are planted about Provo from
th&xirst to the last of April and same
a,,und has been cropped to beets for
"a humber of wears without rotation,
! though alfalfa sod the second year af-
liter breaking is considered best. Some
lye2rs ago bought 10 acres and broke
tout part OF the alfalfa early in April
land planted as soon as the ground was
Aprepared; the yield was % tons per
lacrc for which received $4.75 per
Stolf The average yield this year is
iahout 15 tons per acre and this is
hhora the average yield from year to
syear, though some farmers raise from
RS to 30 tons per acre. Most of the
ground is fall plowed about eight
Inches deep, no subsoiling being re-
}luired as most of the land is sandy.
have seen excellent fields of beets on
\ ali ground. And gronnd that is
Il 1t so strongly alkali as to hinder get
Hing stand being counted all right,
- the farmers like to grow beets on
niskyd Of ground as the beets take
Yhe afkali out of the soil. The seed
9lg. cultivation and digging are done
inder direction OF men sent out by
HE factory. All heetS that are up to
Aie same price. Contracts are made
u January for each year. the price
bis year being $3.50 per ton. The SUI
}lr company has land of its own h,t
fefeN to have the farmer. raise the
bets and has recently sold some of its
7nds.
II think that 8 acres Is about tie av-
l iagegrnwn by each farmer. but there
! e farms are small. most being of on
lJor 20 acres. The thinning and
y..,Iffg are done by boys from the
lwns and farmers say they can now
Iise n to Is acres by having help for
lhort time, as easily MS they did 5
len Hey first began growing Them.
Y do not know the capacity of the
Hi factory but they employ 200 to
men: they rnn about four months,
nmencing about September l, and
tny n the employees are farmers.
hen the factory first started think
u farmers were given the pulp, but
Hate years IT is retained by the COM
lny and they feed large number of
tile.
The IHice per ton fixed fromy year to
tr isSor beets delivered at the fac
N, and farmers shipping from Provo
DthH points have to stand the
ght which is 35 cents per ton.
Nv of no dissatisfaction among the
ners as to the business methods of
factory and the fact that the
e men continue to grow beets from
|. to year and are anxious to in
sc t3fir acreage shows that 1t is a
itable business: the general appear
of their places shows this, consid-
lie improvement h'ying been made
the factory was built.
Iorls have been built at Spring
this year for extracting the juice
the beets, which is piped to Le-
y nNes distant, and there re-
This practically increases the
.ltv of the Lchi factor y so that
year the 900 acres OF beets grown
I'D Xt:ngvillc will likely be doub-
n. population OF Lehi and Ameri-
llork, three miles distant, is about
ach; these were both established
Is before the factory was located
lave doubled in size since them
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