The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-17

ease is due to irrigation, the people who
irrigate will have to find out by expert
mentlng how to overcome IT. The
trouble appears to be caused by III
tensely hot weather and irrigation COM
nlned. Hence it had occurred to the
writer that if the colder days and
nights We're selected as the time of irri-
cation as far as possible it would be
better for the beets. On this point MIR.
cutter OF Lehi says: Irrigation mas
nothing at all to do with the blight of
root on the part of beets. There has
been blight of beets in several localities
this year, whether irrigated or not. 1T
is simply secondary consideration, the
primary cause being the lack OF mols-
ture.'
To the farmer / say says Special
Agent Saylor. make the ACQUAINTANCE
Of the sugar beet. Grow it, feed 1t, and
encourage the sugar industry. The
sugar beet is extending to the farmers
who live in the right localities the most
friendly greeting of any product know
OF that can be grown on the farm. 1t
is this feeding value Of the beet, and
especially of the pulp, that is going to
make the beet sugar industry master of
the situation as compared with the
cane sugar industry. With all the fer
t1l1ty and cheap labor OF Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippines, the Western
ana Northern farmer, with his sugar
beets and the by-products incident to
their manufacture into sugar, can sue
cesstuliy compete. l have studied this
sugar problem in Cuba and Porto Rico
ton the ground), and the industry IS
languishing not only in those islands,
put in all the tropical islands and coun-
tries, those Of England with the rest.
The sugar producers are all discour-
hnit, .x,t& ~,
the sugar beet
Mr. Saylor reports that w. A. Clark
is thinking very strongly of putting
IN beet Ssusar factory at Butte and
that Henry Allenbrand of Brooklyn, N.
T., also contemplate factory in Mon
tana.
Director S. M. Emery of the Montana
experiment station makes an extended
report on beet production in his state,
which appears in full as an appendix to
saylors report. He says: Montana
consumes 100000 pounds of sugar per
annum, and there certainly would be a
market Tor this amount, as our people
are growing rapidly to a proper appre-
cation Of supporting home industry.
We are on a main line of railway be-
tween the coast and the great inland
lakes, in all of which territory there is
at present no other home production of
49, W Nc 1oiSiuGISu DIS n.
II given fair show by the transporta-
ton companies, as it would no doubt be,
there ought to be market along the
line of the Northern Pacific railway
Tor the product of first
class plant located in Montana.
Montana ships 250,0OO beef cattle to
eastern markets each fall. These could,
with great profit, be fed in the state
Cor half of them, at any rate) with
n, nf i'm, aJf e.
with the beet pulp. This would have
beneficial effect upon the cattle mar
ket This state is also the leading
sheep state of the Union, and there is
very strong call on the part of the
sheep men for mutton sheep to cross
upon the flne wool fiocks now universal
in the state. Many thousands of sheep
are winter fed on alfalfa for mutton.
Here, then, would be a way to help
out both the flock master and the far
mer by supplying this valuable Access
sorry to the feed ration. Dairying is
yet in its infancy, and it would re-
ceive substantial aid by the establish
ment of sugar plant. Industries of
this nature bear much promise in
Montana. We have facilities and re-
serves here to comfortably maintain
and support population exceeding
that of any of the older states at
present and this development to come
offers much to insure a permanency Of
market"
DR.. F. w. Traphagen, chemist, also
reports as follows: 1--WE have coal
fields within 10 miles of Bozeman,
which produce good quality of BIZ
luminous coal. This coal costs from
$3.50 to $3.50 per ton in small quanti-
ties. In large quantity I have no
doubt coal could be purchased at much
lower prices 1t has been estimated
that fully 10000 square miles of Mon
tana are underlaid by coal. Lime
stone occurs very plentifully in this
state and is widely distributed. You
will find enclosed analysis of a sam
pie of carbonferous limestone. which
forms large part of the Bridger
mountains, near our town. Other To-
calities where pure limestone occurs
are near Helena, in the Jefferson can
yon. and near Missoula
IAN analysis of the water of Ly-
man creek, which supplies our city,
is Enclosed. This is comparatively
'hafd water, as are all the waters
coming from that side of the valley
the north), where our limestone crops
out. On the other hand, the south
side of the valley is composed of gran
lite, gneissic and volcanic rocks, which
furnish a much purer water The
larger streams come from this side,
and furnish nearly all the water used
for irrigation. ! regret that / have
no complete analysis of this water to
submit to you. Concerning the soil,
a statement of the average compost
ton Of the soil of the experiment sta
ton farm is inclosed. 1t may be taken
as type of the soil of this valley. In
many parts of the state large quanti-
ties of sulphate of soda are contained
in the soil, l have dwelt especially
upon conditions in the Gallatin valley,
because ! am more familiar with these,
and because the only active interest
taken in the manufacture of beet su-
gar is centered here"