Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-01-19
| Sugar Beet Notes.

Sugar beets are likely to be- mt 10 a
new use. The people of certain portions
or Texas are now shipping to the mar.
ket what they call'sugar lambs" These
lambs are fed on sugar beets, sugar beet
pulp, and finally finished on corn. This
iced Is SAID to give flavor to the Young
mutton, which is superior TO that pro-
duced by any other feed known. The
lambs prepared as above bring from five
TO ten cents per hundred pounds more in
the market than when prepared any
other way. In Texas sugar beets bring
at the factory "a ton, and sheep men
from the Pecos valley say that the beets
used II fatteniDg the lambs are really
worth u 90 to VI. 90 per ton. AS result
OF TINS new industry there will be hun
dreds OF ceres more Of beets planted this
year than last season. In some of the
western states, notably in Northern
Colorado, lamb feeders are particularly
anxious to secure supply of sugar beets
Tor next falls feeding. This subject is
OF vital Importance to sheep feeders.
Sugar beets can be easily grown here.
and II they will do what is claimed for
them IN the way of producing a finely
havored mutton it will pay our farmers
TO give attention to the matter. More.
over. IT the sugar beet pulp will serve
the same purpose as the sugar beet. the
fattening of lambs in connection with
beet sugar factory would be a profitable |
adjunct. 1t would, perhaps, make |
sugar beet factory a profitable concern
even If the present low prices for sugar
continue Michigan Sugar Beet.
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Land Commissioner French has is
sued statement showing the amount
of beet sugar manufactured and the
amount OF beets received at Michigan's
nine factories during the present cam.
palgn up to Jan. /, 1900, as reported
20 him daily by the state weighman
md inspectors at the various factories.
There was not quite two. thirds crop
u beets this campaign on account OF
he severe drought of last summer,
Consequently this years output of su. ,
'ar Will not be as great as was expected
The amount Of sugar manufactured
u the various factories to Jan. |, is as {
ollows: Michigan Sugar Co, Bay t
Jlty. 5,64O, 1877 pounds; Bay City Sugar q
TO-, 1907 DOL; West Bay City Sugar
20 none; Alma Sugar o., 2,42O,S2 8
salamanca Sugar Co., 1866, 1858; VOL. +
crime Sugar Co., Benton Harbor, L. i
w, 53l Holland Sugar Co, 1,54l.115;I
'etroit Sugar Co., Rochester, 1868. 500. \
enlnspla Sugar Refining Co.,, Caro-, I
6l9,998. o
This makes a total of 22,615 ,OO4. the
ounty on which if the law of 1897 is b
AUD, amounts TO 1926, 100 on e
During the period named their was
'celved at the nine factories an agpre. n
ate Of 49, S3S tons Of beets fl
- g;
From 4la acres of ground near Pajaro +
imes Waters harvested 1922 tons of C,
let's per acre this season. and the en-. 81
re tract OF six acres (Which included a,
e AZ acres reported) averaged frac. n,
On over 81 tons-Or l40 worth of beets al
per acre. There is a genuine sacchar. er
g sweetness about such showing.
lis Is the best exhibit ever made by NJ
!laro valley beet field, and il any be
her valley can equal it-they can't
at tive would like to hear from Nj
EN-. This tract was surveyed at the al
ne OF planting and its exact acreage in
rs known. 1t was planted with seed alb
oduced at the seed farm near Agnews.
nta Clara county, and the showing of fe
ets and sugar is another victory for tn
lifornia. California beet seed. plant tw
In choice spot in CALIFORNIA; richest les
LEY has produced crop of beets that cr'
not been equaled on this continent
showing Of tons per acre. Califor. ha
beet seed had thorough test and a tn
trial, and it came out winner.
:. James Waters can we'll feel proud fro
the record. -Pajaroian. be-