The Holly chieftain., 1900-11-30
PROFITS IN SUGAR BEETS.
Reporf Of Special Conmiffee 10 H.
yesfigafe rhe Sugar Beer isdss-
Try In Rocky Ford District.
Nov. sRd ?, 1900.

A committee lIoul boi lhcih WV
RADIO recently interviewed large num-
Der OF the beet growers OF the Arkan-
sas valley to find out whether 1t would
be advisable to urge the farmers OF
their own section to go into this in
dustry. 1t will b. noticed that almost
without exception those seen were en-
fhusiastic over the results Of their first
YEARS. efforts.
Your committee respectfully submit
the following report OF their investi-
CATION OF the sugar beet industry in
the Rocky Ford district. being state
mcnts OF actual experience during the
year
Mr.. Gibson, a merchant in Rocky
Ford. on his contract put a tenant
upon his land to grow the amount Of
beets that he had contracted with the
sugar beet company. He took con-
tract for sixteen ,l6l acres. The yield
was from seven ~ to fifteen (l5l tons
per acre. making an average OF eleven
tons.
The test was eighteen and three
tenths tlS.3) to nineteen and seven
tenths 1g.1J sugar; the purity eighty
two So to eighty-seyen 80: the cost
per acre for growing, harvesting and
delivering to the factory was thirty
five dollars ls35. l think the reason
for nv low average was on account OF
the tenant spending too much OF his
time between the farm and town.
Beets netted me s23.67 per acre.
Warren Blinn saws sugar beet indus
try is grand success. ! cleared $50
per acre for my beets over and above
all expenses; yield OF beets twenty
Two TO twenty-five tons per acre: test
seventeen per cent. and better, sugar !:
purity. eighty-fve; planted twenty
o unds OF seed to the acre: l consider
twelve pounds Of seed sufficient l
would advise early planting. say from
the 10th OF April to the middle OF
May. Did not water my crop after
July 18th; let beets suffer for q little
water before irrigating, but not enough
to hurt them: my best beets had but
two irrgations We cultivate three
lows at time plant rows eighteen
inches apart: thin to five or six inches
in a row; cost about as per acre to
raise and deliver; cultivators, with all
attachments, cost 500; subsoil pl0w
cost 90. We also use this pillow for
nj Ia 1nnu
enough to run the water: do not re
commend rolling ground after plant
ing: outside property has increased
forty per cent. in value on account OF
Rocky Ford. recommend sub-irriRa-
tiOn. Run water about twenty rods
for irrigating. One tract OF land,
eighty acres, wear ago was offered
me at $50 per acre. l was trying to
make arrangements to buy the same.
but Mr.. Burrell bought it at $50 per
acre. and | will give him $3.50 for tito
day. think the soil in northern Col
orado is fully as well, il not better,
adapted to growing sugar beets, a. the
soil around Rocky Ford, and Is a
stronger soil. l would advise your
people by all means to do all In their
power to get beet sugar factory.
Mr.. E. c. Allen: Five acres in beets;
WELD fifteen tons to the acre: seven
teen per cent. sugar best crop party
can raise: cost to grow and deliver, per
acre, $50; haul three tons. with three
horses, to the factory: wagon bed cost
a22: rope sling costs from 3l2 to $50.
depending on size. The beet industry
brings in good class .of people: real
estate values have increased about
forty per cent. | own nv own land.
c. W. Fenalson: Have small acreage
Was formerly county superintendent
Of schools. Put In two acres; average
yield, 2:i tons to the acre eighteen
per cent. sugar: best thing we ever
had strike this valley; has Increased
value Of lands very much. The two
acres planted yielded me SIP per
acre. Cost of crop delivered at fac
tory, $40 per acre for crop Of twenty
two tons. This gives me net profit
Of s72 per acre. NV son, who is in the
real estate business In Rocky Ford,
wanted me to sell my land year ago,
but now advises me to put q price on
il.
Mr.. J. d. Card: Planted five acres:
twelve tons per acre; test, eighteen