Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1900-11-16

some three times. could not see any
difference In the yield of the beets.
J. l.. weigand: Fifteen acres: twenty
two and one-half tons yield per acre;
test. seventeen per cent. sugar: cost TO
raise and put In crop. deliver TO the rae
tory. $50 per acre. l think 1t Is good
crop TO raise would give 500 bonus
for another fifteen-acre contract II !
could not secure the same from the fac
tory company. so I could have thirty
acres to tend on my own farm. l own
my own land.
j.. II. Engley: Two miles from fac-
tory; planted six acres to beets: average
yield, twenty tons to the acre: test
eighteen per cent. sugar; best crop can
raise. ] will make so per acre not
counting my own time.
W. Bishop: Three miles from factory:
planted fifteen acres: average yield. nj
teen tons: sixteen to twenty per cent
| sugar: best thing We ever had in TINS
valley. Win plant twenty acres NOR.
| next year.
George W. Mcbride: ! only brought In
one load. The test Of this load went
twenty-sis per cent sugar,
M. ii. vanBuskirk. president. and Mt.
a. l.. Kellogg. cashier OF the Farmers
and Merchants Bank. gave our commit
tee the following letter:
/ Mr.. +. II Baker and Others of the Com
mitiee from Northern Colorado:
Gsntiemen-Your questions regarding
the sugar beet industry here have been
put Into our hands to answer. and In
doing so I will take them In the order
that you have submitted them.
| First-what has been the effect on
i prices OF real ertatef
Answcr-ci;y property has auadrupied
In price. Suburban property has doubled
| In price. Farm property has advanced
i twenty-five per cent, which Is Very good
| for the first year. We have reason to
believe that farms will steadily advance
as the value OF the Industry II developed
and realized.
secona-what has bs-n the Increase 20
business In your tows and other towns
where beeis have been krownr
Answer-Scariy every merchant who
was here before IN. industry cam. has
been Obliged TO add from nifty TO one
hundred Per cent. to his store room. and
to Increase his stock In proportion. and Il
has brought: and viii continue to do %.
| new business men and new enterprises.
| Third-what IL the Increase In your
banking business on account OF the sugar
beet factory
Ans~rr-our banking business has In
creased an hundred prr cent.
fourth-wouid you advise a community
to make an efsor, to set . sugar factory
located among thsmY
Ans~er-t would advise not only max
| Ing tho effort. but would make n sacrifice
TO secure factory. provided you can sc,
The rishs parties 10 Ssiid aud operate the
factory.
fItih-ffss u ssea . profitable ,hIns
for your farmrrss
Ans~er-res. decidedly 90: and this IL
only the nEst year.
Siath-Has u brought In an und-sir-
able class OF citizens To iosateS
Anssef-N has rot. permanent Cit
isrns. During the thinning season Nc
had TO have such an unusual amount OF
labor tina; 40 found 10 necessary to brins
several hundred Mssieans. who. alter the
work vas done. gradually dtiftsi back
TO their homes IN Ss~ Mexico.
scssnih-iisasa sise the names Of yer.
sons growing beo's, and ~ha; their aver.
ago tonnage per acre. and price OF s--,is
Ans~er-j. c. kAin. c. ". iacksey. y.
~. Hassin. \. MSfftss DR.. Sam Pollock
q. W. suins and nearly every business
man In the city and farmer In the county
The average tonnage nil be seventeen.
the price siiI be from ~ to .. per ton.
Eishih-ls there any complain, with
the grower. and are they we'll pleased
with the Industry
Ahspcr-Thsro we're gruubisrs and dis.
satisfied ones In Eden. and so there are
here: but they arc like the little pebbles
In the makeup OF the srca; universe
our farmers are almost universally
pleased. and feel that the dawn Of better
days is breaking. AZ there Is no posi-.
biii,y OF OVERRIDING the business In our
country for years. and perhaps never. I
feel that by encouraging this greatest
Industry of the times In our state. We arc
| laying the foundation for an euyiahlp
future. and would be glad to lend you
wha, help may be able to do.
Respectfully. a. l.. KELLOGG.
Cashier.
We would state that Ne conversesi with
a great many more parties. and all gave
about the same as above. We heard no
| complaints OF the treatment from the
| factory. and a great many stated that
the factory has raised the price sg bests
above the contracts Withpu, their ask.
ing.
From the information secured on our
sisi, TO the Rocky Ford district. and he.
, cause Of the liberal Inducements offered
by the parties proposing to erect a sugar
| factory at tsoveiand which places ali
beet growers between Louisville. Bo,,idsr
| and Greeley on equal terms as 10 prfrs
| Of bects at their station. We most car
nestly recommend all citizens to lend
their aid In securing tho acreage re.
quired by the company to warrant IN.
establishment, Of the factory. as We are
convinced that no industry can be es,ab.
lished In northern Colorado that youi5
result In bringing more money into the
district or would give as much pront 10
farmers and business men generally.
Respectfully submitted.
J. ". MORGAN.
a. Longmont, Colo.
C. y. PCGH.
fsonsmont. Colo.
A. L. GIBSON.
LonEmont. Colo.
GEORGE W. WILSON,