Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-06
OGDEN SUGAR COMPANY.
President eccles' Report for the Past Sea-
son.
lie Recommends that Beets Next Sea-
son be Paid for According 30
their sugar Content

The stockholders OF the ogden Sugar
company held their annual meeting yes
terday afternoon with good attend
ance. The following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year;
David Eccles, president; Thos, d. Dee,
vice president; II, II. Spencer, Fred j.
Kiesel. John Scowcroft Joseph Clark.
H. p. Ellison, John X. Winder and
Adam Patterson form the board Of di-
rectors, James Pingree, treasurer, and
II. II. Rolapp, secretary. Following Is
the presidents report for the past year;
PRESIDENTS REPORT.
To the Stockholders Of the ogden Sugar
Company:
Gentlemen-In making my second an
nual report ] had hoped TO be able TO
show a substantial increase of the sat
lsfactory results OF the operations Of
this company from what they were last
year. / felt especially encouraged In
that hope when We succeeded In opening
the season with contracts for over 5000
acres OF land, agreed 10 be sOwn 10
beets. But | regret 10 say many things
occurred IN shattering these hopes, In
the first place the cold windy spring
destroyed the seeds and young plants
on hundreds OF acres. and while most OF
the stricken farms were re-planted, yet
q great deal Of land remained Idle. or In
q condition so absolutely profitless as to
practically amount 10 the same thing.
and as result. / am confident, from
the best information which can obtain,
that We did not harvest over three
fourths OF the land originally contracted
by us. Besides, an erroneous idea had
crept In among the farmers that pros
fuse irrigation, while PROFESSIONALLY
Injurious 10 the sugar contents Of the
beets. would nevertheless produce an
abundant crop, and inasmuch as the
fal price rate prevails In this company,
the grower would get as great a sum
FOR beets containing less amount Of
saccharine as they would for the better
ones. Acting upon this reasoning, over
irrigation was the rule, and satisfactory
beets the exception The officers Of the
company tried In various ways 10 dis
suade the growers from their erroneous
views. but with little result, other than
that the majority Of the farmers have
this year learned the lesson. that while
over-irriCation may and does injure and
reduce the sugar contents In beet. yet
the farmer is equally the sufferer. be-
cause over-lrrigation will materially
lesson his crop. | think the seasons
run has further demonstrated the fact
that the best interests OF the beet grow
ers are Identical with the best interests
~ IA
fore the most advantageous conduct OF
both Is that Of mutually ard conf.
dence For the purpose Of encoura ging
this relation, and f0r the purpose OF
having the experiences Of the growers
as well as the experiences ~ the CONF
pany secure mutual advantages in the
future. we caused letter OF inquiry 20
be submitted 10 each beet grower "
lSga requesting an immediate answer 10
the various questions propounded. with
a view Of tabulatlng the combined cX-
periences. and by bulletins disseminate
the result SO far not over 0De-haif 81
the answers % these letters have been
received by us, but from The irforma-
ton thus Tar obtained | am fairly able
10 form sufficient deductors 10 say that
during 1888 the average crop raised per
acre was between ten and eleven tons.
that as a rule the planting should have
commenced from one 10 three weeks
earlier than 10 was, that, apart from
over.irrgatlon, the use Of Inferior soil
or soil unfit for beet growing purposes
coupled with indifferent cultivation,
were the chief causes not only u the
small crop. but also OF the existence Of
inferior beets: that subsoil blowing in
the fall, followed by shallow blowing
and narrowing IN the spring, produced
the best and largest crops; that II fer
tillzation becomes at all necessary, II