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


ten acres; 81, acres made twenty tons ia
the acre: 81. acres. fourteen tons to the
acre. / can raise and deliver beets Tor
So per acre. / can weed and thin one
third OF an acre per day. Will double
my crop next year. Seed should De
planted III inches deep. l like the grow
ing OF sugar beets. Advise piowing deep.
say ten to twelve inches. Fall plowins
! preferable.
=. J. Davis: ! rent land. Put ten acres
In sugar beets. Average yield. thirteen
to fourteen tons per acre. Seventeen per
cent. sugar; got pG7 per ton. WIN
double my acreage next year " i can. NO
crop grown In this section equals the su-
gar beet. Crop easily grown. and nice
crop to tend. give two tons per acre
FOR use OF land. l would advise your
people to take hold of the Industry.
+. Robb: Two miles from factory;
planted ten acres: average yield. fourteen
tons per acre: test. 49,, per cent. sugar
Received &.3t per ton. Beet raising u
far better than anything We ever raised
In this valley. The factory company has
done more than they agreed TO In their
contract II IL universally satisfactory
with all our people. j want to double
my acreage next year II they VIII give
me an opportunity.
George Haliows: Seven miles from the
factory: i've acres OF b.eis: average yield
twelve tons per acre: is,s per cent sugar
price A.5 per ton. My crop was struck
with hail and did not have enough water.
The. yield would have been much iarser II
II had had NOR. water and hail had not
destroyed part OF the crop.
II. y. wyckon: Twelve acres: average
yield. twenty-one to thirty-fiSo tons per
acre. My different aerrases run from
fifteen To tWsnty-on- per cent sugar. ow-
In. to time OF delivery. My early detv-
cry did not turn out well as my latc
delivery. The beet crop Ii always sure TO
grow. and We know the price VIC arc to
receive for u. Have grown be-ts Tor hNe
years. Before factory was established.
sold to sheep feeders ! raised thiriy-nVc
tons per acre on ground that has raised
bee,s for two years. Would make tho
paintings on large acreage. ten days or
less apart. Early planting turns out the
best. on. man can tend ntissn acres.
except tn. wedding. thinning and harvest
inE. Hun water not over thirty rods.
will double my acreage next year "
factory will give me contract. ! pio~rd
my land only eight inches deep. First
planting about April .p;h. Cost OF crop
delivered at factory. $40 per acre. Frost
In spfiss viii not hurt sugar brets- Cash
rent offered for land next season TO put
Into sugar be.;s. ~ p-r acre.
A. T.. kouns: Five acre.: yield. thirty
two tons per acre: touf,.en 10 eighteen
psr cent. sugar: average. sis'eoa per
cent. sugar. received 81 per ton.
Cost OF crop 10 time OF digging. on
nss acres. including one-ns,h cost
OF implements. 81: wagon box.
and all labor on fise asr-s........-ns %
cosi per acre for plo~ins out
beets. G;s. fiVs ser-s...-............ II 70
Topping and Loading 100 ioas........ - "
Hauling leo tons OF beets is tho
factory. oae mile distant. . &C.,. y"
SC -
Value OF crop. loo tons. a, 81 per
ton. equals ........................... |"
Deduct cost OF raising. 20 %
Gave me ne; pron, on ave acres 0f.tsss %
OF on ono s...........s.ssss.s......i 30 10
Planted my crop Asrii i;,h: crop ma
turrd about October .sh: Irrigated twice.
nrst time latter par; OF June. second
time. July -. Parties should be careful
and never FOOD the ground. have
small patch OF ground i~.a,y feet square
which ditch broke and flooded. OF this
piece I got only sis tons to the aoTc.
do no; advise faii blowing In this section.
as our soil Is 50 lIEhi u lie liable 10 bia~
too much Of IL OF the ground. our rows
were forty rods long and only run water
two hours. lien kouus. my brother. had
same amount In. With abou, the same re-
suits.
q. J. t.acksy: Twenty acres: average
Yield. twenty-five tons TO the acre: test.
eighteen per cent. sugar. price received.
per ton. y: good crop to grow. Ny
becis will net m. so tser acre: cost Of
raising brsts. ~ TO So per acre. I will
plant same amount Of ground next year.
Was planted on alfalfa ground piowsd
this spring. am sheep man. but like
the beet growing. think u is the best
crop In this par; of the country: brings
In a srea; many desirable people Have
seen no undesirable people yet. Factory
being located here has increased the wall
tie OF land forty to nifty per cent.
]. c. Kahn: Twenty acres: twenty tons
per acre. test. iTls per cent. sugar.
certainly think no other crop pays as
we'll as sugar bcets. A locality should
certainly have a sugar factory. as q,
would pay all PARTIES well. merchants.
growers. land owners and tenants. Cost
On fif;een-ton acre crop. delivered at
factory. 30 per acre II tonnage IL
larger q, would cost more. The location
Of factory has brought in many good peo-
pie. Land has Increased In value at ieas,
nfiy per cent. ! sold this piece OF land
on the south side Of the road last year at
80 per acre II had u now would not
sell it tiio per acre.
81. a. Brown! Planted seventy-seven
acres; tventy-ihrec acres was on bad
adobe ground. which We let go without
yielded twenty-five TO thirty tons per
acre; Is to zlI4 per cent. sugar: cost. de-
livered. - per acre. Come OF my beets
run from ten TO tven,y-one pounds TO
the beet. Commenced planting In March.
Would no; sow later than May ist In this
locality.
]. T. Pollock! Planted twenty acres:
average yield. twenty tons per acre: sew
enteen per cent. sugar: price received