La Junta tribune., 1900-11-10

ten acres. m acres made twenty tons to
the acre: 81 acres. fourteen tons TO the
acre can raise and deliver beets for
Is per acre I can weed and thin one
third OF an acre per day. VIII double
my crop next year. Seed should be
planted III inches deep. i like the grow
ing OF sugar beets. Advise piovinx deep.
say ten to twelve incheA- FAN plovtns
preferable.
p J. Davis: rent innd- Put ten acres
IN sugar beetx- Average yield. thirteen
to fourteen tons per acre. Seventeen per
cent. sugar: got sAs7 per ton ! VIZ
double my acreage next year II can NO
crop grown in this section equals the su-
gar beet Crop easily grown. and nice
crop 10 tend. give two tons per acre
for use OF land / would advise your
people to take hold Of the industry.
e. Robb: Two miles from factory
planted ten acres; average yield. fourteen
tons per acre: test. 1874 per cent sugar.
Received gs.A per ton. Beet raising Is
far better than anything We ever raised
IN this valley. The factory company has
done more than they agreed to In their
contract II In universally satisfactory
with all our people ] want to double
my acreage next year II they VIII give
me an opportunity.
factory: I'VE acres OF beets: average yield
twelve tons per acre: ISL per cent sugar;
price A75 per ton. Ny crop was struck
with hail and did not have enough water.
The yield would have been much larger II
II had had more water and hall had not
deatroyed part of the crop.
B. F. Wyckon: Twelve acres: average
yield. twen,y-one to ,hirty-five tons per
acre Ny different acreages run from
nf;een to twenty-one per cent sugar, ow-
Ing TO time of delivery. My early deliv-
cry did not turn out as well as my late
delivery. The beet crop Is always sure to
grow. and we know the price we are to
receive for IL. Have grown beeis for nve
years. Before factory was established.
sold to sheep feeders. raised thirty-hve
tons per acre on ground that has raised
bcets for two years. Would make the
paintings on large acreage. ten days or
less apart Early planting turns out the
best. One man can tend fifteen acres.
except the wedding. thinning and harvest
ing. Run water not over thirty rods.
will double my acreage next year II
factory will give me contract. 1 plowed
my land only eight inches deep. First
planting about April Goth. Cost of crop
delivered AT factory. so per acre. Frost
In spr1ng VIII not hurt sugar beets. Cash
rent offered for land next season to put
into sugar beets. so per acre.
A. =. Kouns: Five acres; yield. thirty
two tons per acre: fourteen TO eighteen
per cent. sugur. average. sixteen per
cent sugar: received &LSS per ton
Cost OF crop to time of digging. on
five acres. including ope-fifth cost
of implements. 81; wagon box.
and ali labor on five aeres..-....-,Slls "
Cost. per acre for blowing out
beets, $50. i've acres.........,...... II so
Topping and loading Iso tons....-... " "
Hauling leo tons OF beets to the
factory. one mile distant. q &c.,. ea %
s2ss 50
Value OF crop. ieo tons. at H35 per
ton. equals ..........-..-,...-....... .-$Sso "
Deduct cost OF raising. 2s5 20
Gave me net profit on fvc acres of.Ssoo 80
Or on one ....,.................-...3 10 10
Planted my crop April 18th: crop ma
turcd about October Goth: irrigated twice:
frst time latter part of June, second
time. July Sd. Parties should be careful
and never flood the ground. ! have a
small patch Of ground twenty feet square
which ditch broke and flooded. on this
piece got only six tons to the acre. l
do not advise fall plowing in this section.
as our soil is SO light 1t is liable to blow
too much OF II on the ground. Our rows
were forty rods long and only run water
two hours. Ben Kouns. my brother. had
same amount In. with about the same re-
suits.
G. J. Lackey: Twenty acres: average
yield. twenty-five tons to the acre; test.
..sr- II sod
per ton. IS: a good crop to grow. Ny
beet. will net me 80 per acre: cost Of
raising beets. sa5 to $40 per acre; / will
plant same amount of ground next year.
Was planted on alfalfa ground plowed
this spring. l nm a sheep man. but like
the beet growing: think It is the best
crop In this part of the country. brings
In q great many desirable people. Have
seen no undesirable people yet Factory
being located here has increased the val
ue of land forty to fifty per cent.
J. C. Kahn: Twenty acres: twenty tons
per acre: test. 17,s per cent. sugar. I
certainly think no other crop pays as
well as sugar beets. A locality should
certainly have a sugar factory. ~ II
would pay all parties well. merchants.
growers land owners and tenants. Cost
on q nfteen-ton acre crop. delivered At
factory, 80 per acre. II tonnage II
larger It would cost more. The location
Of factory has brought In many good peo-
pie. Land has increased in value at least
nfty per cent. I sold this piece OF land
on the south side OF the road last year At
s7b per acre. II had It now would not
sell II $50 per acre.
n A. Brown: Planted seventy-seven
acres; twenty-three acres was on bad
adohe ground which We let 70 without
culsivating; hfty-four acres Of ground
yielded twenty-five to thirty tons per
acre; 10 to 2lh per cent. sugar: cost. de-
livered. ~ per acre. Soms Of my bests
run from ten to twenty-one pounds to
the beet. Commenced planting In March.
Would not SOW iatsr than Nay LIST In this
locality. p
J. p. Pollock: Planted twenty aeres: