Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-29
ARKANSAS VALLEY
SUGAR PROSPECTS
lnprsved cssditiea Of the Beet
FieAs asd the Factory Cssstrue.
tios Being Pushed Day asd Night.

Work Is going on uudcr high pressure
at the factory grounds. Tho compuny's
large electric plant has been completed
and ut night tho immense steel frame
work presents fine appearance with arc
lights distributed all over il, some almost
100 feet In the mir. by this brilliant
light the work OF construction is pushed
when most Of this portion Of the world is
asleep. Large quantities OF machinery
continues to arrive aud the word OF plnc-
1t in position is making rapid progress.
II IL expected that the factory WI! be ful.
ly completed by the close Of September
The reports from the beet fields are
highly encouraging. No worms arc ns-
smiling the beets md only few flies.
Growers who are giving the crop due Mt
tention are highly pleased with the out
look. Careful following the directions
sent out by the company will rescue the
crop from the ravages Of pests. It will
pay all growers to secure all needed help
that the crop he placed in good shape
and kept in first class condition.
The experience of the Grand Junction
sugar factory last year is of value to the
Arkansas valley this season. The Color
ado Sugar Manufacturing Co. OF Grand
Junction, writes the American Sugar
Beet Co. i'll regard to the beet worm:
.We found n very simple remedy for it
last year and that We have no appearance
of its return at this time. The remedy
was i'll saturating the ground with water,
killing the pupa which enters the ground
after each successive visitation of the
worms and there matches out into the
moth which deposits the eggs for the
next brood. 1t was discovered that on
fields where irrigation was in progress
when the first brood made its appearance,
that there was 10 second brood, and fol-
lowing this up, we had the ground very
thoroughly irrigated after the second
brood, which seems to have entirely
drowned out the pupa and this year there
is no probability that we will be bothered
with them. We also found that the worms
were very easily killed with Paris Green,
as their work is entirely on the upper sur,
face of the leaves during all the early
stages, and only i'll the worst and most
advanced stages did they attempt to work
at the base of the leaves or in the crown
of the beet"
VIM. r. King of New York City, Su-
perintendent Of construction, arrived last
week. The supervision IS now divided
between Mr.. King and Mr. Sinsheiner.
the former having charge OF the day work
and the latter of the night construction.
Vice president J. G. Oxnard spent Sat
urday and Sunday in Rocky Ford and
then left for New York. Mr.. Oxnard
has, during the past few weeks, given
the valley n thorough inspection and is
well pleased with the outlook for the
manufacture OF Arkansas Valley sugar.
DIR. Portius, who was originally assign
ed to the management of the sugar max
ing at Rocky Ford, has been transferred
to Caro-. Michigan, where the Oxnard con-
!, struction Co. is now rebuilding n factory
which.was run last year for the first time.
The machinery was imported from Ger
many but did not fill the requirements OF
sugar making in Michigan, hence the
change to apparatus OF American make.
Henry Il. Oxnard, president Of the
American beet Sugar Company, recently
| returned from visit to China and jap
an. He has little to say, says the Ok
nard, Cal. Courier, in praise OF the ac.
commodations furnished in that section
of the Globe in which the Powers 20 to
wage diplomatic war and "hold the door
opep," but the voyage furnishes an ex-