The Lamar register., 1901-07-03
WHERE SUGAR BEETS DOBEST
Colorado and the Southwest Excel
All Other Sections.

| CuIl says tldt bLt A0ROA
of the Department of Agriculture on
the progress of the beet sugar in
dustry in the United States during
ing the past year shows the principal
advances to have been made in the
southwest In many states the pro
duct of 1900 did not equal that OF
the year previous, because of un-
reasonable or unusually dry weather.
Colorado has developed into an
exceptionally good state for growing
sugar beets. The factories at Grand
Junction, Rocky Ford and Sugar
City have progressed as rapidly as
any similar institutions in the United
States. These beets were grown by
irrigation, produce better results
than where they are dependant upon
rainfall for their moisture. Those
now grown in Colorado have a very
high percent of sugar, something
over H.
The Colorado Sugar Manufactur-
ing Co, at Grand junction has done
the pioneer work of sugar beet grow
ing in Colorado, and in studying out
the best methods, has met with many
adverse influences. The new factor
les have been spared this handicap.
This factory now pays farmers S4.25
per ton for beets with from II to 10
per cent of sugar, and 20 cents for
each additional per cent, the high
est price yet paid being for beets
with % percent of sugar content.
The Grand junction factory has a
capacity of $50 tons daily
At Sugar City the National Sugar
Co., is operating factory of 500
tons capacity. Last year WAS its
first season, but the very best results
we're obtained. The American Beet
Sugar Co, at Rocky Ford operates a
plant of 1000 tons daily capacity.
at is certain" says the report,
shat no other district in the United
States has ever attained such high
success in growing beets for the first
time, as has the Rocky Ford section,
aud the results are typical of what
can be accomplished throughout the
irrigated portion of the Arkansas
valley. In fact the results would
rival the best attained by any other
factory district in it's most favored
years The sugar content of the
beets was very high, and the tonnage
grown per acre was everything that
could be desired"
Beets in this locality bring 50 per
ton, and each acre will yield the
farmer S7o, or a net profit of at least
$50 to the acre.
Prof Sayler, compiler of the re
port, says there can be no doubt that
Colorado will take leading place
among the sugar producing states.
There is sufficiently large market
within and tributary to this state to
support dozen or more factories,
each of wh;ch-swould result in the es-
tablishment of small, but thrifty
town.
GRoUNDLEss FEARS.
Probably the greatest obstacle in
the way of future development of
the beet sugar industry in the Unit
ed States is the fear that exists
among the farmers and sugar manu-
facturers of the competition of our
new island dependencies, which are
already large sugar producers.
Special Agent Charles f. Sayler, the
beet sugar expert of the department
of agriculture, in his Forthcoming
report on the progress of the indus
try during the past calendar year,
disposes of this subject very briefly.
Having visited Porto Rico, Hawaii
and carefully considered data on the
sugar industry of these islands, as
well as. of the Philippines, he unhes
itatingly asserts that we're the oppor
tunities for developing the industry
in these new territories to be extend
ed to their utmost capacity, there
would be nothing in this to discour
age our domestic sugar producers.
For years our domestic sugar con
sumption has been increasing even
more rapidly than the increase OF
population, until, in 1900, we import
ed nearly 100000 tons of this com.
modify. 1t is his belief that the
combined production of all the is
lands, and of the United States as
well will not begin to supply our
markets, and when the maximum
production is reached here, we will
yet be forced to go into foreign mar
kets for our sugar.