The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-10-18

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The growing belief TINT the Unitsd
States win ;1hortly 10 able 70 produce
from beets the S1Oo. 00O, 900 worth OF
sugar which her people now annually
Import seems 10 be shared by Britain
Consul Wyndham, who has given the
subject close attention and reported
upon 1t to his government. The follow
ing Is an extract from his report
which has just reached the Treasury
Bureau Of Statistics: >s' ss.
The production OF beet sugar in
the United States is rapidly increasing.
ana In the Chicago Consular district
there are four factories In the State
OF Illinois. three in Nebraska, and
three in Colorado: those in Nebraska
ana Colorado belong to the American
Beet and Sugar Company. and are at
Grand Junction, Rocky Ford and Sugar
.oity, and when completed will em-
pioy thousands of hands, Statistics
indicate that the United States con-
supes more sugar than any other ma:
ton or approximately one-quarter OF
the whole q the worlds product. The
conditions of soils climate, and other
advantages are. quite as good in the
United States. ard especially in Col
orado. Nebraska, and Illinois for the
development of the beet as in any of
the countries of Europe or Asia. The
worlds production and consumption Of
sugar is now about s,26Q, 900 tons per
annum, two-thirds Of which is, pro-
duced from beet and only one-third
from cane, whilst the normal consump-
ton is estimated as increasing at the
rate of 100000 tons yearly.
The success ]. ttending the culti-
walton Of sugar beet in this district
has proved that 1t may be made
profitable and successful investment.
A large factory has been built at Rocky
Ford. Colorado. which cost 100000 to
oulld and equip. It is proposed to have
it ready for the crop of the coming sea-
son. To supply it the farmers in the,
vicinity have contracted to grow 5000
acres Of beets a year fors five years.
from tests made. they estimate their
oeets will yield Is to 10 per cent Of
sugar. The factory, when running at
lts full capacity, will consume daily
l'oOo tons of beets, which it will con-
vert into about 100 tons Of refined
sugar of the highest purity. The beets
reach maturity with high percent
age, and seldom go below Is per cent:
IL per cent is taken as the basis OF
ouylng bets at the factory.
"A general estimate Of the cost Of
construction, cost of operation and
general results to be c.unted upon, of
oeet sugar factories In this district as
taken from the Rocky Ford plant
places the general average of sugar in
the beets at u per cent. So far as
the Arkansas Valley in Colorado is
concerned. this percentage is being
largely exceeded; the minimum per-
centage of sugar being about IA per
cent, while the maximum has reached
% per cent, with a co-ef1cient of pur-
lty ranging from ~ to 80 per cent
IN stating these results, reference is
especially made to the factory at
ROCKY Ford, built and worked by the
American Beet Sugar Company, a New
YORK corporation, which works two
factories in California and three in Ne
braska, the one at rocky Ford being
their fifth. The experts in charge of
this last factory all express surprise
at the results of this first campaign,
and they have become thoroughly con-
WINGED that this valley (Arkansas Val
icy, Col.,) Is the idesl sugar-produc-
er, thanks to its equable climate,
ample supply of water for irrigation,
cheap fuel and limestone, and an up-
limited extent Of available land for
beet culture. It is expected that the
same company will erect one or more
factories in addition to the one at
Rocky Ford, one to build further cas-
and the other west of Rocky Ford.
"As an example Of the quality Of
the sugar beets produced upon this
land, it may be mentioned that so far
six carloads Of beets from one field
have been tested 18th results as fol-
lows: One carload. 1863 per cent !;
three carloads, 1873 per cent; and
two carloads. 2O.4 pei cent"
4 BoEus Colorado Beetles.
This insect (Doryphora juncta) ia
often mistaken for the genuine Colo
RADIO beetle; but II. feeds: on plants Of
the wild solanum family, like the
norse-nettle. The most Observable
differences are these: In the true.
Colorado beetle the sides are orna,
mented with two rows Of black dots
and the lead 10 black while In JUNG.
ta'' there is but one RON, Of dots. al ~.
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