The Lamar register., 1901-08-28
SUGAR BEET PRODUCTION.
A NEW AND FLOURISHINc BUSi
NESS IN THE WEST.
Extracts from, a British Report-Won'
derful Results Shown In I'LL
nois, kebeaska and Colo
RADIO In Few Years.

belief that the United States will
shortly be able to produce from beets
the $100,000,O0O worth OF sugar
which her people now annually i'm
port seems to be shared by British
Consul Wyndham, who has given
the subject close attention and re-
ported upon it to his government,
The following is an extract from his
report, which has just reached the
treasury bureau of statistics:
1.-The production of beet sugar in
the United States is rapidly increas-
ing, and in the Chicago consular
district there are four factories in
the state of Illinois, three in Nebras-
ka, and three in Colorado; those in
Nebraska and Colorado belong to the
American Beet Sugar company and
are at Grand Junction, Rocky Ford
and Sugar City, and when fully COM
pleted will employ thousands OF
hands.
"Statistics indicate that the United
States consumes mere sugar than
any other nation, or approximately
one quarter of the whole of the
worlds product. The conditions of
soil, climate and other advantages
are quite as good in the United
States, and especially in Colorado,
Nebraska and Illinois, for the de-
velopment of the beet as in any Of
the countries of Europe or Asia. The
worlds production and consumption
of sugar is now about eight million
two hundred and fifty Thousand tons
per annum, two thirds of which is
produced from beet, and only one
third from cane, while the normal
consumption is estimated as increas-
ing at the rate of 250,OOO tons year
ly.
"The success attending the culti-
vation of the sugar beet in this dis
trict has proved that it may be made
a profitable and successful invest.
ment. A large factory has been
built at Rocky Ford, Colo, which
cost 100000 to build and equip. 1t
lis proposed to have it ready for the
crop of the coming season. To sup
ply it the farmers in the vicinity
have contracted to grow 5000 acres
of beets year for five years. From
tests made they estimate their beets
will yield Is to 18 per cent of sugar.
The factory when running at its full
capacity, will consume daily 1000
tons of beets, which it will convert
into about one hundred tons of re.
fined sugar of the highest purity.
The beets reach maturity with high
percentage, and seldom go below ID
per cent; 12 per cent is taken as the
basis of buying beets at the factory.
"The beets are grown by the farm
ers under contract with the factory
and paid for according to the saccha-
rine contents determined by chemi,
cal tests made Of samples taken from
the wagons at the time of delivery.
In addition the factory controls
about five thousand acres of land.
Most of the land will be farmed by
tenants, but only a portion OF each
J farm is devoted to beets each year.
Growers sell their beets based upon
the sugar contents. The tests some
what resemble the assaying of ore
from the mines. Selling upon this
basis encourages better farming and
the raising of better beets. 1t is the
only fair way, both to the raiser and
the manufacturer.
cat Sugar City farm of 1900
acres has been cultivated for raising
sugar beets, and sugar factory has
been built with capacity of SOC
tons every twenty four hours. On
the farm 1000 men and women have
been employed during the summer
and this seasons crop will be con
verted into sugar. The establish