Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1901-05-10

Beet
Culture
Causes the Land to Produce Greatly
Increased Crops Of Wheat and
Other Cereals.

1900, by Mr.. Jules Bernard We CLEAN as
follows, the translation being by Mr..
Robert ONuarl:
!. In France, according 10 the s;atis-
tic Of 1892, the average production OF
wheat va, I6.I hcctolitcTS per hectarca
| tIS.Sj bushels 10 the acrrl, but ten de-
| plTimcnis have an average of over se.g7
bushels to the acre. and nine OF these
are the ones whcrc bee; cul,urc-ci,hcr
for sugar or alcohol-is carried on TO the
greatest extent. Proceeding from gen
cral statistics To the study oI special
| farms. IL is Sccn that tile yield OF wheat
increased from IS TO i5iI per cent. where
ever beet culture has been introduced,
reaching ~ high aS 81: To i54 bushels
TO the acre.
The samc Is true OF other countries.
In Germany the sugar districts: Silcsia.
Sixony. brunswick. Hanover. the dis
iTiciS around aiagdcburg and Halle. give
an average yield o; wheat double ,iia, OF
the other districts. We have asccf,ained
on the ground that a yield o.iSa bushels
| to the acre II not rafc.
In Austria the plains OF Mofavia and Of
Bohemia where the sugar beet is cult.
waited give the greatest yields, no, only OF
wiiras; bu, oi barley and this barley Is
very much sought after for brewing. The
>anic is true a: Hungary whcfc the rich
lands OF the Danuhc and its ailucHis arr
the center Of the beet industry.
In Russia byct culture increases largely
every war. and after bcc,s they plant
whra, wlcfr before they could only grow
4 rye.
\ "Bcc, cultivation has improved the
< plain. u; Ukraine" says Mr. Mclchoir dc
D Vogue. 81, Is an economic revolution in
o u.
sugar hrC, will cuun, mofc In the drs-
,inir. oi the country than the mos,
ia,liurs exploits oil Polish. Swedish and
Russian warriors. The value oi the acre
q: Land las increased Eve fold" The
cultivation %; iic sugar beet has notably
increased the yield u, wheat IN Southern
Russia, which remains stationary III tic
other parts oi the Empire.
In belgium aud Holland all lands ;iA;
l,ayc gtuwn brcts are afterwards seeded
To- wheat. and ;hcrC also an increase IN
the yield Is observed.
In Italy, MIR. Roma tells ts that owing
TO tile TccCui introduction oi bcc; cI!iaIc
in s1;uc OF the southern provinces the
Weld oG wlira, has doubled.
II. What aTc the reasons ioF this high
Weld q. wheat!
For onr thing the increased icfiiiiEing.
for iio plant assimiiaics as rapidly as ihr
lrrct the fertilizer that is given to u.
Next, the cultivation ct roots TcgutfCs
thorough hocing aud wedding. and con.
scquCiiiIy preserves io tile soil The plant
tn5d that would otherwise hasc bccti
was,c,I In the production OF weeds. The
lIraycs OF the bccis alone. worked back
into the soil. furnish atou; the quantity
OF nitrogen which the following whcai
crop requires. They also give back 10
the soil potash and a certain quantity oi
Iaiosphoric acid. ..
The deep plowing, which Is ABSOLUTE
t.y NECESSARY for bcct culture. has the
\ mos, favorable influence on the crops
following. Not only the depth Of the
arabic soil Is increased. but the effects OF
drought or OF excessive rain arc much
irs. icl,. This deep blowing allows The
roofs OF the plan, to seek dccp. in the sol
the elements required for their develop
i mcui.
iii We could add tina, the cultivation
Of the bcc, has resulted not only III in
! crrasing the yield Of cereals, but also that
| Of hay and in fact of all crops that ioiio"
in the rotation: IL also increases the pro.
duc,iou Of mca, and the quantity of
manure produced OH the farm: 1t has
rnu,ribu,cd to the welfare of the working
man owing TO the large arioun, OF labor
required III cultivating, harvesting and
hauling the crop. bcsidcs keeping en-
piovcd a large number of workificr IN the
sugar factories and dis;illcrics: II has
prrycniCd in a measure the dcpopulaiion
81 the rural dis;ricts-tic sugar districts
have suffered very much less than the
others through the emigration of the
farming population TO the cities:
The Agricultural Society OF Nalcn-
cicuncs published as far back as 1855,
regarding that section: "production OF
wica, before introduction of sugar bccts
Is. 700 tons. Number of cattle fed 200
head.
Production of wheat since introduction
of sugar bcrts is.Ioo tons. Cattle led
II, 500 head >,
No plan, improves the soil and Is as
favorable TO subsequent crops as the beet.
In o,hcr countries as well as in France
the influence Of the beet has been very
favorable to the yield of wheat. The re,
s,riction OF the cultivation OF bcets would
have disastrous consequences Tor our
national agriculture.
Statistical record of wheat yield per
acre in the United States.
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