Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-08-02
Sugar Making
Soon Begin
Operations to Commence
with the Osm0se
Process.

Superiut endsut Baird hopes that all
things will be in readiness on Monday
Tor starting the Osmoss process, convert
ing tho molsases lake into refined sugar.
But this date 10 not positive ~ the com.
pistion OF the machinery depends on the
arrival OF material.
The settling pond will soon be com:
pistei. II will cover ) l.? acres and will
ts twelve feet deep. However, y depth
Of only four feet will be drawn. thus as-
suring that none but clear water will bs
pumped iutO the factory.
A few days since Manager Wetzer and
Health Officer kendig went over the
country between the factory and the
river to investigate the cause Of the bad
odor which mt long intervals ofends the
nosiriis Of Rocky Ford citizens. Their
conclusions were that the odor comes
from chemicals used IN the factory
acting on the vegetable matter. which
naturally Rccumulntcs IN til. slonghs,
but not from any decaying pulp. Here
after this waste water will not bc run III
the slouIhs. Furthermore, the slonGhs
will soon be drained und cultivated
The factory management Ii doing all IN
its power to remedy the objectionable
conditions and when they have com.
pietssl contemplated improvements tue
surroundings Of tho city to the north
Will be- very much better aud more
hsaithful than ut any time in III. past.
The plans Of the company havs DR..
kcndiG's hearty endorsement.
Il is expected that tho tirst slicing Of
bects will be about sept. 18th. After
beginning tho operation of tho Osmase
there will be no cessation of every day
a. h.. .s.ss.
which. from the condition and pruspects
Of the growing crop will bs . loos ono.
Yesterday there was on exhibition 10
the company's Office y hne specimen of
beet wc igl,in. i.2 pounds. The fac
tory people are not afraid Of large bccts
in the Afkansas Valley. Last year ono
which weighed l6 pounds tested Is per
per ccnt IN sugar. And QUO enormous
fellow. weighing y J.? pounds. tested
. pss ccut. There u ~ power" of sugar
our cansaloupes aud wntermcious rs
vol ~ sugar bcces.
In the top Of tho great factory build.
ing II being constructed two immense
tanks. each holding 10000 gallons They
will bc filed with distilled watcr for use
In tho manufacture Of sugnr. thus In.
surins tho greatest possible purity.
The reconstruction Of somo por.
tions Of the interior Of the factory made
Il necessary 10 transfer tho receptacle
for finished sugar 10 III. top OF tho build.
ing. This work IL now almost CON.
plctcd.
We sometimes hear the assertion, TINT
the beet manufacturcr docs not incline
to fair division Of profits. with the beet
growers. Nothing eau be farther from
the truth. No existing industry pays
more To the fnrnishcr Of raw material
than does the sugar beet manufacturer,
who pays 81 to S5 per ton for bccss. The
very fact TINT extra prices arc paid for
superior bcets shows laudable cndeavor
to divide fairly, the Increased profit de.
rived from bects with high sugar per.
centagc. And after all Ia said. We must
realize. that sugar beets are to-day our
best paying farm csop.-Ex.
The following from the Moravia, n.
Y. Register will be read with curiosity
by Arkansas Valley bsst growers.
"Many farmers who put in sugar beets
are plowing them mp. The cost OF har.
rowing them is too great. One farmer
who paid s36 TO have his beets thinped
by cutting of the tops with butcher
knives was surprised the other day to
find the decapitated beets growing as
Justify as ever. The cost OF thinning il
said to be about sl0 an acre." New
York growers seem to be "tenderfeet'
in this line Of agriculture.