The Marshall republican., 1902-01-17

YsOwO0 W WbOD OOGtT00V
dsughtsr Of Secretary Coburn Of the
Stass Board Of Agriculture Of Kansas,
Of The sugar best production 10 that
stsse during the past season, for the
purpose Of d~ssermining Who we're en-.
Tered BY the state for beets grown
The report made BY Miss Co6urn
10 regard 70 Whether konces cau raise
beess having . high sugsr psrcsutage.
Especially 10 Il true thss The western
part Ut The state 10 Able - grow beess
Ut high sugsr content. Although the
seasUn Vas ~unisvorsble, that portion
Of The state hss made % excellent
record during the pest year. The
ground 10 quite sandy, which permits
the beet 70 b grown wholly below the
surface, thus Improving quality. The
beets raised 10 western kousas during
the yesr msde % average Of over II
per cent sugar, factory test, while the
average made BY the German beet
grower 10 but Is psr cent. Sixteen
different samples Of bests grown In
ksusss last year, however, showed
upon analyses u per ceu Of sugar.
According 70 Miss C0burn's report
eventy.seven growers Of the beet
vert applicants for the bounty. They
grew Ia the aggregate 3J7 acres and
harvested 1.76O tOns Ut beets. The
plats ranged oil the way from half On
9 r ~ twenty.seven acres. The gen.
ersl average yield per acre was b.29
tons; the minimum yield wss q Low -
l.l6 tons per scre, while the maximum
yield wss 1874 tons per scro. The
sugar content Of the beets ranged from
1873 per cen 70 rs, With Q general
average Of It's per cent. Forty three
growers report the average cost Of
growing per acre q Oil. -, and The ~.
eraSe profit Vas ol7.00, exclusive Of
bou6ty.
The outlook for . bsss crop next
year on . much larger srea than dur.
log the year that hes psssed 10 unusu.
ally good. Most Of the farmers Who
planted 10 ~ experimental way In
1901 will plent . larger scresge next
year. The American Best Sugar
Company, Of Rocky Ford, Colo, pur.
chased last years crop and m snxi.
Gus 70 purchase . larger one this
year. The prices were very ssaisfsc.
tory, and 6fteen Of the m0St success.
full growers made . croft per we're
ranging from oil. o. 70 as, the sver
age profit Of the aiteen being e27.3@
This 10 Of course, exclusive Of the
bounty which the state Offers.
II 10 admitted. however, that Kan.
. farmers have much 70 learn about
beet raising. One di6iculty 10 that
they try ~ handle too lsrge % acre.
age. The beet requires Intensive cul.
ture, and . much better pr06t con bs
made by carefully attending 70 = few
acres than by half c%ultivssing Q large
ares. Another Obstacle 70 sucCessful
beet growing Ia Kansas II the dl6lculty
Of securing o. abundance OF cheap In.
b0r. After the beets have come NJ
they must b thinned aud II must be-
done q just the right tlme. The work
requires the close attention OF . num-.
Der Of persOns for every ocre. The
wedding must b looked after also.
and the harvesting must be done rap
Idly 0r the heets will be injured for
sugar making. In western Ksusss,
irrigation 10 necessary 70 produce
good crops Of beets. The sugar beet
can best b. grown where there 10 very
little rain, but where "a ample supply
Of water for irrigation . be secured.
The Obstacles, Il will bN observed. ere
the farmers want Of knowledge about
how ~ grow beets. hia indispOsitiOn
TO practice intensive culture and the
scarcity Of cheap labor 70 thin. weed
end take ere ri the crop at the right
moment. The 6rst two obstacles the
farmer can overcome easily enough.
The last 10 more diGicult but II cen
doubtless be overcome also Ia time.