Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-03-28
PROVED PR0FITAsLENESS
OF SUGAR BEET CULTURE.

John T.. Frost, formerly land commits
sioner for the Santa Fe. has an article in
the March number Of the Irrigation Age.
entitled. practical Results Of the Pro-
duction Of Sugar Bects in the Arkansas
Valley Of Eastern Colorado and Western
Kansas In the article MIR. Frost pre-
sents the convincing figures. accompanied
by the names OF the successful growers,
as given in recent issics of this Enter
prise. The article is illustrated by cuts
supplied by the Enterprise office. being
. portion OF thosr used IN our New Year
edition.
MIR. Frost opens his article as follows:
1.-The proof of-thc pudding Is in the
eating" Is q hosncly old aaiaHc which Is
an cmincntly safe and practical rule to
apply to all lines of business. where such
accurate and complete information from
actual experience can he obtained as In
the production Of sugar hrrts and relative
to the receipts from the sale of them to
the beet sugar factories. because Of the
systematic methods and accurate accounts
Employed between the trrt sugar fac
tories aud their patrons. hence the sugar
Lrcs puIlding l. easily sampled"
Then follows the convincing array of
figures showing results ot sugar bect cui-
turr from S7o To Si6o prs acre. Mr..
Frost has done the Rocky Ford country
. great iavos In placing such evidences
ot the valleys fertility before the people
II the east.
We make the following cxtrsct from
Mr.. FFost's article:
"E, W. Nanny. Who u an old friend
and boyhoo.l sciiooluiair ot the writer. IL
. college graduate as wcii ss practical.
successful gardener. clos. observer ani
= man ot tic utmost scl.ai iiity. lie says:
January. 1872. ] ioa.i., twenty acres
u orchard ot q. ". S~ink for $50 i-r
acre. Oct. .. i9ol. ! ~euIvsi a loan on
t~vnty acfrs hai sixteen acres at applv..
onc acre oi peaches. oac,,hifd II All acre
ot piuns. The hr.s yvaf came cut
abou, even. The s~cond year ! niasl-
aissu, s-so over and ai.o,v interest. The
thipi year ma,lc s. so clear. This Was
really oH OF foafi,cn aefe>. At.ut siS
acre. WAS uasulissa,r,i apple orchard.
which .rs full. bat the wind blew oil all
sPplss.
Apples have no, paid anything.
Peaches have not iaii anything. l'iuns
have paid ai.ou, $50 irt year oil "nc-
third aerv. ha,v gu, .ui thisscvn sefvs
Il al pies. ~ this war ] ~tIl gvt in uaofv
bcvt.. Had taken aui sh.s~ sfvxs last
. Nbsttb hSNs st-t s"sb
tho i~vaiy aefcs. an uss tsssis os ilsis
year. tvssiits.
MAY :. isy9. I ,bsash; ten acres II
g. ". S~snk fas Sifs jss sesc. Feb. ..
,D.t. I srcusvi = loan II $40 tvr sesv
.,a the ten scrvs. In 10th ea~s the ios-
fo~vsi sfs"ucy wss In pay the pssfrhasr
p,er. Ct.nans us.ic oa i,asss ot So PCT
CENT II actual saiuc.l The hsss yvsr
came oat even oa tisc 10 aefcss The sc.
os,d year raa.ic aisyst $50 On bcvss.
The third ycas u,s'ic at"ui $s.ao on
tcyts.
''oct. .. igpt. tspuxht 20 servs nf q.
". S~ink su< S,Ss pr scsv. Yesterday
Feb. toI sid hsv scscs a this fof $50
trf sefv.
II have taken ess oa of ooc. third acre
81 tsfic iccss. SIS a<i of oae-shissi scsc
II tuassi.c.. f,oo oa Il oae-foassh sefy
In oasens. icstuer. fssiisiscs. etc. S. oil
II ono acre IL Lima i,ssns. tThcsr ~Vsr
a Thin ssfx.ss ~