The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-09
TO BRING EXPERT
TO WICHITA
Will Instruct Farmers in Gull
tivation of Sugar Beet.
MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE
Tell of Value of Factory 10
Wichita.
MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE.

"One year from today" said Nay9r
Mclean last evening. "a big srg.r beet
factory VIII be nearing completion "a
Wichita. This I verify believe. we can
raise bees here and they VIII be OF suf-
fcicnt sweetness, ! am c3nfiieng, 10 meet
the test required. W. VIII Bring az ex-
pert sugar beet agr culrIrahst here for
two months. He viii instruct The farm-
ers who are 10 raise the test beets-
This fan when the Sedgwick county beets
are sent 10 Colorado. and they are found
10 be sufficientiy saccharine. the next
step VIII be 70 obtain assurance of big
cnOagh acreage. When that is done
work Ca the factory VIII begin and
year from next October we viii have a
factory that viii br-ng people, wealth. ton
mage and an added degree of UrOsDeri-
~ 10 Wichita.
Mayor Mclean had just returned with
the Wichita delegation from Rocky Ford.
The committee consisted OF Mayor Nc
Lean. c. @. Cchn W J. Throckaor-
ton, a. -. Jobes, r. 2. Murdoch. Charles
Davidson. They report a. most delight
ful trip and are Of one nind in their ex-
pressicns of surprise over the beet sugar
industry
The extent of the factory there. OF
the agricultural district which surrounds
1t and The prosperity which character
lies both factory and community, was a
surprise 80 me, as / believe it was to
every member Of our party. continued
Mr. Mclean. The addition of beet cul-
ture to our other crops here would be a
great material help TO the farming part
Of the county. while the factory would
cause an immense increase in our ton
mage, would swell our population and en-
lance values. The chance is within our
reach and we viii neglect nothing In pro-
ceedins to secure IT,.
w. g. Throckmorton said. THAT whieh
impressed me most was the help it had
been to the farmers out there The fac
tory supports a head agriculturalist, and
under him are fifteen or twenty sub-agri-
cultuTalists who visit the beet farms and
give advice and pointers to the farmers.
The sight of the vast tracts of beeJs just
now out of the ground is wonderful one
as is the immense herd OF cattle there,
which are fed from the pulp. One far
mer tod me that last year he made S145
on beets to the acre, and SEA of this was
profit The sugar beet people believe
that the beets can be raised i'm this vi
entity. The sugar element is procured by
warm air and sunshine in the maturing
stage, and we have the summer climate
which VIII do that. j am crnphaucaily
Of he opinion that we viii have a sugar
plant in Wichita.
THE proposition is now up to the far
mers of Sedgwick county" said Charles /
G. Cohn last evening. Capital viii not
establish a factory in Wichita unless it
is assured that the beets viii be forth !
coming There is no doubt in my mind |
that the cultivation OF beets viii prove
very profitable TO the farmers. 1t has /
enhanced the value Of land in the vicinity
of Rocky Ford two or three times. The 1
industry would also enhance the value /
of land in this vicinity. Those who are !
conversant with the facts state that the |
beets can be grown here without irriga- |
ton. The thing for us to DO now is to I
interest the farmers. Next fall when the 1
beets are brought TO the factory q COM /
mittce of thirty or forty SedSwiclS coun- /
ty farmers should be sent there to inves- /
tigatp the matter. They would then have 1
an opportunity to talk with the beet 4
growers and learn for themselves how /
valuable the crop is We should secure +
10000 acres Tor the cultivation of beets. [
If we Go that We can expect capital 10 /
start a factory here. No factory VIII come /
unless the capitalists are convinced that /
they can secure the beets. Speaking Of /
the cultivation of beets in Kansas. some
of tho beets used Mt Rock Ford come from
this state There is no doubt in my mind /
lhdl the factory VII prove va --N"- f"t-
70 Wichita After IT is wen established it
win run about eight months year. The .
factory at Rocky Ford employs 800 or
500 men in the busy season il pro-
duces 100 tons a day That ought to be
sufficient TO- indicate what the location Of
such factory in Wichita means as re-
CARDS tonnage.
The other members OF the committee
spoke in q similar vein concerning the
value of the factory 70 Wichita.
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