Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-24
SMALL TRACTS PAY BEST.

For these reasons neither largo farm
ers, nor sugar companies growing large
amounts OF beets for their own use,
have been able to produce beets as
prontably as have the farmers who
have contented themselves with the
cultivation of not to exceed 20 acres.
In such small tracts, the ordinary
amount OF labor employed upon other
parts OF the farm Is quite sufficient 10
perform the quick work necessary In
tho seeding, thinning and harvesting OF
the beet sugar crop, and under such
clrcun' stances the farmer and his FAM
lily get the entire productive v1lue of
his land, unattended by The necessary
individual losses from employing tenn
porary and transient labor. The fact
that most OF the farmers In Utah are
men of small holdings has been one of
the most important factors In bring
ing about the present successful results
of Utah sugar beet culture and TO
this fact al0o Is attributable the fur.
ther fact lhnt Utah today stands at the
head OF the beet sugar culture, both as
to the greatest yield per acre, as well
as the greatest profit per acre
UTAHs PRESENT PRODUCTION.
Utah and vicinity today produces
about 100000 tons of beets, with an
output of about 10000 900 pounds of
sugar, ha!f of which IL cor sumed in
this atatn, and the other hiatt OF which
Is distributed to our neighboring .tltes,
or shipped to Missouri river consum-
ers Clearly such an Industry must
demand the attention Of the people
and must encourage the industrious
farmer to come TO this arid, but profit
able country. No ether crop IN any
other country can offer greater per-
manent induce mcnrs for its cultivation
than can the sugar beet. In the Ian
guage OF that greatest friend which
the beet sugar interest has ever had
the Hon. JAMES Wilson, secretary OF
agriculture:
II Is a certain crop;
1t IL cash crop, with a price fixed
before planting;
II Is a crop which encourages i'm
provements In the methods of farming
all other crops;
It is crop which improves the sales
and market value of other crops;
1t Is a crop in which there is more
money than in almost any other crop;
And IL is a crop which deteriorates
the value Of a farm less than any other
crop.
The following interesting discussion
of subject OF great Importance to fruit
growers, was submitted at the session
of the Eleventh National Irrigation
congress al Ogden, by Col Henry Il.
bosch of Oregon
Just 40 years ago our mutual friend,
Senator Fred j. Kiesel OF your city and
myself, first landed in this valley, after
q two months tramp across the plains,
or what was then known as the Great
American desert; coming out Of emf
grafton canyon our eyes feasted on the
beautiful fields and gardens which
stretched out before us, a veritable GA
sis In the ,desert--the first Mormon"
settlement; q picture of peace, happi-
ness, contentment and plenty, which
VIII ever remain green and fresh In our
memories, while the surrounding foot
hills and plateaus were covered with
sagebrush and crossword, scarcely
any grass that stock would feed upon;
the home OF the rattlesnake and the
jackrabbit.
We wondered then what all this coun-
try was wasted for little dreaming
what wealth and plant food weer stored
away In this parched soil, awaiting the
Drawn and brain and genius of man, TO
convert this sagebrush land into grain
fields, into fruit bearing orchards, into
vast alfalfa fields, so the sheen hors-
es and cattle could supplant the jack
rabbit and bring affluence and comfort
to thousands of happy homes scattered
over this vast area which had only
known the tepee and wikiop OF the In
dian.