Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-06-11

hHft DeGD marked ny succtSslOu oI
failures The Grat efforts at sugar
beet growing In this country were
made In the year 1880 by two Phila-
delphians The first successfnl under
taking was that by Boncstecl & Otto.
Two Germans. who organized com
pany with capital of $4,000, which
operated for two years a small fac
tory az Fond Du Lac, Wis. After a
while thoy abandoned these works
and were employed by another sugar
factory Mr.. Otto went to Santa
Cruz. Cal, whore he operated fac
tory until 1876 Extensive tests
made for n number of years by pri-
yate parties and by our government.
have demonstrated clearly and beyond
doubt. lhat tbs sugar beat can be
raised successfully aud 10 nearly all
the states Of the Union. Sugar beet
culture ia now making rapid strides
IA this country. for We have finally
awakened 10 the fact that II Is sure
10 promote our agricultural manufac'
turing aud entire economic interests
IN degree as no other product VIII.
II means smpi9ymsBt 70 idle capital
and labor. II will enable the iaEmer
10 diversity his crops, and enable the
sugar manufacturer io buy his raw
material at the home market instead
of sending over one hundred million
dollars every year 10 foreign coun-
tries England 10 sIll a. the head as
sugar eoBsumer, bul II is snraiy eniy a
question Of short time when our
sugar consumption VIII be AS graal
and larger than England's; for the
simpi. reason, that our population Is
increasing mucb mofc papidly than
that of England. We believe tbai ihe
time Is not far distant, whsn every
pound Of sugar consumed In the
United States viii be grown and
manufactured ~ our own country. ana
when instead 0f beins tue iatggst i'm
porters Of sugar. shall become an tx
porter. Of this paying stapin This
slalc now raises more bcets to the
acre thnH npy other country on the
globe Colorado WA ihrse seasons
Df experiment has attracted attention
az one Of the greatest sugar growing
c0ue ries of the world In 1901 there
were ihEgs sugar factories In the
statQ--at IoysiaBd, Npcky Ford and
Sugar Ciiy. aud In 1902 two new fac
tories were built and put In operation
these being at Greeley and Eaton
There VII pc bvc new factories built
aud handling crops " 1903, and proba
bly others, and all OF our factories are
increasing their capacities, And il
appears that when the record OF 1909
shall bs made the Colorado beet sugar
ludustry will be sscoLd only to the
output OF the mines OF thr state, One
producer who IN furnishing beets u
The l.pyoland factory. viii clear $4,000
this fail froW his sixteen acre beet
patch. and this Industry ID st4l in Its
Infancy Sugar City. Colo. Is ap ~
lustgaiion Of what a sugar factory will
do for uurGp desert When the Na
tlpnpl Sugar Manufacturing company
tntiuncd their stakes for the sugar
Ciiy factory there was not house, a
barn. nor even shack In sight In any
direction; when steam vas turned ON
In the factory. some months iaies, a
crop of 10 600 tons OF beets was ready
20 harvest aud the town had 500 peo'
pie. which population has since in
creased to 2.0Oo Tha San Luis Valley
Sugar company is Incorporated under
the laws Ut Colorado TO do business In
the San LuIs valley with Offices at
Nlamusa, The contracts for buildings
and machinery have been let. and 10
Gallon chosen about two miles south
of Alamvss npd experts predict for
1t remarkable success. AZ 10 the cul-
ture of the sugar beet mu0h " bsipg
said Before entering into detail on
The subject OF beet culture, we must
discuss what constitutes good beet
tor sugar making purposes. The real
sugar beet Is white. slim cone with n
single tap root covered with nue bsiv
like ruoiiots Internally the beet root
is built no Of large number OF c c,u-
centric rings formed OF much larger
number of small cells, each OF which
is flied with a watery solution Of say
cral bodies other than sugar. II Is
well known that small bocts arc richer
iu sug gir than large ones. The typical
size Is considered to DO about a
pound and II half TO two pounds. A.
tn the manufacture OF teet sugar, the
ncld works and the factory works are
lis distinctive sphere. As to the ex-
traction of the sugar. the latest is the
new and Improved Sterer process. al
ready introduced In a number OF Eu-
rnpean factories whose experience
has verified the claims OF the inventor.
The process for extracting the sugar
from the beet Is quite complicated. but
may be briefly stated as follows: The
whole process is accomplished by
gravity. everything being done on an
automatic plan Being first fully clean
and dropped on the scales. the weight
being registered. they are sent to the
slicers. which are large tanks with
knives set In revolving discs. and
from here they feed into the several
batteries by means OF belt conyeyors.
which are n series of iron tanks,
through which this warm ~ator must
pass, and is drawn from tank to tank,
and then this is drawn on and desig-
mated In the process as Juice II Is
boiled In sugar boiler. containing
vacuum pan. 10 prevent scorching.