Arizona republican., 1903-10-11
PLANTING SUGAR BEETs
Four Representatives of the Eastern
 Sugar Go. Now in the Field.

The Eastern Sugar Company now has three agriculturists at work in the valley. making contracts for the plant ing of sugar beets and giving direc- tions to those wno are to engage in their culture. These men are John Johnson of Utah. who conducted the experiments here last year. MT. Ka- low of Michigan, well known sugar beet expert, and Charles H. Uttins, we'll known all over the valley. and who recently entered the employ of the. company.
 They have been working mainly on the south side and report that the far mers in the vicinity of Tempe and Mesa are nearly all keeping their for mer agreements in respect of planting beets. and some others. recognizing the enterprise as a promising one, are pre- pairing to plant.
 The agriculturists will be at work the coming week under the Maricopa canal. where they hope to meet with equally as good encoura cement. A meeting of farmers was held Frida! night at the Mesquite schoolhouse to consider the advisability of planting. It is the desire of the company to have in at least 10000 acres of beets the first year and it would like also to have the amount about equally divided be- tween the north and south side of the river. The idea of the company is not so much to secure new and at present untitled lands as it is to encourage the farmers to substitute beets for some other crop. It is we'll demonstrated that beets require less water than many crops now grown and less than many farmers use on others. for some of them use entirely too much water. The agriculturists say that four irriga- tions at the proper time will make T beet crop, and as a general rule any land that is good for grain is good for peets.
 The principal object in raising beets is of course to sell them at a profit in the original and single transaction. | But there are many possible advantag es from ihe growing of beets in large quantities that may be considered aS ."by-protits," such, for instance. as the use of the beet pulp for feeding stock. The Eastern Sugar Company proposes to give back to the farmers raising the beets, one half the weight of the beets sold to them, in pulp. Additional quan- titles of pulp would of course have to be bought, if available al all. Nearly all farmers keep a few cows. and if they don't they might. Some idea of. the value of beet pulp for feeding pur- ! poses may be gained from the follow ing extracts referring to experiments. take nfrom the year book of the de- partment of agriculture for the year 1898:
 Twelve beef cattle each received ev- dr-X- 6.aI in If pulp mixed with 6.6 pounds of chopped alfalfa and 6.6 pounds of linseed oIi cake. Their weight increased an aver age of 2.214 pounds per day. l
 Four oxen received each day 126.S pounds of pulp mixed with F pounds of alfalfa and 2.2 pounds of linseed oil cake. Their weight increased an aver age of 1.216 pounds per day and dur ing this time they performed their us ual amount of labor.
 The test with COWS lasted 30 days. 1 Two COWS were used. Prior to the test the cattle were fed on dry alfalfa with small quantity of pulp. Later the cows were given each day 99.2 pounds of pulp with A pounds of alfalfa. The tests indicate that the pulp is of even greater value as regards lactation than in the production of flesh. The butter produced from this milk did not have the peculiar odor which is present in that from cows fed on other than or dinary foods.
 Sheep.-In this test 20 Merino sheep were fed on pulp. The rations fed per animal and the resulting increase was as follows: Average ration per head pulp, 1i.SS pounds; linseed oil cake. O.44 pounds; chopped alfalfa, 1.10 pounds. Weight of sheep. April f. ! 2.0S5.6 pounds: April 26, 2,217.6 pounds. ! Total increase 1920 pounds. The sheep eat the pulp with avidity. hence it is unnecessary to make other additions to it. On basis of this experiment with sheep, the value of the pulp was calcu- { lated to be $1.S5 per ton.
 From these experiments one may draw the same conclusion relative to the feeding value of pulp as was draw from the analytical data, namely: the material is very fattening food. The experiments in question and many Oth- CTS also indicate that pulp may be fed dairy cattle with great success. For 1 tunate. indeed, is the farmer who is
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