The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-19
Some SUGAR eeet statIstlea.

The last beets Of the 1902 crop were
delivered for shipment to Rocky Ford
on January 18th. A summary Of the
seasons yield, obtained from the roc
ords of the agriculturalist OF the sugar
company for the vicinities of Mama
nola, Fowler and Pueblo, reveals many
iacts of agricultural interest.
These sections cultivated 1,129
acres, distributed as follows:
Manzanola, 249 acres. Fowler. 5s5
acres; Pueblo. POS acres
From this acreage 1851 tons OF
beets were shipped to the factory at
Rocky Ford. shipments being made as
follows:
Manzanola, 2,Gs 7tons; Fowler, 5,24s
tons; Pueblo, 1921 tons.
The average test for sugar of the
entire acreage was 17ik per cent.
which means n price to the grower OF
s4.GG3a ton. The factory paid to the
farmers of these three points a total
of $40. .23S. as follows;
Manzanola. 2.Gs7 tons; Fowler 5.2f3
467; Pueblo, Sl2.23l
The figures. which include every
acre which was worth harvesting az
all, give an average return of s43.6l
an acre, or almost ten tons an acre.
In figuring the returns of the crop
there are several items to be consid.
cred besides the money received from
tho far'~rr h-rorp 'hee should he
mentioned the beets fed by the grower
TO stock. the beet pulp returned to the
grower from the factory, and the value
of the beet tops. either as fertilizer
or as feed
The total amount fed to stock at
these three points is by careful estl.
toe ffaVr tn I.T IN
worth of beets. These have been fed
to cattle and hogs and yield returns
equal TO the market price of the beets.
The grower is allowed by his con.
tract a return of fifty per cent. Of the
weight OF his beets in beet pulp. Tbs
product is, at low estimate. worth
so cents a ton. as feed, more than
1t costs the farmer to get II back to
his ranch. Upon this basis II repre-
sents total value of s2.63s for5tho
acreage above mentioned
Beet tops left lying on the ground
have fertilizing value of 81 an acre.
and they find a ready market at from
sl.25 to $3.50 an acre for winter pas
turage.
II the grower will deliver them they
are in demand at 81 a ton for use in
feeding dairy cows. Four tons OF
beets will yield a ton of tops. Taking
the latter figure as basis for esti-
mate, the beet tops of the entire sec
tion amounted'in value to 81 .639. Com
bining all these values. the I.129 acres
of beets have produced a crop worth
s5S.715, or $50 an acre.
A few Illustrations OF Individual sue
cess will show that the returns to
many growers have been much above
the average. In the Pueblo district
Emil Klaus secured an average of six
teen tons an acre from twelve acres,
and Thomas J. Jackson obtained an
equal result from eight and one-half
acres. Henry X. McIIarg Of Avondale
had twenty-siN acres. which brought
him about $40 an acre. Mr.. McHarg
hired ali his work done and still had
a profit of from $50 to $40 an acre.
In the Fowler district. l.. E. Kouns
had a yield of over thirteen tons an
acre from n twenty-seven-acre field.
while John Dickinson, J. F. Quit. Jr.,
and Morgan Allison each had a yield
Of about sixteen tons to the acre.
Their fields aggregated twenty-five
acres. A. f. Norton's crop was 100
tons from lis acres. while Charles
Browning obtained LOG tons from five
acres. or twenty-one tons an acre.
At Manzanola Hahenkratt Bros Sc
cured an average yield of twelve tons
an acre from eighteen and one-half |
acres and J. w. Setter a little more |
than seventeen tons an acre from 10 |
acres. w. A. Colt had in nine acres.
He delivered 166 tons to the factory,
besides feeding twenty-five tons to his |
stock, making little more than TWEEN
ty tons an acre.
The sugar company is now writing |
contracts for the coming season and |
avery Indication noinfs IN an fncraase