The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-11-02

cause IL To Drlnp Dcttcr price. VI the
gross weight of the beets. 60 per cent is
pulp. 1t is estimated that the factory
will work 5000 tons of bects next year,
and of this 10000 tons will be pulp.
Regarding the land that should be
used, my advice to the farmers of this
valley would be To select a tract that
had been raising alfalfa. II is not ad.
visable TO take new land; the soil shod'G
be under cultivation for one or two
years at least. And even with gooi,
strong soil, little manure applied dur
ing the winter and plowcd under would
be beneficial in results. 1t is advisable
to pillow for sugar bccts in the fall or
winter, where the soil is fairly heavy
or even medium. In case the ground to
be used is of lighter quality, as for in
stance that on the benches surrounding
North Yakima, it is as well or some
times better to defer blowing until,
spring. In this case / would advise the
use of a small quantity OF manure, and
always unless the soil is in first class
condition from previous cultivation or
rotation crops. If manure is used in
the spring, however, it should be very
well rotted, as otherwise it would effect
the purity of the bects and the per
ccntagc of the yield in sugar. In re-
gard to the thorough preparation of the
seed bed-and this is very important
instructions that will be of great value
and in fact almost indispensable to the
farmer will be given by number of
auiculturists sent out by the company
and through circular letters which are
prepared with a view to aiding the
farmers i'll every way possible. There
will be half dozen of these agricIiltur-
lists, VINO will be among The farmers
contracting to raise bcets i1i the fac
tory, it being the intention for one of
them to visit each farm cuitWating
bects once each week, not in tie capac-
ity of a supervisor or boss by any
means, but merely to offer suggestions
and assist III the cultivation of the crop
in any way possible. Their services are
not forced upon the farmers, but are al
ways gladly received. Their expenses,
OF course, are borne by the company.
1--WE expect that beets will be raised
throughout all the county. and for the
lopnrnninpn, nf tpasn 60 {aJ -
lance the company will build dumps
at the railroad stations, which will OBJ
viate the necessity of shovelng the
beetS into car, as the farmer will be
enabled to dump the whole load in an
instant. At all of these stations !,
scale house will be erected and a weigh
master will be on hand all the time to
receive the beets. The farmer will be
given receipt for eacn lot, and by adj
ding these together may see at any
time Just how much money he has
coming to him. l find that the labor
conditions here are less apt to cause
annoyance than in many places. Your
farmers are able to get better help
for less money than the farmers in
many localities where beet culture is
proving profitable, and this will leave
the growers more profit than would be
left from the raising of many crops,
while the work would be done properly
and on time.
| Taken all in all. l can not see how
we could desire the conditions to be
more favorable, and my report will be
to that effect. All we ask is for the
farmers to give the proposition thor
ough test If they cannot plant five
acres then we would be glad to have
them plant two acres, or even one; but
it is advisable to not plant more than
one is well able to take good care of.
in order that the test be thorough and
satisfying. The farmers may safely
count on our hearty cooperation. AMI
it might be well to state that the
gentlemen who will be sent out bv the
company as agriculturists are all men
OF several years experience in beet cul-
ture in sections of the country where
! irrigation was prevalent |, too. shall
be glad to cooperate in any way | can
with the farmers. for l am anxious to
see the factory and sugar industry here
an unqualified success"
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