The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-01-08
Sugar Factory-seet Sugar Notes.

City. officials of the company spent Mon
day afternoon at the plant.
A large delegation of Rush township
farmers and ladies visited the plant
Monday afternoon and were shown the
process of making sugar by Senator
Cook.
1t is expected that the supply of beets
will be turned into sugar by February
1st. The frozen condition of the beets
makes it impossible to run the plant up
to its full capacity.
With the closing of active operations
at the sugar factory, the fact becomes
matter of interest that the company
turned out about 1000, 900 pounds of re-
fined sugar in its run of fifty-six days.
TO do this it was necessary to slice 27,-
600 tons of beets. These beets were
supplied by the farmers in the vicinity
and an idea of the number of acres put
into beets can be obtained when one re-
members that each acre yields from 12
to Ia tens. Some acres have run as high
as 90 but they are rare, The sugar
company reports that the farmers made
good profits this year and seem to be
well satisfied. This was caused by both
the heavy yield per acre and the high
percentage of sugar in the beets. The
sugar percentage averaged about Is per
cent this year, which is one per cent
higher than last season. A little idea of
the profit in growing sugar beets can be
obtained from the experience of one
farmer this year. He had twelve acres
planted in beets and received 81, 100 for
his crop. So far the acreage men have
met with fine success in securing the
contracts for next year. All the old
growers are contracting again and many
new ones are willing to start. Only one
thing seems to be holding the farm
ers back and that is the scarcity
of help, "a condition which it is hoped to
remedy. Lansing Republican.
The last season was not favorable
one for sugar beets, nor for any other
root crop; but the beets seemed to fare
better than potatoes, which rotted in
the ground and are rotting in storage.
Antrim county reported yield from 8
to 16 tons of beets per acre; Charlevoix
Co., 10 to IL tons per acre, testing 10 to
II per cent; Bay county, II tons per acre;
testing 13 per cent; Clinton Co. reports
mixed conditions from bad to very
good; Eaton Co., 12 to Is tons per acre,
10 tons per acre, testing IA to 18 per
cent; Gratiot Co., good crop, testing ID
per cent; Huron Co., 10 to 10 tons per
acre, testing IA per cent; sold at So
without test: Isabella Co., crop above
average and sold at So without test;
Kalamazoo Co.. average 6 tons per acre,
testing 10 to 12 per cent; Livingston Co.,
good average crop, testing 10 to II per
cent; Macomb Co., from light to heavy
yield, reaching 1s to % tons per acre,
and testing IL to 10 per cent Midland
Co., good crop, sold at an average of
So. 90 per ton; Monroe Co., yield below
average-too wet; Ottawa Co., good
crop testing up to ii per cent: Shiawas-
see Co., too wet for beet CROP st. Clair
Co., s to 10 tons per acre, testing about
IA per cent; Saginaw Co., crop good,
testing ID to 10 per cent; Sanilac Co., Ii
tons per acre, testing IA per cent; Tus
cola Co., from poor yield up to Is tons
| no fnC
counties report considerable part OF
the crop yet unharvested. These figures
represent results in a poor year; what 9
great crop sugar beets will be in good
one.-Mich. Farmer
The Detroit Sugar Co., whose factory
is at Rochester, Oakland Co., had it
third monthly payment recently and the
amount paid to farmers was $50. 900.
Over 81, O0O tons of beets had been work
ed up at that time, and il, mad over
10000 tons yet to handle, SThe factory
had daily output of 140, 900 lbs. this
season. This company holds the record
of the country Tor quality of beets re-
ceived, necar having tested 90. 1per cent
The aSerage percentage of sugar has
bsen 15.2, which is the highest of any
plant in Michigan. An important fac
tor in the handling of the beets this
year has been the express service over
the electric line. Over II, 900 tons were
carried in this way from points between
Royal Oak and Flint. Michigan Farmer
List of letters advertised n Owosso
post office for the week ending Satur-
day, January 2: j. p. Allspaugh, Fl. j.
Austin, Liant Beed, Will Brand, Mrs
Mike Coe, Frank Davidson, Harry De-
Locour, w, Il. Edwards, Mrs. Geo.
Fitch, John w. Hall, Harry Hittle, Mrs.
o. Joslin, Elias Kingsley, Mrs H.
Kingsley. j. W. Konkle (3), L. b. Lang
worthy, DIR. @. r.. Lucas, d J. Nc
Donald, G. Moss, Chas. Persons, Miss
Sadie Pringle, Mrs Cornelia Nich, Mrs.
Mile Stafford, Miss Ethel 5huttleworth,
Joseph Sullivan, Miss Lillian Thomas.
Ten dollars will buy a Jersey heifor
c.if a,v xveara old Inu,1;ra at fhic