The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-11-30

indications is the present prosperity of
/ TINS farming community. 1t shows that
YOU have good farmers. who are not sat
isfled with average results. You aim to
he above the average Your hop crop this
year seems to bear off the palm as a
money maker and you may be astonished
az your presumption in putting the hum
bic beet up in comparison against the
fragrant hop, but let us look at them
Tor few moments from a money-mal<-
ing business standpoint.
one of your leading hop-growers tells
me that he has 4O-acre hop field that
he has had under contract for several
years and that it has netted him over ana
above all expenses $4,000 per year which
Is very satisfactory. To buy the land
and plant 40 acres of hops represents an
investment of $4,000. To cultivate and
harvest the crop and perform the above
result requires great care and skill and
large expenditure of money. As to the
market there is no risk, the crop being
contracted in advance.
Forty acres of good land in the Yalli-
ma valley should not cost over $50 per
acre. but for the purposes of this illus
tration will place it at 800 per acre. or
$1,000, As we have given the hop crop
flrst class care and conditions and given
credit for highest results. we will give the
beet crop the same chance. Forty acres
planted to sugar beets and cared for
properly will yield 90 tons per acre. or
500 tons. at $500 per ton, gives a gross
return of $4,000. The cost of the pro-
ductlon is $4,000 per acre, or $4,000, to
this we Will add interest at per cent
on $4,000 invested in land or about 500
making a total expense of $144O; deduct
ing from $4,000 leaves us a net profit OF
$3.50. The possibilities are even better
and this result is often attained by the
sugar beet grower
y good farmer in this valley who de
votes the same care and attention to the
beet crop that is given to fruit and hops
Will produce easily % tons per acre
which will yield a handsome profit on
land worth $3.50 to 5000 per acre Your
arid lands when placed under irrigation
with such favorable conditions will cas-
l!y give your state a prominent place in
the production of sugar.
Ask any agricultural expert as to what
Is the best crop that can be grown in
large quantities upon these lands He
wiltell YOU sugar beetS" because the
farmer has a market that cannot Ia
oVerdone. II is by all odds the greatest
agricultural possibility in America, both
east and west. but more especially i'm the
west, where the variety of crops is more
limited; and the industry deserves the
continued foctering care of our govern
ment.
As an illustration of the effects that
the building of a sugar factory has upon
the growth and prosperity of town. We
quote what MIR. Palmer says of Rocky
Rocky Ford. Colorado. is a fair sam
pie of what beet sugar factory does for
even a good town. Two years ago Rocky
Ford was prosperous town of 1900 peo-
pie. largely engaged in raising the Gel
ebrated Rocky Ford melons, for the
eastern market. The American Beet SUI
gar Company erected a factory there for
the campaign of 1900 Rocky Fords pop
ulation during these two years has jump
ed from 1900 to 5000; her assessed Valua
ton from 1927 500 to s645, 3ii. The price
of average residence lots from $50 to 5000.
of average business lots from $3.50 to
$4,000. over 400 buildings have been CON
structed at an expense exceeding s40O. 900
and 40 more were in course of constrtc-
do
Sugar City Colorado, chino and Los
Alamitos. California, are fair samples of
what a sugar factory will do toward
building up a town where no town ex-
listed before. In Michigan. the building
of beet sugar factory has renewed the
life and business activity of many towns.
Bay city, Michigan. was noting with re-
greet the decline of her lumber industry.
and welcomed with joy the advent of the
beet sugar factory
The cheese factory. creamery or but
ter factory, canning factory and the beet
sugar factory are the only manufactur-
ing industries that come to the farmer
offering him the advantages derived from
cooperation and participation in the.
profits derived from converting his raw
material into a finished commercial proc
uct staple. universal i'm use. with an un-
limited market.
The beet sugar factory outranks an
the others i'm commercial and Industrial
importance. in the magnitude and value
Of buildings and machinery erected. I'm
the hlNfiSltN pi litttN Ut occupations
benefited in the wide distribution of the
money that circulates i'm conducting the
business and in the value of the product:
il is hard to conceive OF a manufacturing
enterprise thQt can appeal TO the interest
and pride OF a community with a force
equal to the sugar factory.
1t is a great business enterprise worthy
Of all your pride and enthusiasm. 1t won't
run itself The interest of the farmer
and the factory are mutual. II the fac
tory succeeds and prospers the farmer
and the whole community with him must
prosper also. The factory management
that is wisely directed will keep in close
touch with the farmer. Factory and farm
labor should be brought to the highest
degree of proficiency and intelligence.
This community should have great
pride in n manufacturing enterprise of
such magnificent proportions and use
every effort and cooperate in every way
possible to contribute to its success.
NJ STONE