The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-12-30

turing Association has decided to lower
the price of sugar beet seed from fifteen
cents to ten cents per pound The re-
duction is made in the way of asfufther
inducement to farmers to take up
acreage. The. factories secure the seed,
from Germany through the association
but little sugar.beet seed being raised in
this country, and the farmers have
practically to depend on the factories
for their supplies. The managers of
the various factories state that the
prospects of acreage are much better
at this season than last year at this
time, .fally 25 per cent more acreage
being contracted for. a., =.
From. all sides'come reports of satis-
factory receipts.t to farmers from their
beet crop, and while the work of secur-
ing'contfacts for acreage next year Ras
only fairly commenced, everything in-
dicates that the same work on the part
of the solicitors will meet with vastly
greater results, Many growers are ar
ranging to increase the acreage for next
year, others are taking hold of the busi-
ness for the first time, and others will
try again after being discouraged by
two successive years of bad. weather.
Growers are learning how best to do
the work and that weather conditions
make less difference in thevalue Of the
beet crop. than in !eifher.corn or BEANS
SO 1T is fair to. predict that the acreage
will be nearly, ftnot quite double IN.
1905 that Of 1904 sCaro Advertiser.
Aavier-and Willie Gsddard, Of Dem
ver,, planted some beets last spring,
their father having given them a piece,
OF. land to.work for themselves and some
seed to plant it with. Their ages are 10
and 13 years and they are. smallof their.
age, but they cared for the crops Well,
doing all the work themselves and only
hiring a oulfivator of the Mt. Pleasant
Sugar Co., for the use of which they
paid two dollars.
Last Saturday Willie came to town
and got their pay, which amounted to
sl50,O3, after paying 1892 freight, the
total amounting to $165.95.
They intend. to invest most Of their
money in sheep These boys are on the I.
road to-material prosperity, and if they
do as well with sheep and continue to-
False beets and sheep and husband their
resources they will soon own a good
farm Mt Pleasant. Enterprise.
Germany and sone Other countries,
have done the pioneer .'w6rK infbset
sugar manufacture,. but the United
States has dons znapy'thiags to make
the cultivation Of 'beets More pnrofffsfle
and to Improve tile magltinary used
both .9n the farm and insthe factory.
The thinning. of the beets has always
been one of the heavy fteris Of expense
in. the industry and now the yankee,
backed by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, is in hot pursuit
of this item of expense. The multiple
germ beet seed has so far made it inn
to reduce the work Of :thisning, but.a
seed ball now seems likely
to be realized. Knowing that the De-
partment of Agriculture, is working
along this line of experimentSthe writef !.
recently wrote to the Bureau of Plant .
Industry and received reply stating
that data on the subject lis not yet
ready for publication but that some ad-
has been made toward the.
desired end and that bulletins on tie
subject will be sent later. When the
time comes when the farmer can sow
the seeds the required space apart, and
thus do away with the thinning process.
one of the longest strides in the beet
culture will have been made
- 90 ,'
Those in this locality who grew sug- /,
ar beetsAlast season made fine thing
on the crop Fbn3 ten acres Frank @.
NJ cEuen realized aclean, profit of 1885, /,
60. 1 T.. p. Rowe raised ten acyes which
realized him overcs4QO Ed Worden
from two and one, e,halfsac got .s162 40
above expenses, and r. J. -Bufien grew
a tons from Ave acres and has Doubled
his acreage fSr the coming sekson.
Mason New Mt-. 4 ..sss5g@'
Half the iNssthati man is heir to. .toriie !
from Indigestion Buraocb Bl66d Bit:
ters strengthens and tones, the:stonach4
makes indigestion impossible ASsse'