Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-03-02
SUGAR
FACTORIES
Great Things the Industry is Doing
for the Farmers Of the State
West of Us.
MUCH SUGAR is PRODUCED
Fifty Million Pounds Turned Out by
the Factories Of Utah Alone
Ground for Sugar Cane.

A representative OF the Utah Sugar
company who has just paid a visit
10 northern Montana looking over
TINS section with a view OF lnvestl-
eating the possibilities for that in
dustry in Montana gives the follow
ing as the experiences in Utah:
The first factory erected in Utah
was the l.ehi factory. built about IL
years ago. and like all new under
takings II was beset with many dis
couragements in its earlier days. the
principal one being its inability TO Sc
cure a suniciency OF beets. causing
short runs and greatly increased
cost OF production.
The Lehi factory vas built by capt
tai furnished by the farmers and bus
mess men OF Utah. After construc.
ton the value Of that stock did not
reach par for several years, some OF
il selling as low as 90 cents on the
dollar. With the better understand
ing of the best conditions governing
the production of beets. and more be-
ing produced this factory was finally
made a great financial success and up
10 date has paid in dividends $1,000
for every sloO originally invested,
aud as a direct result of its phe-
nominal success sever other factor
les have been established, five being
in Utah. one in Oregon and n in
Colorado.
A new feature recently established
in connection with the parent sugar
plant al Lehi has been the construc-
ton of two auxInary plants, these are
mere crushing and juice extracting
plants. the refining being completed
at the central plant. One Of these
auxiliary plants being seventeen
miles distant. the other sixteen. the
Juice is forced by hydraulic pressure
through pipe lines to the central fac
tory and there the process Of suga'
manufacture is completed. This juice
must reach the refining watts within
two hours of extraction from the
beets or ii will sour and spoil.
The following are some of the fac.
tories:
Lehf. Utah-Daily capacity. 1000
tons. paid farmers yearly, sii2,O0
Garland, Utah built III 1909
Capacity. l.0oo tons; 10000 ton Of
beets used in the season, 9,O0o,0ot
pounds of sugar made.
"Amalgamated factories, Ogden
Utah: Logan, Utah. and L.Grunde
Orcgon-Daily capacity 500 tons
each paid farmers yearly, 100000.
Idaho Falls, Idaho corner stone
laid in April. 19O3J-Daily capacity
l.u, tons; paid farmers last year.
$152.Uu
Sugar City. Idaho tnow building
Daily capacity. LOCO tons.
L.oyeland. Col.-Daily capacity, /,
tons: paid farmers first year
1000: second year. $5O0.uuO; thirC
year. $67l.OO0; acres planted, frs
year. $500; second year. 5000; third
year. 10000.
Six factories within a radius of o.
miles OF Loyeland. paid 81. 900 t.
farmers during the past year.
- IAAa. hnu t.nU fna,V nnrA,
of beets yearly for the past - year.
and realized 500 per acre yearly.
Isaac Cough grew 50 acres of beet
and secured 5000 tons OF beets AM
secured 5000 tons, which realize'
sl2 per acre.
Idaho Falls factory paid $4,000 L
children alone during the past yea
, for services in thinning beets durinI
. school vacation.
; During 1901. 100 acres of alfalft
land seeded to beets yielded revenu
OF $4,000. the same land in 1870
yielded revenue of 1868, and in 1870
$4,000. produced at a cost OF 81
, per acre.
In Cache valley 1000 acres In 1870
yielded $4,000 tons, in 1903, 1000
J tons. giving net increase of over 10
\ per cent in 1903.
Beet seed sold to Utah farmer
} amount to $4,000 yearly, all impor
4 ed.
1 Beet pulp sells TO dairy and stool
D men at 30 cents per ton. and has a
\ tual feeding value of $3.50 per tol
II keeps indefinitely. freezing or sun
] mer heat not affecting Its feeding va
4 ne and has been fed after five yea
with no apparent deterioration or
y effects to stock.
Any good potato or alfalfa Ian
suitable for beet culture, nearly a
: western lands being very deficient
- hunts. il is found that this is cheap
overcome by seeding land to alfalf
then after cutting one or two crop
an alfalfa crop is plowed under du
ing mid summer and permitted 10 re
,"is is done four inches deep. then d
following spring land is plowed tv
or three inches deeper: each succee
Ing year II is plowed deeper until q
depth of IL inches Is reached.
Freezing does not injure gathe
ed beets if not permitted to tina
out,
The average yield for Utah is abo
- tons per acre. the sugar content
about 235 pounds per ton.
Beets containing less than IA p
cent sugar in juice seldom used, d
price paid farmers depending up
sugar content, the basis being 81.
~tracents for every | per cent
crease.
Coal and lime rock suitable. a
principal requisites outside of beet
500 tons OF coal being used daily
every LOCO tons of beet manufactl
ed. The amount of lime rock is abe
two-thirds of this. 1t must be bur
al the factory. as the gases are us