Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-07

and Il is quite evident that AN improve
ment along that line Is imperative
remember trying how much ] could
grow on an acre, and | got rs tons a
grower near Ogden tried what he could
do on an acre, and he got 3S tons These
are the possibilities, gentlemen along
the line OF growing sugar beets'
1.-The next pressing question that pre-
sents itself to us now Is the quality OF
seed, one of our young scientists un,
der DR.. Galloway went to Europe ana
looked into this question Of beet SEED
production. He found that we do not
get the best seed they have over there
Now you are entitled to the best seed
You are entitled to seed from the high
est yielding mother beets, and you 40
not get It when you import your seed
one man may get hold OF 1t ana the
rest may not. / want Dr. Galloway
and his people, when they come 10
speak to you, to tell you all they nave
found out along these lines. The foreign
seed is not so strong in termination,
because II is older. They do not throw
away seed over there. They mix what
they do not sell this year with what
they sell next year, and the result IL
Won have great difficulty In getting a
first rate stand, because a lot of poor
seed is Just as likely to get together
in the row as to be mixed, and n com
plete, first class stand Is one OF the
necessities in growing a fine crop OF
sugar beets,
AMERICAN BEET SEED.
1--WE have been looking into this mat
ter and we find that the best eondi-
lions for growing sugar beet seed that
we know Of now are to be found out on
the Pacific coast and In the Inter
| a..ty, tnt fThapn
| good conditions farther east You may
| have them in Nebraska, Michigan and
| Wisconsin. We do not know where
| they are here. We are going to send
scientist out to the Pacific coast ana
| supervise the growing of sugar beet
| seed SO as to get all the facts con
nected with growing first-rate seed
| and then print them and send them
I abroad for your information Crhe gov
| ernments representative is now living
| near I.ehi whore he Is conducting MS
beet seed experiments'-Edltor2
| when you have comprised those
two propositions, the growing OF ton-
nnge, and the growing of the highest
uosslble percentage Of sugar In the
beets and the highest purity OF the
iuloe. YOU have accomplished what you
| have set out to do, and the natural ad-
ventages of the United States VIII en-
able you TO make pound OF sugar
cheaper than they can make II any
where else. These are the two I'M
portant points that are necessary TO
| call to the attention OF every farmer
I'm the United States,
| Along the line of doing that and
taking 10 the important points year BY
year as they present themselves TO US,
| ollr annual report is about ready for
distribution. We have taken out OF the
annual report what pertains TO those
| two points and haze made circular
and are sending IL out now every dnv
to the sugar beet growers Of the United
States. We have gotten that circular
up for the benefit OF the American
former who grows sugar beets. ana we
propose, az fast az we can get their
names, 10 send q copy TO every man
interested in the business and who pro-
poses TO do something with II next
year.
AID FOR THE FARMER
"That is our part OF the work, gem
tlemen--getting information 10 the
farmer. We do not need 10 pay 80
much attention to the factory men.
Tho American factory man Us a pretty
bright man, and he generally taxes es
care OF himself He can be depended
upon 10 look after the economies that
pertain 10 his end of the line; but II
,s n new business with our farmers,
The latest interesting news that has
come to my attention Is that trust
has done n good thing IN the sugar beet
Industry. The tobacco trust in Wis
consin has put It's hand down so heay-
fly that the farmer has not much profit
IN 1t. He understands intensive Guilt
walton. He Sc going to grow sugar
beets. IL Is an III wind that blows
nobody good. and so there is some
good coming.
~ merely dropped In this morning
gentlemen, on my way 10 Work
make you welcome and to express my