The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-08
IS KING
las THOROUGHLY KNOCKED
OUT SPUD THIS FALL
k;,1ion Dollars for Beets Here
Some Individual Checks
Outlook for Next
Season

Season
AT last the Greeley farmers ar,
ling convinced of what they neve
ought possible, that there is bet
II paying crop than potatoes. Fol
be season, at least, the sugar beet
king, and were it not for the
ousands of dollars that the sugar
|mpanies of Greeley, Eaton and
|indsor have been paying out there
bring the last two months, there
build be a money tightness here
ch as has not been felt in years.
! it is, the factories have each been
lying ont about $40, 600 a month in
laries. Besides this, there have
ZEN, or will be let loose $57O, 900 to
Se farmers for beets.
Some remarkable figures can be
own this fall in the beet business.
1hile the Greeley factory did not
i've within 1000 acres as much
)ound in beets, as last year, the
! et crop will run within 1000 tons of
81 years output. This shows that
)e farmer is becoming familiar with
|e crop, and consequently has en-
ped a much better tonnage per acre.
many instances the beet crop
|iS season has netted the farmer
pm so to 800 an acre, and even
pre-, The potato, on the contrary
Is scarcely paid the expense of rails
X and as in the case of renters who
|lst give up one-third, or there
Iouts of the crop, it has entailed
|avy loss, proportionate only to the
te of the crop. The bigger the crop
" lnulc tilc looS.
That the farmers are looking upon
|e beet crop in an entirely different
ght from what they did one and
10 years ago, is evidenced by the
nount of acreage already subscribed
j next year. The Greeley factory
ready has one-half us much acreage
Fomised as the total of this seasons
|reage. Last year they did not
lye an acre promised before Feb. l.
here was the big potato crop and
be high prices of same, to work
Fainst. and the result was the cut
|ng down of the beet acreage in the
|rritory about 1000. The same rule
Fld in the vicinity of Eaton and
lndsor, where the acreage was sun
Rlaller than here.
This fall the potato crop has ut
Frly gone back on its subjects, so
= as the price is concerned, and all
|ho we'll can, are deserting it for the
|sar beet next summer. 1t Is con-
Fiently predicted, that each OF the
ree Weld county factories Will
fle 1000 acres of beets next sum
Der.
Another thing that is going to
IcouIdge the farmers in beet raising
eAt season is a reduction in the cost
hand work. Where they have
gen paving the Russians $50 an acre
pr The hand work, next summer
''ey Will only have to pay SIS. Inc
1sar iactoiy officials are now work
is Oh a plan to place this work on
tonnage basis. They say, ii would
'sult in much better work, and also
Iarger tonnage, as the Russians
'ouId he more careful in the care OF
ne Deets. Every extra ton would
leaii more money to them, and also
the owner.
lie sugar campaign for this sea-
OD' is practically ended. The Wind
VI factory finished slicing beets al
oout Il O'Clock. last Thursday even
NY and the Eaton factory will finish
'u'e time tonight. The Greeley fac
Wy mas enough beetS to keep it go
Wy until about Christmas. After
"e NIicing ends. it still takes about
"o weeks to finish up the run OF
lgar.
10 show that some of the farmers
,'S season have been plunging some
"al on sugar, and have won. the
"echS drawn by them for beets, at
we Two pay days that have passed
~ given herewith:
j. Il. Graham, s6, ,933.
"ust Anderson, 81, ,2s3.
george Fisher, 81, 199.
y Z. Howard, S3, s2s.