Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-25
ARE FOR SUGAR BREI sAIsIsG
Committee Appointed to .ayestgsts Matter Give
Favorable Reporg

/ NJ. DAWSON mas US6u dtChLA ALiE Q&LG
on the sugar beet culture question snd
many of the articles pnbusbed in this
/ CENSOR were furnished by him and
have been given space In our columns in
| order that our citizens might b9 INFORM
ed on this important industry The vi.
| roqua Business Men association recent.
! ly took up the question Of the feasibility
/ of establishing a sugar factory in
| this city, and appointed the following
| committee to investigate and report on
| the subject; Frederick Wilkins, chair
man, Fl p Proctor, Chas ). Slack, John
J. M Dawson and John Devin This
committees report is given below
To the Board Of DirecsJTS. 0heer md
Members, Viroqua Creamery CoWpmy.
GENTLEMEN: By the courtesy of the
directors and officers Of your company.
the presentation to you Of copy OF our
report on sugar-beet cultivation tn tho
Viroqua Business Mems association, in
your annual meeting assembled and
through YOU to the farmers Of Vernon
county, is made possible The oppor
tunity is a valuable and valued ne
To the Viroltta Business NeHS 1ss0c.o-
citation:
GENTLEMEN: Your committee on the
advisability of establishing 8 sugar best
factory at Viroqua, would spectfully
report That the price Of sugar Is NOW
Sc 40 per 100 lbs The prospects ags far
still higher prices A considerable uum
ber of representative farmers requested
members of this association 90 secure
facts relative to the SUGAR beet industry
as affecting the desirability Of:
First, Raising beeta, under signed
agreement by Vernon county farmers,
for sale 10 the nearest factory during
the year 1905.
Second. If thu experiment. thas made,
proved commercially profitable aud ad
vantageous to the growers, under what
conditions and requirements hset-suZ-
ar factory at Viroqua might be estab-
lished?
Is he soil Of Telwoa county s'.a5h
for sugar 5eetS?
From the pi inted report Of sugar hee-
investigations in Wisconsin during 1899,
'92, 81, as complied by Professor j w
Woll. Of the Wisconsin university agri
cultural experiment station, ve ind
that sub-experiment stations were as
tabiished in thin sv-six counties super
intendent Wilkins conducted the expert
ment for V-rnon county, on the asylum
farm, in 1897
The average result Of the eXperim5n.
was State at iarge-wei sat OF baets
40 lbs; sugar in Juice, II 50; purity Of
/ Juice, 80 4. Asylum farm weight oi
beets / 10 lbs; sugar in juice. II g.; par
/ ity of Juice, So : Lowest ia arer--
weight of beets. 43 lhs; sugar ia juice
! 66j purity of juice 66 4.
| The average result OF analyses ol 80
gar beets grown on Wisconsin farms. il
63 counties, during 1890 % and 81 is
/ State-No of samples, 191; sug il
/ Juice, 1870; purity, "a 3; yield, l3
/ tons per acre V-rnon county O
samples, 33; suga in juice, J. Ct; purl
! ty. 70 4 yield, 12 tons per acre
/ In the latter case, twenty-five farmer
| in Vernon county, submitted sample
| for test Whilse the average in snga
! purity was not hign, yet it was higher
/ considerably, than the lowest in th
| state, rs comuarison of above statistis
will prove X L Holland Of VirCqns
! secured 1917 Per cent sugar, and 81.
purity. The clay soils, because Of tb
| lime, are best. heavy loan, sandy loan
and fourth in order, comes the saDd,
| soil On orr asylum farm in 1923 fol
/ lowing tobacco in 1908 4G2 uashels o
/ go lbs, were raised on less Jban acres
! or about 40 tons to the acre, weighe,
from piles about one month after djg
| ging Rows Is inches apart thinued Z
! eight inches ia row. Naturss drainag
was good The latter is very desirab e
| 2 Requirements d7td terms u SaG4
/ factory.
First, that the farmers demonstrate
by doing it, that they can and will rails
beets Second, raise beets in 1900 Go
sugar factory at GAINESVILLE or Madison
81, guarantee that 500 80 600 acres wi
he grown in 1905 as eXperiC ent an
test 4th, factory viii con- act for beet
and furnish man to instruct farmers
cultivation 5th. minimum price at faC
tory $4 50 up to IA per cent sugar, wit
| 25 cents per ton additional for every I'D
ditional one per cent Of sugar and =
cents ner ton if delivered after NoveU
her 1st Freight would range from
to 42tcts. according 10 distance froI
factory. 9Th upwards of 12 per cen
sugar and 50 per cent purity is desired
Those below can he worked up, but n
one would establish factory if in tn
district 50 per cent purity in beets ws
not attained by some reasonable nun
ber Of growers.
Conclusions 1st thaV the afaresag
official tests Of beets raised by ineSper
| enced growers in Vernon c0u- r. prov
that sugar beets can bg properly raisel
! Pad. that as fresh manure is injau9us [
the quality Of sucL beets, we should f0
low tobacco with beets When maual
is decayed and available as plant fo9t
the resulting yield is highly prof
and the sugar contents and purity ue
ceptiblv increased 81, that r fact9r
purposes, white sugar beeta arg .bes
4th, that beets Weighing p lbs are % i
preferred 5sh, good seed bed, fa
ploughing and subsOiliDg, ,,freqaent en-
tivation, thinning TO eight 10 mus ine m
between plants, IS or 20 inches oetwea
the rows, and Is lbs of seed 10 the scr.
put in with Planet Jr OF D ere II vi.
seeder, are recommended G5h shat &
bacco and beet crtture d. not cou6ic
) E7 the time tobacco must be plautrs
/ the work on beels Is finished and 8pf9l
beetg are harvested. tobacco 81 In RI
sheds Therefore grow b8lf tobacco ga
half beets aud follow tobacco win d
the previous yea- uanarn9 tgN e..
! land as now 7th. the German beet 81
gar supply il surely, If slowly di1iuisl
ing Toe demand and price are incrsa
J ing. Soils. 80 well sni.ed ~ in Veruo.
are lmitea esh, at % Wise Jusin Ha
stations the average yield ws 5gZs
Il % purity, - 4 yield. uesrIy is tJg
per acre sugar yield per acre & U0 fo
q q, Average expense per acre - =
: 10Th the beat seed is High Grade ks-8
wapz ebep from Kahn, Nasrdge II
land, E1r0pe. lin the best 11.8t.