Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-02
FARMERS AND
SUGAR INDUSTRY
Payeltc People Investigate Con
dlions Around Idaho Falls
And Sugar lily,
ACREAGE INCREASE EVERYWREA
Farmers Unite In Tutfying that
There is no Crop to Approach
The Beet Crop

From present indications the new
sugar company TO operate IN Idaho, and
To be known as the Western Idaho
Sugar company win bo incorporated IN
salt Lake IN the next Few week An
now depends upon the result Of the la
bors of the committees nj work among
the farmers around Payottc, Numpa,
Caldwell, ANA Boise as 10 whether tho
factories win be ready to handle next
years crop Of bec,s MIR r, H. cutler
Of Salt Lake believes that the farmers
VIII sign for the necessary acreage
wl,hou, u question, IN which event tho
company will be incorporated and con-
tracts placed for the two factories,
That the farmers IN the districts
named are proceeding with commend
able care ana lhoroughnoss In
shown by the following CORE.
spondenoo, taken from tho Sugar
city Times; ns indicated tho
letter IN written by parties who were
sent from the payo,to districts 10 IN.
yostlgatc the actual workings of tho
beet sugar industry IN places whore
sugar factories had already boon IN
operation for eomc time The letter
makes interesting rcadmR;
Sugar CITY, Idaho Apnl H. lo0t..-
Mr.. NJ r. Albert, payotto, Idaho, Dear
Sir MIR. Johnson and arrived at Ida
no Falls Tuesday NJ 10 n, M, After
dinner, We hired n team and started on
our trip Of investigation, We drove
from farm to farm and interviewed the
owners on raising sugar hoots. We
spent All that afternoon and the whole
OF the next day interviewing tn farm
ors,
After satisfying ourselves NJ Idaho
Falls, we took the train for sugar CltS
to investigate the conditions thoro, ~
the hotel We fell IN with young cutler
who kindly showed us through the incs
tory and feed wards where cntilo ana
sheep are being fcd for market Some
300 hond OF cattle and many sheep arc
being fed
After learning all we could about the
factory, we were provided with team
and we started out 10 Interview tho
farmers In the vicinity Of the SugOr
CITY factory
We found the farmers feeling this
way |, IL no country without ~.
mar factory, Two years ago they .hnd
1000 acres contracted for the ldhho
Falls factory, and II was the very best
acreage that could be solicited M mat
whole country, NJ the farmers were
slow TO take hold ono year ago 'hey
contracted 5000 TO 1000 acres for tho
two factories, This year they have from
10000 10 $4,000 acres for the two fac.
tories ono farmer We talked with, had
planted ave acres last year and this
year he ~ putting IN 20 acres another
had nYc acres last year and N plant.
INK 30 acres this year, another had 10
acres last year and this year 40 acres
These ARE only u few among many
The farmers say they VIII not raise
any more hay or grain th0n they ncNs
for their own stock, They say they can
make moro raising sugar boots than
raising hay or grain They cali ave
acres a family patch They think %
ncres or more IN better II n man has
suitable land, The farmers say they
have no trouble IN getting the labor
necessary for caring for the beots. All
they have TO do ~ To tell the company
how many acres they want labor for
and the company win take care Of them,
II Il man hns, say 10 acres they VIII
clean his heets IN day and then go 10
the next farmer and NO ON through the
whole holghborhood They prefer q
larger field TO work In, however, ae
there II less loss Of time, We found
only 10 or ~ laps IN ana around the
factory, but they are expecting 500 ns
soon az the bocts are ready for thinning
and hoolng,