Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-05-11

To the Board OF Trade,
Durango, Colorado.
Gentlemen:-Your committee on
sugar beets would respectfully sub
nit the following report:
2 The Western Sugar & Land com
pany OF Grand Junction. Colo, r. P.
Davie, president and manager; Fred.
q. Holmes, assistant manager, sent
US free OF charge 100 pounds OF seed. |
mittee bought $50 pounds of Rocky |
Ford seed.
II was deemed advisable to get a |
variety. The outlay has been as fol |
lows:
Seed from Rocky Ford. ..... .Sl5.75
Express on same. e............. $50
freight on seed from Grand
Sacks OF the Graden Mer Co.. LOO
Total .................... .tI2.e5
The seed have been distributed as
follows: To Carl Coulson, at Bay
field, for himself and the following
parties: w. A Bay, Jonn Cundin, C.
L. King. Mrs. c. A. Keith, w. B. Ash
er, Pleasant Bain, A. H. Rencher, C.
J. Lefevre, A. L. Pierce, Henry Hol-
lai, J. II. Ford, John Everitt and D. w.
Rhoades, making total OF 80
pounds.
Charles st. LantZ, Pine Ridge, 10
pounds; Robt. Patsscheck, Hesperus.
Ia- ~ NJ f,r
y. NJ. Ranch, 10 pounds; DR.. Nc
Even. for Ranch at Allison. 10
pounds Cnas. A. johnson, for Mon
teZuma Valley, 10 pounds; Chas. A.
Johnson, for N. NJ Ranch. 10 pounds:
Millard Green. Dry Gulch. 5 pounds;
A. ]. Chitwood Animas Valley, 5
pounds: j. S. D. Hor kins. Animas
Valley, 20 pounds: VIM. Firebaugh,
Animas Valley, pounds; Joe Smith.
Lower Aninias, 20 pounds: Nj. j.
Wicklem, Allison, 10 pounds; D. b.
| Cliff, Allison. 5 pounds; Blair Bur.
we'll. Allison, 10 pounds; Chas. Pier
son, Florida Mesa, 5 pounds; C. w.
Stewart, Florida River. pounds; !;
Craig 4 Apperson, Florida River,
pounds; j. l.. Pennington Upper
Florida. pounds; Gilbert Bros.
Thompson's Park. 35 pounds; J. w.
| Sites, Pine River Mesa, 10 pounds !;
j. T. Brewington, Spring Creek,
pounds; Henry Slade, Fort Lewis
Mesa, pounds r. NJ. Bleak, Fort
Lewis Mesa. pounds Dan Eaton,
Fort Lewis Mesa, pounds-making
a total Of 80 pounds.
1t will thus be seen that tne seed
are in the hands OF forty different
parties scattered over our entire sec.
lion. No additional report will be
made by your committee for some
time to come, as this much done, We
now await results.
There are some facts relating to
the beet sugar industry. which We de
sire to add:
There was consumed In the United
States in 1904 in round numbers two
and three-fourtn million long tons ot
sugar. The rate Of increase In Its
use is 100000 tons annually. The
United States produced in 1904 o
cane and beet sugar nalf millior
tons. This is less than one-tifth o
what we consume. There is there
fore wide margin for increase Of
production, Colorado is now the ban
uer beet sugar state of the Union
In acreage, Michigan leads with 80,
600 acres. Colorado is next with so,
900 acres. But Colorado on $4,000
acres raises more tons of beets thar
Michigan does on 10000. Ton for tor
the Colorado beets contain more su
gar. Seven years ago Colorado pro
duced not a pound OF sugar. Las
year she produced 100000 bags o
100 pounds each. Germany averages
Ills tons of beets to the acre, con
tanning 1928 per cent sugar; Austria
s.9 tons with 1877 per cent sugar
France, los tons with IL per cen
) sugar; Michigan. Wisconsin and Ne
) braska yield 10 to 12 tons to the acre
taveraging 10 to 124 per cent in su
gar. Colorado raises Is or more ton.
to the acre yielding Is to 1S per cen
in sugar. Southwestern Colorado
can raise 20 tons to the acre. aver
aging 1917 per cent in sugar. We are
indebted to Mr.. B. N. Freeman fol
certificates of number of tests o
beets grown in Montezuma VALLEY
showing an average of over 20 pc,
cent Beets grown at Allison las
season ran 10 per cent. Purity run,
from SO to So. Colorado is destined
10 become the center of the beet su
gar world. And southwestern Colo
rado its garden spot.
The Denver Post says: Colorado
farmers, If they handle their lands
properly, can make from 500 to S2E
per acre profit in growing sugar beets
This is the only section in the world
where such high figures obtain"
From the La Junta Tribune we
quote: IN otero county In 1900
twelve farmers got more than 500
per acre for tneir beets; In 1901
twenty farmers received more than
300 per acre: in 1902 twenty-four
went over the 500 mark; in 1909
none reached it, and last near nine.
ty-seven farmers got over 500 per