Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-03-07
The Sugar
Beet Industry
Santa Re Encourages The
Growing Of . Profitable
Commodity

IN Fc railroad, has been devoting con-
adorable time Ia educating the TAR
mer along the Santa We route 70 the
profits and advantages Of raising SUI
gar bects.
During the past few weeks MI sea
graves has held a number OF confer'
encos with those interested In the sub
Zoe, at and around Arkansas CITY,
Kansas. and IN several localities IN
California.
II has been found that sugar bects
may be raised profitably up and down
the Arkansas river valley, and expert.
mcnts which were carried on Of At
kansas City last year almost JUST
fie the belief that the sugar bects
may hc profitably grown In that Sec
ton Further experiments viii be
carried OUT this summer by extending
the area IN which bccts arc grown.
II IN announced thai the Indications
are favorable to the establishment nf
a beet sugar factory a. arsansas ci,y
next summer
"The sugar beeg inawssry ~ ihe
United states Is ccrgsF2trely 10 is
infancy says Mr. scsevArcs rew
people realize shat an ssngaTstns sare
this unpretsu,lous sccsaAase " 4es
tined to play IN the sas~fW grnsssri'F
Of the country, " aicne esa solve see
great economical prcaseS shtE sAfa
country produce the sseSage tons y
sugar that are consumed here every
year. and thus kevp ~ horne she n
menso sums o. money represented aY
the prcsens importstionf
eUntil the fact that sugar bs
could be raised TO protection under IT.
rlgatlon had been thoroughly lem ,a
straled. capital was extremely cat
tioux about investing $1,000 200 IN a
plant that would probably he idie
much OF the time on account OF crop
failures, There were Too many dan.
gers 10 be considered Excessive
rains in the spring are liable 10 70,
the seed A drouht may hinder their
coming ~. or later may siuni their
growth. Fall rains might induce a
second growth and lower The percent.
age OF sugar. All these discouraging
features are overcome to a great OK.
tent IN irrigated districts. and CAPT
tai now stands ready TO double the
number Of factories IN the Arkansas
valley ns soon as there IL a sufficient
amount of beets raised TO warrant II.
There liz positively no grumbiing
heard among agriculturists who raise
bcetH for the factories now running.
II matters not In what scction the
farmer In located, he has the same ad-
vantages as II he we're within hauling
distance Of the factory, The Santa
Fa railroad delivers the heets from
any station in mo valley without extra
cost 10 the grower--the first case on
record where the farmer doesn't pay
tho freight,
The phenomenal success of this in
dnstry under Irrigation ia not en-
ttrely due 10 the fact that the wa,sr
supply eau be controlled by the grow.
er. but partly due 10 the direct Nc.
ton Of the suns ray upon the leaves
OF the sugar beet that causes the sac.
chafine matter 10 be stored IN IN lis
root So that the sunshine. like the
itch soil and the water. mus. b. cna
s'dered as a part pt the farmers a..
sets.
A l. Love, the porter. Is off duty,
sick
A, O. Bowen has come up from Al
buqncraue and now Is fruit ~inspectol
nj this point for the independent com
pany OF California
Tom Cody, a former machinisss
helper here. has returned from a trI,
I o Oklahoma aud win likely lake :
position Ia the local shops
Passenger Brakeman Cellars hal
been called up TO Ration by the deatl
Of HIS father and his place Is beinI
filled temporarily by NJ X Mock.
Frank Dnerr seems to be takin,
kindly I % his position in the local rail-
road yards, though Il may not be al
together To his liking on such We
days as these.
James Curry is o officiating a
new ear clerk in the laeal yards, suc
eeeding r q Gtlchrts,. and Johl
Floyd late night freight handler, ha
been made day car sealer.
r q Gilchrisi has resigned his ~
sition as car cierk here and has gon
TO Winslow. Arizona. where he AZ
eepts a paying and responsible plac
with The u d. refrigerator company