The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-02-10

the record MADE In the Bear river
country during last year. While the
expense of producing crop of beets
is a great deal there Is nevertheless a
good profit in IT,
Resident Agriculturist William ID.
Lewis, who has been a resident of Gar
land almost from its very beginning,
told the writer not long ago that the
cost OF producing an acre of beets can.
not be undertaken for less than about
$40, and oftentimes It costs more. But
that figure, he states, can be called a
fairly good average of the expense.
Profits Of Last Year.
In 1904, Mr.. Lewis declared, the
beets raised in the Bear river region
brought an average net profit of $40
per acre to growers. Figured on that
basis they cleared above all expenses
$4,000 off of the 1900 acres planted
during that season. A snug fortune.
indeed, to have distributed about a
farming community as clear gain.
Holds the Record.
Mr. Lewis relates that one grower
of sugar beets, John. p. Holmgreen OF
Bear River City, was only induced to
go into the business after considerable
persuasion from Agriculturist Lewis
and other company officials, and II
was a lucky thing for him that he ac.
quiesced, for he cleared up $45 per
acre off a 55.acre patch or $4,000.
This after he had deducted every ex-
pense connected with the raising of
the crop and even to the payment of
the taxes on his land. Previous to the
building of the Garland sugar factory
of stockraising, but after this expert
ence with beet culture he was not
long in making up his mind that 1t
sometimes pays to inject the policy of
expansion into ones daily life. With.
out first making an investigation OF
the subject Mr.. Holmgreen took It for
granted that his time and energy could
be applied more profitably by continu.
ing the vocation Of stockraising. But
he thinks differently now.
Can Any One Beat Il?
The Utah Sugar company, through
Resident Manager Mosiah Evans, Of
fered substantial prize to any one
that could come up to Mr. Holmgreens
beet record, but so far the challenge
has not been accepted. From off %
acres out of his 55, the present holder
of the record obtained an average OF
30 tons and 455 pounds of beets. his
gross receipts from the full acreage
aggregated the sum Of $500.
Has Made Country Prosper.
Indeed, the introduction of the sugar
beet industry into that region has
wrought many changes in the Bear
river valley and. likewise, will do so
for the Malad Previous to the build.
ing of the Garland factory the region
was sparsely settled and those who
had gone there to find homes expert
enced no end of discouraging hard.
ships. Many of them had difficult
time to make ends meet.
AS was the case in Utah county
when Lehi became sugar making
town, the people were given new hope
New opportunities were opened TO
them by the introduction of beet cul-
ture. The door of prosperity was
opened wide to them; new settlers
came into the country and with their
aid the desert became rapidly re.
claimed. The influx still continues
and ere long the Bear river valley will
become one of the most densely popu.
lated as well as one of the richest sec.
tons of the state.
A trip through the country from
Garland north to Malad, confronts one
with picture of prosperity. II Is In
evidence everywhere. In the older de.
veloped beet zones the proofs are per.
haps more perceptible, for the inhabit-
ants have later improvements and they
are now making them In great many
places. Those who have tasted the
bitterness of adversely, or, perhaps, at
some time have deprived themselves
of the necessaries of life that they
might pull through to another harvest,
are now reaping their reward and are
providing themselves, II they have not
already done so, with new homes and
new environments. Indeed, the past
few years have brought about won.
derful transformation in Box Elder
county.
Harvesting Of Beet Crop.
The harvesting OF beet crop Is not
lacking In its interesting features. In
the fields at this time of the year can
be seen hundreds of men, women and
children, all engaged in the digging
the beets and getting them in shape to
be sent to the factory. There Is some.
thing of a fascination about IT, too.
Perhaps for the reason the workers
have plenty of company and the hours
of labor do not drag. Every one en-
gagged In the vocation seems to enjoy
II and frequently regret is expressed
that the season is so short.
How Beets Reach Factory.
The sugar company does every
thing it can to expedite the market
ing of the crop. Beets from about
1000 acres, within a close radius of
the factory are delivered by teams,
while in the more remote sections the
railroads do the work. II the line
just built into the edge of the town
of Malad or other portions OF the
great Oregon Short Line system do
not come within reasonable distance
of the beet fields. Then they are
brought closer to transportation facil-
tiles by means of spurs. During the
present year two important ones have
been built to lessen the difficulty OF
reaching the factory One of them Is