Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-10
WESTERN IDAHO
SUGAR MAKING
Geo. N. Cannon Tells Of This
Years Big Beet Yield in and
About Nampa.
PROSPECT ONE OF THE BEST.
Some Very Interesting Utah. Idaho
First Year Comparisons That VIII
Appeal to Beet Growers.

The News prints today half
| tone of the factory OF the Western
Idaho Sugar company, located at Nam
pa. The photograph was taken just
before the seasons sugar making he
gan and at a time the contractors
were making final test of the ma
chinery
Mr.. George NJ. Cannon returned
this week from visit to the various
sugar factories in Idaho. and was in
'erviewed by n member. OF the News
stan. and furnished the items Of In
terest that appear In this article.
Mr.. Cannon said; "on leaving Salt
Lake City | went first 10 Nampa.
which is, as You know, a rapidly
growing town on the main line OF
the Oregon Short Line railroad --4i7
miles from Salt Lake city
The Nampt sugar factory Is the
property of the Western Idaho Sugar
company and Is located northeast OF
the town, on fine tract of land own
ed by the company. The location is
not the most imposing to the public
view but from a practical standpoint
Is ideal in every way. The factory
faces the west and the land ID Tho
eastward rises by gentle grade e.
fordlns most excellent facilities for
loading and unloading supplies for the
factory. such as coal, lime rock, and
the enormous crops Of beety recsived
ana finally chipping to points Of con-
factory. w
The agricultural department and
neld work and also the outside arr
rahgements for storing reserve coal
t'pu otner reserve supplies. and the
peet sheds with their convenient ap-
piroaches FOR both teams and cars are
an under The able supervision OF Asst
Ienerai Manager Mark Austin, and
snoW the good Judgment and careful
forethought always found in cnnnac'
ton with the work OF Mr.. Austin
AN IMMENSE TONNAGE.
THE lands tributary TO This fac,ory
both az Nampa and at Pavette and
Weiser have this year sustained the
elaiihs OF local people and have Welded
very large tonnage per acre. of beef,
OF most excellent quality. both as Ia
stccharine and purity. This Is tho
nrst year bects have becn raised ~,
THIS factory and certain conditionr OK
isted which caused some farmers who
previously contemplated putting n
beets, to hesitate so that The acreays
was materially reduced. But the Weld
WIN amount to about 5000 tons ths
iiatgest yield per<cre for the first year
py any district In which Utah peopIe
nave mad large interests. or course
some FARMERS as happens in cultiyat-
Ihs any KIND or a crop have not been
successful as might be desired. Rut a.
Mr. Austin remarked. fewer farmers |
have had en- Improbable crop. ana |
more farmers have had WELD pIvinc |
profitable returns than In any other |
crop cultivated by the farmer. L.oc,i |
papers AT Payette give list OF beet |
growers with acreage and tonnage I'm |
eaeh case and the general average Ia
very high and most satisfactory
A LARGE FARMER.
Mr. George Duvall had this year $50
acres IN beets near Mamma. rran,
considerable OF the better tracts OF thfs
and he raised over 20 tons OF baets 10
ne acre, while from the entire acreage
Is estimated that the yield viii not
Dc less than 10 tons 10 the acre. So
Vel Is Mr.. Duvell satisfied with hia
Experience with sugar beets that he
lns already prepared i25 acres OF land
y addition TO that cultivated last year.
lis total acreage contemplated for next
ear IS between 400 and 500 acres max
ng Mr.. Duvall the largest Individual
)cet famer I'm Idaho or Iftah 10 ~, H.,
Iced OF the United states. As TO The
luallty and early maturity OF the beets !
eaders OF the News OF course know
hat the silver cup offered by the irri-
cation congress for the best beets