The Delta independent., 1906-01-26
BEET RAISING PROFITABLE.
Some Of the Advantages Of Sure Paying Propo-
sition. Examples Of those who have Made
Good Money.

1t has been rumored of late by par
ties not conversant with the metho6
of beet raising and the lucrative NJ
ceipts from the same, that this Is >
very improbable means Of gaining 2
livelihood. For the benefit of these M
informed parties and for the furthering
of their interests as well as our own,
we wish to state briefly few facts
concerning beet culture backed By TIE
testimony of some well-known growsEs.
First, we will compare the beet ctep
with other crops raised under the saspe
conditions. When farmer plants ~
falfa, wheat. oats or potatoes he -
not the remotest idea what he is gui4g
to receive for his crop after its matzg.
ity. The downfall of his neighhuls
means his own salvation; for shouh
there be an abundance of hay or gfah
the prices will be low, whereas II
price will mean a small crop. and -
will undoubtedly have to hold the crop
.tor an indefinite period before findinR
a buyer. During the past three or foer
years, while the potato crop has boon
enormous, we all know that the :pstee
received has been 30 meagre that bQ11b-
el upon bushel have been allowed to ~
upon the ground, the market price -
ing far too low to pay the grower 1oe
the mere hauling. On the other h1nnd
when 4 grower plants piece Of gruul1
to beets, he is assured from the stort
of receiving 4 good price for his pso-
duct whether his crop be small or large.
When his tonnage is small, he win. -
ne would with any other crop. receive
q good price for the actual crop 90
duced. whereas should there be lAEo
erup, ha.Win still lxeceive this sanascsph
price, regardless Of his ,eighbor's crop,
and will find that he has received more
. money for his product, than he could
have possibly received for any other
crop. Before you plant grain Of seed
this Company will sign contract with
you. aGreeing to pay you an established
rate of $500 per ton for your beets, and
will furnish you seed imported from
Germany and do your planting for you.
and also pay transportation for workers
to come and do your labor. Will the
purchaser of your hay. grain, or pota-
toes offer you such an inducement. We
regret exceedingly that we are not able
to control the elements nor force beets
to grow on poor ground or with improp-
er care. However. these same condi-
tions govern all other crops. and while
some of the beets during the past sea-
son were washed out by hign water,
others planted on poor ground and 9TH
ers killed by the blight, other crops suf
fered in n like manner, and our grow
crs themselves tell US that they received
more money for their beets than any of
their other property. While the crops
in this vicinity were bad, we find that
in other sections Of the country they
were equally as poor, If not poorer.
Utah had poorer crop this year than
it has had for the past fifteen years,
and received but two-thirds Of their
usual beet crop, while this valley re-
ceived u full four-fifths of its usual beet
crop. While few of our growers had
very poor success in raising beets this
past season, others had very good
crops, the total tonnage of beets and
the net receipts for some Of whom will
be given below in their own figures.
Mr.. Henry Station, Of Carbondale,
planted five acres to beets. This fall
we paid him $4S7.5O for the beets de-
livered from this five acre tract. Mr..
Station tells US It cost him $S5 an acre
to raise this crop and place it on the
cars, or total Of sl75.0c. Deducting
this from the amount he received for
his entire crop and it leaves net profit
of $3.50 per acre, or total Of t262. 90
on the Ave acres. Mr.. Station intends
to raise thirteen acres of beets the
coming year, and has contract with
us to that effect.
Mr.. c. F. Woodruff, Of Olathe, Is very
well pleased with his crop, and In per-
sonal letter to the management states
that he made more money out of his
beet crop than any other. This gentle
man planted twenty acres to sugar
beets, and from this twenty acres he
harvested S22 tons, for which we paid
him u $1,000. To mature and harvest
this crop he paid - follows: eS44.O0 for
haullng, elO0. 90 for German labor.
5000 for water rental, els.0o for seed,
5000 for planting. 1900 for irrigat.
ing, eoo.oo Tor labor tyaase edttasioa. and
siso.oo for eait;vatlae and blowing,