The Delta independent., 1906-03-30
A GIANT SUGAR BEET.
O'Shannasy Rasies . Marvel
Through Accident.

lnroo4n nCCioenVs
"Thot shtory av Cinderella gUin' tn
tina ball in a punkin." said UShan-
nasy, "aint wan carcumstance Z Dhwat
happen'd out me way In Colorado wild
shugar bates. Now ye moind, shugar
bates sometimes grows big, an tn
bigger ye grows thin tn more money
ye are shure t get from tn facthry.
But. me farm down by tn Gunneson
nad all tn ither farms In tn Sthate
hate Z dith g. far as size av shugar
bates was consarned. Why. don't 70
knaw thot tn wather av thot river
II richer'n sthrong likid manyure, an
whin uses ut for arygatin' me farm.
somehow ither I do be afther strap
1n'.,, pin, down me plants. they s'ov' 80
But, twas lasht year thot somethin'
remarkable happen'd on me farm way
on in wan corner. Why, don't 70
knaw somehow ither . shugar bate
sade got mixed wild tn soil an crowd
80 quick wild tn rich arygatin' Gun
nison wather thot didn't get tn
chance T. sthrap it down. Yis, sir,
an whin It got 30 big l says Z meself.
says !, III let er go clane throo {
Ghinay; I'm goin' t see fist how
big tn bloomin' bate kin grow. An
would ye behave 1t. whin tn tonne
came Z gather in tn crap, THO
hated Z do It, 1t took nearly me lasht
cint buyin' foive hundred pounds AZ
dinimite t blow thot bloomin' thing
outer tt' groun'. An thin twas Q
sight T. see Twas sphlit into big
PAGES, an naybur Smith was 30 good
a. { bring over his saw mill an We
rigged up his gaserline injin an By
next mornin' had cut mp that bate
into thirty-foot slabs. Now. only
owned five tames and nnybur Smith
had three, so we had & go Z mo ither
naburs until we had thirty-thrss double
team wagons filled up Z tops wid
good shugar bate plankS. can tell
70 We was tn gran sight Vhin Wo
drew up t tn factry at Aocky pog9.
well. whin tn factry people Wt14
ahead an made tn shugaP fFo0 ~
bate they found II phWat ~ ee1 4
~Shugar Countent" a. hisA - togo0.
foive per cint. Ye knaW Ordinary ha46G
are good whin thay give tvsaty poS.
cint shugar and the Argricutural De.
partment calls the coeifyoient of pur-
ity In thot shugar was nomethin' gran.
Faith, didn't tn fActhry people COM
plain afterwards thot their customers
found fault wid IL shusar made from
tn bate (they made I've car loads from
II L belave) because stwas 20 svate-
twas so swate tAet halt . taynpoon
would swaton quart ~ caflsA
"Yis. sir, an H. 1ac3sy people dida't
want tn poolp. afthsP hay had taken
tn shugar out ~ Il, rotttAiA' h tn
buildin' an balm A thav didnr hava
tn room Z sthore Il outside tAay
paid me foive dollars ~ load 4 AAul 4
away, which sAme ] did Nov, phWa1
did do but take u stuR ho6k q
me farm an put II n ne tvilve silas.
Thin scoors III eountAry ~ huyu
up 2013 head av eattlA wid u Heasy
! gets from tn fActhyy people. a. tat.
tens thin up on ~ peolH fAia
ehips thin back + ohi6asa, allAee I'd
fafteh'd thin. an ! gets two totun
a. much as I pays TOR tAin.
mot countin' tn money ~ ~
tn bate an tn cattle, ! tall ~
made money tn next spring fuSatah-
in arygatin' wAther Z mo nAybvSu
from tn rizevoor I made out av u
hold tn bate made in tn groun'. !
tell ye arygatin' il q success in Col
orado. This year be goin' to plant
more bates.
Come aroun' some time an I'll
tell 70 how I onct lived in q wather
melon GFowed On me farm. IT'S q
foine sthory."