Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-23

400,0 0 mark. For these beets the
farmers received on the average of
$3.50 a ton. which means that 8 .SOO,.
900 was distributed among the sugar
beet raisers Of Utan and Idaho alone
In 1905.
Men at the head OF the sugar indus
try are reporter shy" They are
extremely reticent In discussing mat
tiers relative 10 profits with represen.
tatives Of the press, am told this
condition has come about since the
trust arrived on the scene,
IL Is known, Of course, that the In.
dustry Is tremendously profitable
Otherwise the s~pringlng up OF 80 many
new factories could not be under.
stood.
Beets have In some instances yield.
ed as high AZ II per cent. OF their
weight In sugar. Fifteen per cent.
II not considered uncommon. Cut
ting the yield far below these figures.
It Ia not unreasonable to estimate the
total output for the year aat 1O0. OOO..
900 pounds for Utah and Ihado.
The bulk Of the sugar Is shipped
to Missouri river points. and from
there distributed throughout the
east. Beet sugar Is today selling In
Salt Lake City at So per one hundred
pound sack.
Future prospects are bright for the
beet sugar industry. II Is certain to
spread over a much greater area In
Utah and Idaho. 1t will spread into
the neighboring states OF Wyoming,
Montana and Neada. 1t has been
demonstrated that beets can be
grown with the best Of success in
the Salt River valley country. A
factory Is now being completed at
Glendale. ten miles northwest Of
Phoenix, that will handle the product
from 10000 acres Of beets and have
a daily capacity Of 10000 pounds Of
granulated sugar. The beet growing
industry is well established In por-
lions Of Colorado.
The possibilities Of the industry
are limited only by the facilities for
~disposing Of the output. In this re-
spect It must meet the competition
Of the entire world.
Uneasiness prevails among the
farmers In some sections because Of
the ravages Of mysterious blight the
past year. This pest seems to have
completely baffled the skill CT the
government experts up to the present
time. + materially reduced the
crop Of 1905. 1t Is expected that a
remedy will be discovered in the
coming year II the blight reappears.
Fruit-growing In Utah also promises
much. threatening to rival the great
returns from mining.
while Utah cannot perhaps show
q return Of 4875 an acre from her ap
pie orchards. as can Hood River" said
J. H. Perry, "or 1880 an acre on
strawberries. as the San Fernando
Valley In California. she can boast OF
such p~rodigious returns from or
chards and vineyards as to justify
the making OF the fruit industry para
mount in the farm operations Of the
state.
"As showing the possibilities Of
fruit growing. 1t may be stated that
well kept apple orchards have pro-
duced at the rate Of $4,000 and $500
an acre and over. and neachea q like
amount. Cherries have yielded grow
$500 an acre So have grapes, small
fruits have exceeded these figures
somewhat. Raspberries have made
rturns Of $500 an acre, and strawber-
ries have returned from $500 to 5000
an acre. From these figures. and they
are not isolated or uncommon in.
stances, one can get a fair idea Of
what up-to-date fruit growing prom
Uses In Utah."
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