Charlevoix county herald., 1906-03-24
a GIANT SUGAR BEET.
O'Shannasy Rasies a Marvel
through Accident.

through Accident
"Thot shtory av Cinderella gOin' tn
tina ball In punkin," said O'Shan-
nasy, "aint wan circumstance L phwat
happen'd out me way in Colorado wild
shugar bates. Now we moind, cnugar
bates sometimes grows big, an tn
bigger We grows thin tn more money
ye are shure T. get from tn facthry.
But, me farm down by tn Gunneson
had all tn ither farms in tn Sthate
hate t dith s. far as size av shugar
bates was consumed. Why, don't we
knaw thot tn wather av -thot river
is richer'n sthrong likid manyure, an
whin | uses ut for arygatin' me farm,
somehow ither | do be afther strap
pin down me plants, they grows so
quick.
But, twas lasht year thot somethin'
remarkable happen'd on me farm way
off in wan corner. Why, don't We
knaw somehow ither a shugar bate
so quick wild tn rich arygatin' Gun
nison wather thot / didn't get tn
chance { sthrap it down. Yis, sir,
an whin it got so big | says { meself,
says /, I'll let er go clane throo t
big tn bloomin' bate kin grow. An
would we behave it, whin tn tonne
came t. gather in tn crap. tho /
hated t. do it, it took nearly me lasht
clint buyin' foive hundred pounds av
dinimite t. blow thot bloomin' thing
outer tt groun'. An thin twas a
sight t. see Twas split into big
PAGES, an naybur Smith was so good
as t. bring over his saw mill an we
rugged up his gaserline injin an by
next mornin' had cut up that bate
into thirty-foot slabs. Now, only
owned five tames and naybur Smith
had three, so we had t. go t. me ither
naburs until we had thirty-three double
team wagons filled up t. tops wild
good shugar bate planks. l can tell
We we was tn gran sight whin we
drew up t. tn factry at Rocky Ford.
'Well, whin tn factry people whit
ahead an made tn shugar from thot
bate they found it phwat We call q
"Shugar Countent" as high as forty.
foive per clint. Ye knaw ordinary bates
are good whin thay give twenty per.
clint shugar and the Agricultural De-
partment calls the coeffycient of pur-
ity in thOt shugar was somethin gran.
Faith, didn't tn facthry people COM
plain afterwards thot their customers
found fault wild tn shugar made from
tn bate (they made two car loads from
1t 1 belave) because twas so swate-
twas so swate thot half tayspoon
would swatch a quart av coffee.
"Yis, sir, an tn factry people didn't
want tn poolp, afther thay had taken
tn shugar out av it, rottinin' in tn
buildin' an bein' as thay didn't have
tn room t sthore 1t outside. thay
paid me foive dollars tn load t haul it
away, which same l did. Now, phwat
did ! do but take tn stuff back t
me farm an put it IN me twilve silos.
Thin l scoors tn country an buys
up 2013 head av cattle, wild tn money
I gets from tn facthry people, an fat
tens thin UP on tn poolp. Thin I
ships thin back Z Chicago, afther I'd
fatten'd thin, an l gets two toims
as much as I pays for thin.
"Not countin' tn money l gets for
tn bate an tn cattle, tell we l
made money tn next spring furnish
in arygatin' wather t me nayburs
from tn rizevoor I made out av tn
hold tn bate made in tn groun' /
htell we arygatin' is a success in Col
orado. This year ! be goin' to plant
more bates.
Come aroun' some time an I'll
tell yea how I onct lived in a wather-
melon growed on me farm. IT'S a
foine sthory."