The Delta independent., 1907-01-18
REFUSE TO SILo.
NORTHERN GROWERS REJECT
BEET CONTRACTS.
COMMITTEE TO NEGOTIATE
Organization Of Seven Hundred Farm
ers Votes Not to Accept Great
Western Sugar company's Offer
Think SLIDING too Expensive.

1nlnk Sllcih9 100 Expensive.
Denver-A Fort Collins special to
the Republican Wednesday night says:
Seven hundred farmers emphatically
| decided to-day at special meeting Of
the Northern Colorado Beet Growers
Association that they would not silo
either one-fourth or any part OF their
| crops of beets this year, and by an al
| most unanimous vote rejected both
contracts submitted by the Great
Western Sugar Company.
| They did, however refer the qucs-
| tions at issue between the sugar COM
pany and the growers to the executive
| committee OF the association, with in
structions to confer at one with Presi-
dent Morey with a view to reaching a
| satisfactory solution.
The meeting was harmonious
| throughout and the discussions in the
main were conciliatory, NO radical talk
being INDUCED in. There were large
| delegations present from Greeley.
Eaton, Loveland, Windsor, Longmont,
| Berthoud and Fort Collins and 100 new
| names were added to the membership
| roll President Bumstead, in his open.
| ing remarks, said:
| Upon your cool heads. gentlemen OF
| the association, is determined our fu'
| ture as beet growers. Let all act eau.
tiously. judiciously and without fear OF
| favor"
| Upon request Mr.. Bumstead read the
| two contracts presented by the Great
| Western Sugar Company, laying stress
| upon the parts differing from last
years contract.
To get the matter before the House
Mr.. Mccoy of Loveland, suggested dis
cussing the contracts together. Mr
| Riggs of Lucerne moved that both
contracts OF the sugar company be re-
| jected.
Mason Of Greeley, said he sliced ten
| acres this year because he had to dc
SO to save his crop. He said that be.
| cause Of the late storms the beets
stuck to the dirt and were in bad shape
to handle. He said nearly all the
beets were frozen through.
1T is worth 81 ton." he continued
"to silo beets under the conditions
have experienced. On my land
would be willing to silo for dollar. Oi
| course over in our country the ground
is sandy and II siloing could be done
in dry weather. the soil would no,
stick to the beets. had constantly to
work with wet soil. II the company
demands no frozen beets 4 foot oi
earth would be necessary TO protect
them from the frost. II this is to be
enforced | would not think OF siloina
for less than sl.50 ton"
Mr. Davis of Fort Luptop. said that
in his section. where the soil is very
sandy. q great many growers are IN
favor of siloing. but that not bee'
would be grown for less than S5 ton
| benjamin Preston said the farmer!
are buster in the winter time than II
| the summer. and cannot haul beet!
during the winter months. I'VE can
not s!lo at all in this region" said he
Mr. Knight of Greeley. gave the Sis'
of the growers contract settled upon
in that district. saying that no siloins
on the farm world be done. and that
the SLIDING should be done at the
dumps, II done at all.
Bruce Eaton OF Greeley said: 81
want to please my renters in this re
spect, and they cannot do siloing In
| northern Colorado soil. SLIDING might
be done one season for so cents ton
and then again it might cost up to $1.50
a ton another season"
Mr.. Eaton represents from 1900 tc
| $500 acres Of beets. c. F. Finley OF
Windsor said that he could make more
money raising alfalfa at $5 a ton than
| he could in raising beets at IS ton.
The motion to reject both contracts
was carried. after which 1t was voted
that the matter be left to the execu
tive committee to confer with the
sugar company.