The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-05-14
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EXCHANGE COMMENT.
Growing Interest In Culture OF SUI
gar Beets.

Growing Interest in Culture OF SUI
gar Beets.
With the exception OF Colorado,
Michigan manufactures more sugar
than any other state in the union.
This sugar, OF course, Is made from
the sugar beet altogether, since cane
sugar is made only In the Southern
states, or rather the cane which It
Is made from can be raised only in
the Southern states, The sugar beet
has added millions to the wealth OF
many OF the states, such as Colo
RADIO, Michigan, Nebraska, etc, As
showing the worth OF the beet to
Michigan, the following will prove
interesting:
Based on an average price OF 4 u
cents a pound, Michigan produced
graduated sugar to the value of ST.
$4,000 last year. The output was
173,000,OOO pounds or $40 car
loads-enough to make a train thlr-
ty-flve miles long, There was
falling Off Of 100000 pounds COM
pared with the production in 1906,
when the outgo was 100000
pounds. Colorado alone excepted,
Michigan manufactures more sugar
than any other state in the union.
The capital invested amounts to S19,-
100000, There are sixteen plants,
Al of these, excepting that at Me-
nominee, are in Southern Michigan.
The News calls attention to these
figures and facts simply to encour-
age those in Texas who are this year
experimenting with the sugar beet
as a crop for this state, It has been
shown by experiment that in some
parts OF the Panhandle country at
least the soil and conditions are nat
urally well adapted to the production
of sugar beets. Such being true, the
News hopes that the close OF this
year will find that the experiments
now being conducted have been sue
cessful. If so. another most profit
able crop will have been added to the
already long list produced in this
state, and where the sugar beet can
he grown at all successfully II Is a
most profitable crop, yielding In
many cases net profits annually OF
from 800 to $500 per acre. Such
yield from the thousands OF acres
capable OF producing the beet in the
Panhandle country will add greatly
to the wealth of that section. Sue
cessful results from the tests now
being made will no doubt cause the
establishment within the next year
or so OF beet sugar factory in the
region adapted to beet culture
perhaps several OF them--and it is
not too much to predict that within
a comparatively short time Grand
Old Texas will be rated as one Of the
greatest sugar beet producers among
the states.
Professor w. c. Welborn OF the
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical
College, in his recently published
book on Elements OF Agriculture"
which is intended as a text book on
that science in Texas and the South
generally says that 1t is known that
at least a part of the Panhandle sec
ton OF Texas Is well adapted by soil
and climate to the production OF the
sugar beet. This statement Is in ac-
cord with that OF the experts from
the national department of agricul-
ture at Washington, who have al
ready made reports on the subject
to the secretary of agriculture. For
these reasons the experiments being
carried on in the Panhandle coun-
try this year will have the attention
of the entire state. as favorable re-
suits will mean great things In
wealth for the greatest state In the