Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-18
NEW MEXICO SOON To BECOME
GREAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Expert o. the Beet Sugar Gazette Believes Future of Industry
in This Part of the Southwest IS Bright If Individual Farm.
cS Will Promptly Meet Necessary Conditions.

definite plan. Forty-thrcc growers in
the vicinity OF Albuquerque planted
bects. ranging in acreage from one
fourth to three and thrce-fourths
acres.
The Santa Fc railway undcrtook q
general supervision of beet growing
n New Mexico this year. encouraging
planting in Las Vegas, Albuquerque,
Belcn, Roswell. Watrous. Springer
and Elmendort-nearly FIVE hundred
acres in all being signed up. On har-
vcsting this fall, the beets were ship
ped to Colorado and there worked into
sugar. Many samples were tested by
a chemist stationed in the Santa 'Fe
building on the exposition grounds, re-
sulting in a good showing considering
that the beets were not fully maturcd
Probably the most remarkable show
ing of all a that made by the Max
we'll irrigated Land company of Max
well City. WhOSe bects. harvested
when but 81 days cid, tested l3.5. low
est, and 1873 highest. Irving r. Sin
sheimer. the chemist, stated that had
they remained in the ground the al
lotted length of time. a percentage five
degrees greater would have shown. As
an object lesson to the New Mexico
/ growers. specimen beets from several
other states were displayed h a com
PARSONS might be made. This grew
out Of a desire to start the territorial
farmers right in the culture of the
sugar beet. as with many Of them this
is their first year. Belcn this year
raised seventy-fve acres Of bcots, rep
resentinR seventy growers. This was
their first year. Mcintosh has grown
some very crcditable bcets without ir-
rigation. They were we'll formed this
wear. and almost ideal in size. The
same interest has been felt in Tor
renee county. the EstanCia valley,
where farmers have been raising beets
for three years. on a very small scale.
II one may Judge by the enthusiasm
and vigorous efforts of Colonel j. ID.
Hand. of Las Vegas. the whole coun-
try Whereabouts is going quite dany
over sugar beets. Some of the land
there was formerly in alfalfa, but the
bulk of available ground for this crop
is a vast amount OF plain land. sew
cral hundred thousand acres, that
might grow beets under certain condi-
lions. Twenty growers near Las Veg
as grew beets this year, producing
t~hirty-tive acres as IN experiment in
the Las Vegas grant, his tract includ-
ing SOC. 600 acres. Or. Clney is au-
thOrity for the statement that. 1908
having been a comparatively poor YER
in that vicinity. there being a long,
cold spring, with no rain Until July.
the farmers will learn the lesson OF
deep blowing and conservation of VIM
ter moisture.
I shall not be surprised if one Of the
very first sugar factories erected in
New Mexico will rot go in at some
point in the northern portion OF the
state. The projection Of a factory is
a serious proposition. as its erection
entails an outlay of something like a
million dollars; and after hat comes
the grave matter of Keeping it run
ming at a profit through vicissitudes
that would squelch any other han an
experienced sugar capitalist. Rcaliz-
ing that it is no joke to engage in beet
making. investors are going to
be exceedingly slow in stalking their
money anywhere save at such points
as nave CONTINUOUSLY demonstrated the
ability to grow beets on an extensive
scale. with a good sugar content. and
once Ventured into the indus
try, stay with it. Apparently one of
the most promising efforts being made
anywhere in the territory is at Max
well City, where the Maxwell Irrigat-
ed Land company is laying a sure
foundation for successful and perma.
nent carrying on of sugar beet culture. !
In New Mexico as well as in Colo
and some other states, water is
a question paramount i'm the estima-
ton of the sugar capitalist. II seems
as though this company would meet
This requirement as well as the other
vital ones spoken of. The Maxwell
irrigated Land company has not prom.
sed it's purchasers OF land a sugar
in the immediate future, but
is building up its splendid prop
)sitiCn on \ far saner basis. Accord
.ng t. the investigation the writer has
made. it is usually safe to hold that