The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-02

TcCelNeQ ITOID JOn0 r, Ellis CDlsl
chemist OF the Amalgamated Sugar
company. the tests of twenty exhibits
of sugar beets exhibited at the Four.
State fair. Some of the finest physical
specimens of sugar beets seem to
have tho least per cent of sugar. In
order TO give the farmers generally
an Idea OF how the nice sugar beetS
at the Four State Fair showed up In
sugar when analy5ed. wo publish
herewith the full list OF exhibitors and
the per cent of sugar In each exhibit
and the per cent of purity OF each eX-
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The three cash prizes arc awarded
-S25 10 Alfred Jenson, Bear River
City, Utah, whose beots showed I6,6
sugar; second prize, SIS In cash, was
awarded TO the Atngo Tabata COM
pany. Fielding, Utah, which had 1874
per cent pure sugar and the third
prize of S5 was awarded to Nels Chris
tensen, Bear River City. Utah, which
had Is per cent In sugar.
1t Will be seen that George Ahlf OF
No 600 Twelfth street, Ogden, Utah,
came close TO having third prize, be-
ing only two-tenths of one per cent
behind Nels Christensen of Bear River
City, Utah. James R. Mcfarland.
West Weber, also Is only two'tenths
per cent behind the third prize
In publishing herewith the names
of the exhibitors and their residences.
a close study can be made "a to beet
culture. There is Alva Rhodes of
Garland, Utah, who has the second
lowest percentage Of sugar. while his
lucky competitor, only few miles
away in Bear River City, has almost
twice as much sugar In his beets.
The Fair association offered 800
for any sugar beet showing 10 per
cent pure sugar. There was no 10 per
cent sugar beet on hand Then $50
was offered for II per cent sugar.
Alfred Jenson of Bear River City came
within four-tentbs of one per cent OF
hitting the II per cent mark.
From the records we find that the
Oxnard sugar factory, Oxnard, Call.
fornia, sliced 175.00O tons of beets
last year. and the sugar extracted
from that many tons OF beets avor-
aged over 10 per cent in sugar. This
makes much larger showing COM
pared with our Utah sugar beets, but
an inspection of the records show
that California Yields larger In sugar
but smaller in tonnage per acre. The
Utah farmer raises moro tons per
aero than the California people do,
and in that way almost even up the
price of the product per acre.
We understand that the average
yield Of sugar from the beets sliced
by the Ogden Sugar factory last year
lao1 n 4.
cent. which is remarkably low per-
centage compared with California.
and yet is higher than that of some Of
the eastern sugar field points.
The government authorities claim
that Utah can maintain its yield In
tonnage and work It's percentage Of
sugar up to the California percentage
if the ground Is doctored Some soil
could be improved with little iron.
salt ashes. etc. while other soil
could be improved by taking these
out Some soils again are too rich In
certain kind OF fertilizers and others
again are too poor The California
people have studied this question for
years and the farmer has his soil an.
alyzed and he puts in the soil that
which Is lacking and uses other chem,
icals to neutrali2e predomlnating min
erals that arc Injurious.
II the sugar factory Ia willing 10
pay for the increase In percentage of
sugar, and there is no reason why
II will not. II certainly would pay the
farmer TO got his ground In shape TO
raise 20 per cent sugar beets.
When the Fair Association offered
$4,000 for 19 per cent sugar boots. II
first intended To offer $4,000 for 30
per cent, but Judge Rolapp suggest
ed that VIC give the farmer d show
and make 1t 19 or 10 per cent, hence
We reduced it 10 19 per cent. II will
be seen that 19 per cent Is little
high. and yet when Mr. Jenson of Bear
River City, Utah, presents 1876 per
cent of solid sugar In a beet. 1t will
be seen that he was only "a per cont
short of getting the 10000, l. shows
that II Mr.. Jenson had given just
little more cultivation and attention
to his beets he would have pulled
down tho $4,000 prize,
The Fair management is anxious
to know why one OF the exhibits made
by George Ahlf went only 40 per
cent sugar and his oiner exhibit went
14.S per cent sugar. There Is such
big differencent between the two sam
pies that we would like the gentleman
TO call upon tho editor of this paper
and explain the difference In the soil
of the two exhibits II may be possible
that these two exhibits were from
different parts OF the county. That
may account for 1t. but II they were
taken from the same field It shows
that there must be a difference In the
sell within few feet
This paper is open foc discussion On