The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-22

would NOT place csrs for loading upon
the siding next our leased ground, out
AGREED 70 do 50 when ne erected there
on . storage house.
The potato harvest last year found
u. With 40 unorganized commission
departs ment, conseQ uensly unprePared
70 handle the crop. We were. there
fore. each left TO find for himself the
best markes available.
In my efforts TO market my crop, l
spent considerable time among the
commission men Of Omaha. While
there l learned some things worth
knowing. Ifound that setsbles are
being graded, in regard 70 quality and
size, by rules. almost, II not quite -
exact, Is those which obtain in the
grading of grain and fruit. II mile:
sends 70 the commission house for
car load OF No. , wheat, the commits
sio0 men know what must be sent 70
fill the order. II the commission men
receive An order from . dealer in fruit
for certain grade Of oranges, they
know what must be furnished 70 ill
that order. Should 90 Omaha COM
mission man 9st IN order from . gro
Ger for & carload Of No. Early Ohio
potatoes, he knows or thinks he
knows-that such An order cannot be
filled by stock shipped from JulesburR.
In other words, it is becoming known
10 Ill available markets. that our pota-
toes do not measure up " the grade, IN
quality or size, that is demanded by
the trade. The first Of these objections
can be eliminated by better cultural
methods: the second by properly sort
iDg our stock.
While the service rendered its men,
bers by this Association during the
past year seems small, yet the few
thousands Of dollars saved 70 Us in the
purchase Of supplies, clearly demon
strates the need Of such an urganizs-
ton. We shall be glad TO see this
grow and develop along
the lines contemplated by its founders.
and in order that this growth and de-
velopment may take place and the
Association become q power for good
in this community its members must
more generously toward its
This Association can
secure for our people benefits and
that could not be OBJ
tained save by collective effort. Let
me mention few of those benefits and
we might obtain: As
people, we are greatly in need Of mod
ern agricultural knowledge, and there
seems available no better way to dis.
seminate this information than
through Farmers InAtitute meetings.
Then let this Association provide for
the frequent holding Of such meetings
in our county.
This Association should take notice
Of the sugar beet industry rs it exists
in this district. The low average of
the tonnage yield per acre, the high
price of the necessary hand labor,
together with the prices per ton that
have prevailed in late years, makes it
a serious question for the farmer TO
decide whether or not he will grow
beets. am satisfied that improved
cultural methods will enable US 10 OBJ
tain larger tonnage per acre. be-
iieve the hand labOrer should receive
as his pay just percentage Of the
crop. l also believe that the price TO
be paid for the beets should be based
upon the per cent of sugar contents,
instead of fat rate per ton. \ few
years ago one of our best farmers,
Mr.. John Holmes, sold his beets to the
Grand Island sugar company, the
price to be governed by the per cent
of the sugar contents contained in the
beets. Mr.. Holmes received for his
beets over 100 per ton. From a re-
cent report received from the q S.
Department of Agriculture learned
tnat until tile year l9Ol, all OF our
sugar beet seed was imported from
Europe. In 1901 the department OF
agriculture began the growing Of ped
igreed sugar beet seed, which seed,
by careful selection and improved
methods of culture, is producing beets
yielding greater tonnage per acre,
and higher percentage OF sugar con-
tent than beets grown from imported
seed. From this report by the De-
partment of Agriculture it will be
advantageous to both grower and
manufacturer when home grown pedi-
greed sugar beet seed can be obtained.
The next topic l would have you
consider, is that of tree planting. This
district, especially the irrigated por.
ton, should have every canal and per