Arizona republican., 1911-04-15
BEET LANDS
 FLOUR|SH|NG K Prominent Manufacturer
 VisitS Glendale SEES SUGAR BEET CROP R. P. Davie Says Valley Farmers Will Devote Greater Acreage to Beets When Their Value Is Recognized,
SEES SUGAR BEET CROP

1 The president of two large com ! panies incorporated for the manufac- ture of sugar from beets, and the vice president Of another, the three com paniss having d combined capital of S6.000,000, R. r. Davie, who arrived i yesterday morning from Los Angeles, may be regarded as a leading figure in the field of sugar manufacturing, now considered one of tine most profi-
 table industries of the country. His visit to Phoenix is made for the pur- pose Cf inspecting the factory of the company at Glendale, and of going over the lands planted with beets, with
 the idea of gathering information
 as to the probable size Of the crop. Mir Davie was accompanied by J.
 R. McKinnie. the vice. president of the
 Southwestern Sugar G Land company,
 Uf which MT. Dayie is the president
 There is not a man at present engaged
 in the manufacture of sugar who has
 had d wider experience than Mir. Me
 Kinnie. who has entered the business
 with greater determination to learn
 everything about it. The first manu-
 factory in the state of Colorado was
 built by funds raised on a petition
 on which Mir McKinnies name ap-
 peared as the leading signature. Since
 the date of the erection of that sin
 gle plant fifteen others have been
 erected in Colorado, and the farmers
 an over the state class sugar hcets among their most profitable crops.
 The two officials of the company went over the beet lands near Glen dale yesterday. and speaking of the crop last night NIT. Davic sad:
 Tn all the years experience l have had in raising sugar beets and manu- factuErg sugar I have never seen as good a crop as we are going to have on our lands at Glendale this season. Of course have seen other crops that were as good in places. but We have no bad spots at all on our farms. They will all yield a high tonnage per acre"
 The capacity of the factory at Glen dale is 500 tons per day. and during Jhe last few months it has been thor oughiy oVerhauled. every pipe being cleaned thoroughly boilers scaled, new fiues put in, pumps, engines and all the machinery of the plant worked over and put in good repair. I! it were necessary the plant would be able to start at full capacity within a week, said Mir. Davie. but there will be no hurry about completing the work of overhauling, as the grinding season does not commence before the lst Of June The regular yearly clean up and overhaul costs the company in the neighbJrhoOd of $3O.OO0 for the plant at Glendale, and an equal sum for the other manufactories in Florida of the Evergreen Sugar & Land com pany, and in Colorado of the Western Sugar & Land company. It is the plan of the officers of the companies to have their mills ready to open at full grinding capacity in the first days of the grinding season.
 Before leaving Los Angeles for tre ! Salt River valley it was reported to MT Davie that blight producing in sect had been making ravages on the ! plants set out here Tn the fields he inspected MT. Davie saw no evidences of the presence of the insect, and says that it has either disappeared from the beet or has done no appreciable l damage. The company will grind beets from 4,O00 acres this year, and the uniformity of the heavy crop will keep the big mill running for several months.
 Tt is my belief that the beet sugar | crop will be regarded as the mainstay | of the valley farmers before very | long said MT. Davie last night The l payments which will have to he | made by the land owners to settle | the yearly assessment of the gov i ernment to pay for the Roosevelt l