The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-12-07
GRO WINS SUGAR
BEETS ON THE FARM
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need OF sugar beets costing more than
$31 per acre to raise, but of course
it takes intensive farming to raise
then right and get good results,
Sugar beet culture is very intensive
notwithstanding where famil es OF
children devote their whole time to
keeping the soil in condition. Feet
seeding begins the latter part OF
April or early in May and is done
with q four-row seeder drawn by two
horses. Great care is exercised in
the preparation of the seed bed. AT
ter II is plowed a thorough narrowing
follows. Deep blowing is an essential
feature in preparing the soil. The
ground is then rolled and the seeding
begun. Seed costs about Is cents per
pound and thirty pounds to the acre
are usually required.
The continued cultivation between
the rows makes The ultimate success
of the sugar beet crop. Six and seven
and even ten times season the ex-
perienced beet raiser will stir the
ground In his field, and the more this
is done the better and surer will be
the crop, for sugar beets stand
drought better than any other crop
in the United States.
Investigations in Germany which
extended over a period of many years
showed that after sugar beets had
been planted as rotating crop on
one-fifth of certain area, the re-
naming four fifths of that area yield
ed "a per cent more wheat, l4.S per
cent more rye, 25.2 per cent more
barley, 41.5 per cent more oats, 81
per cent more peas and 1928 per cent
more potatoes than was secured be-
fore the introduction of the sugar
beet as a rotating crop. Practically
the same benefits have been received
in this country where the sugar beet
has been used as a rotating crop. Its
benefits to the soil are enormous.
In the western lands of the United
States where the irrigated farms are
now raising great quantities of sugar
beets, there has sprung up a new us
age for the beet tops, and hundreds
OF head of cattle are being fattened
ON both the tops and the crushed
mash which is thrown out from the
y arious beet sugar mills in the To-
cality. Many farmers in the northern
portion of the country are using the
tons with other material for silage,
in which condition they Keep for sew
eral years. The stable cleanings from
the silage.fed cattle OF course go
back to the land.
Beet sugar factories start their OPP
early in October. They usu-
ally run for a period of 80 or 100 days.
Here is a peculiar advantage on the
side of the beet farmer With machin'
cry that can be used only for the man
ufacture of sugar these huge factor
les are dependent solely upon their
farmer clients. Their wheels cannot
turn unless the farmer has done his
work. The interest is here uniquely
dependent upon the man OF the soil
The farmer cultivates his land; the
sugar manufacturer cultivates the
farmer-and makes a very thorough
Job of 1t too.
Sugar factories today employ ex'
perienced agricultural specialists VINO
know the science of raising beets 70
the last word of the chapter. When a
beginner signifies his intention oil
starting out to raise sugar beets ne
may send for one of these experts
who will assist him in the selection
of his land, instruct him in the elm
atlcal and Typographical peculiarities
of his location, coach him as to the
special balance of fertillzing ele
ments demanded by his soil and give
him general pointers on the work that
Is to be done.
Not only do the factories extend
the helping hand to the growers In
the matter of technical instruction
but financially as well and 1t is said
that practically every sugar beet fac
tory in the United States has one
printed contract fern which is usec
as often as need requires, stipulatinf
that the factory agrees to pay the
cost of production, and providing thai
the payments are to be made at Ger
tain stages of the crops development
For instance, the contract laborer Ii
paid $500 when the thinning is done
he is paid few hundred dollars more
when the last cultivating and hoeinl
is completed, and the balance is pai'
when the crop is ON the cars en- rout'
for the factory. Furthermore the fac
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