The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-09
SUGAR BEET KEY
TO LIVING PROBLEM
EXPERTS IN
VESTIGATIONS ABROAD BASIS
FOR PREDICTION.

Chicago, June S.-The United
States is on the eve OF an agricul-
tural revolution that will be of vast
benefit to consumers as well as
the prediction of Truman G.. Palmer
of this city who has spent the past
ten years in the investigation
of agricultural methods in Europe
and America. From statistics which
he has compiled in the course OF
an investigation Just concluded
showing results achieved in the in
crease in crop production on beth
sides of the Atlantic, Mr.. Palmer is
convinced that an entirely practica
BILE means has been found of grea, V
increasing the output of all the s,l-
Pile cron5 OF the country. A. Us
conclusion he is supported by Dr.
Harvey W. Wiley. Henry A. Wallace
of Iowa, Secretary Wilson of the
department of agriculture. and 9th
er experts who have followed his
work or have conducted investisa-
tions on this subject.
mere tdH Dt no question, say =
MIR. Palmer, that the problem of
increasing the yield Of American
acres is one of the most import
ant, if not the most important be-
fore the country today 1t is only
necessary to observe the rate at
which consum pton is outstroppng
production and to note the steadily
rising prices of practically all food
products to realize that this is the
case. While this question is only
beginning to assume serious proper
tons with us Europe has been fore
ed to struggle with it for genera
tions. Although it would be going
too far to say that any European
country has disposed of the problem
1t is true that the more northerlv
countries of the continent have gone
a long way in this direction as the
result of a principle accidentally
discovered nearly a century ago
believe that the intelligent arpli-
cction OF this principle will do as
much for the people of this coun-
try in enabling them to provide an
adequate supply as it has already
done, say for Germany. refer to
scientific crop rotation in connection
with the culture of the sugar beet.
For Years past practically all the
countries OF continental Europe that
are able TO grow sugar beets have
been encouraging the extension of
THIS industry in all possible ways.
by the imposition of heavy tariffs
on imported sugar. by direct boun-
ties. ~ experiments TO improve the
quality of the beets and the seed.
They have done this partly because
sugar is a valuable crop for it's di-
rect returns but chiefly because of
its indirect benefits in increasing the
yield OF all other crops grown in
rotation with it. AS result of this
policy the worn out" soils of Eu-
rope are today producing twice as
much per acre as are the Compar-
atively virgin lands of our own
western states.
In the past twenty five wears
Germany by the persistent use of
the sugar beet in rotation with 9TH
er crops has increased the average
Yield of her principal cereal crops
w more than thirty one bushels an
acre or more than the total average
production of the same crops in the
United States. In the same period
the growth in the yield per acre OF
The principal crops OF the United
States was 46 bushels per acre or
about one-seventh that achieved by
the German farmer on soil that has
heer cultivated for hundreds OF
years
We would lie a poor spirited
'eople il We We're to admit that We
are unable to obtain as good results
as the Germans can. especially
since they have shown US how. As
a matter of fact We are already ac-
comolishing similar results on a
small scale and in a few sections of |
he country | have gathered reports
from hundreds of farmers through |
out 'Ae states where the sugar beet