The chronicle=news., 1912-12-26

yield secured on the farms on which the
tests have been conducted were aPt
pToximately as follows, wheat 81
bushels. harley. ~ bushels and oats. rs
bushels. as compared to an average for
the whole country OF lsS bushels OF
wheat. 2i.3 bushels OF barley and 30.1
bushels oi oats. In other words these|
test, have demonstrated the practicability'
oi doubling grain yields and even sur
iyation OF the sugar beet has brought
about in Germany. That they are far
in excess oi the Yields secured from
the same land under the old methods is
indicated by the TACT that Minne>ota's
wheat yield for this year is estimated at
IL bushels an acre,
This" explains Mr., Hill. SIS but the
beginning oi an educatiye process which
will lie carried Ou, on larger scale next
year"
The German farmer. who thirty-hve|
years ago. averaged no greater yield perl
acre Than his American cousin. has,
increased hi, Weld rrarly 100 per cent.
in lila, period b. planting his Graiu crops
in rotation with III. SLr-r beet Inci-l
denially the utilization Tie sugar beet|
has enabled Germany 10 produce all her
own sugar with siOW0m annual
surp!n, for export. Mr.. Hill is emphatic
in his sdvocacy OF the beet \, farm
Tejuvenator.
The bee. sugar advocates" he xays.]
argue that sugar beet cultivation raised
tic average Of al other crops raised in
the .ame di>,rie, The figures show this;
10 br true. II iS due To the fact that IL
cannot be grown successfully without
deep plowing. frequent narrowing. and .
general resoEt tn more intensive cultiva-,
lion. That will insure large crops OF
anything where tire soil IL no, sterile
Whatever the valuable and sugge>tive|
sugar beet statistics may prove in other|
respects. they establish conelusiveiy. by|
Sncl, comparisons A. that between iheI
United States and Germany. the praciic.l
ability Of doubling hy better methods
tic acre yield OF all our principal farm
products"
In fact. statistics gathered from seoreS
oi farmers scattered through the susarj
hccs states. who have piamed beets IN
rotation with other crops one year out
oi four. show even more remarkable
results than Mr.. Hills experiment q
Their average yieid per acre IS:
Whea; harley Oats
Eu.l,e!. 4,i s9.l4 600
i lNtte rCSuNs WSEe Hut VpUt
men, stations OF model held>. bit CONF
n,crciai farm nm for profit. They bear
ou. the stateu,snt iha, the sugar beet can
do FOR the United States what il has
dorc ior Europe. and tia; the American
farmer. By taking thought. can do better
than his European cousins at their own
game. The success OF tho sugar beet in
;hi, country both aS crop OF great
.air- III itself and as means OF In
cscasinu the yield OF other crops grown
! in rotation with j, has already been
demonstrated. Nearly 10000 tons OF
i,ecis we're h5H esied this year and uIIess
adverse iexis3lAion renders the industry
unable 10 enntiSfue in competition with
the lover wages ard the bounties and
tariff protection used to stimulate Il in
foreign countries it is believed that its
expansion will be rapid. since once the
farmer has seen his neiglibor with the
aid of very profitable sugar beet crop
doubling HI. Weld ~ grains lie Is more
ard more rapidly makinR similar op-
ror,uri;y for himself. A, present while
| American farm progress has Jagged until
i. has fallen far behind that of Europe.
For ,l,i, reason the tests which Mr.. Hill
has been carrying or have been ot
particular importance and their results
as they are now coming in are looked
upon as OF the greatest significance for
the farmers OF the country in their effort
! to improve this condition. =