Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-10-11
BREAKS RECORD
IN THE VALLEY
Sugar Beet Crop for This
Season the Best Ever
ARKANSAS VALLEY
FACTORIES ALL BUSY
Estimated that Growers VIII Rece-
i've Nearly Four Million Dollars
For Their Beets

Before the end of this week all
the beet sugar factories in the Ar
kansas Valley will have begun the
1912 campaign, and all the way
along-from Pueblo to the state
line-comes a repetition Of the re-
port emanating from this city that
the sugar beet crop is immense
and the beet growers will be out
rivaling the fruit growers this sea-
son with new autos and improved
farm buildings and high grade
stock. The beet crop is the larg-
est ever produced in the Arkansas
Valley and is bringing a higher
price under tn g sliding scale
which provides for payment for
beets on the sugar content.
Test runs made by some of the
factories are the basis for figuring
that the sugar beet crop this sea-
son will average better than Is
per cent sugar content, which
means that the beet growers have
produced the best grade of beets
ever grown in Colorado. The crop
so far as gathered shows the larg-
est tonnage yield per acre of any
crop for the past five years.
Basing an estimate upon the
number of a-c es contracted
for by each factory, and t h e
average yield per acre, for
which the price will average better
than So per ton, conservative esti-
mate gives the value to the grow
ers of the Arkansas Valley as
nearly 100000 for their 1912
sugar beet crop, which is divided
as follows:
The Rocky Ford factory. started Sept.
%. At this factory 1900 tons of beets
are being sliced daily and the factory has
purchased 10000 tons. This will in
sure run of ITO days for the factory
at Rocky Ford.
The factory at Sugar City started last
Thursday. Oct. 8. They have purchased
l25.ooo tons. which insures run of
over 100 days.
The sugar factory at Swink started
at noon Saturday. They are slieing L.
500 tons Of beets per day and have con-
traeted for l25. 1000 tons, which insures
the operation Of the Swink factory for
100 days.
The sugar factory at Las Animas start
ed on Wednesday. They will slice z5.-
900 tons of beets this season at the rate
of $50 tons day, which insures run Of
100 days for the factory.
The sugar factory at Lamar started
yesterday, and 10000 tons of sugar
beets have been purchased to be sliced
at the Lamar factory, insuring run of
ninety days.
The factory at Holly was scheduled to
start Oct. 10. and $4,000 tons have
been purchased to be sliced at the Holly
factory. insuring run of 100 days.
The sugar factories report a
big demand for beet pulp for stock
feeding. Contracts already made
between the sugar factories and
the stockmen insure market for
all the beet pulp which. the fac
tories will have to sell. The
abundance of rough feed, nay,
straw and forage, which can be
had at reasonable figure, will
make stock feeding profitable.
Stockmen through the Arkansas
Valley who will feed stuff for the
eastern and Colorado packing
houses, are already beginning to
round up their stock preparatory
to, shipping it to the feeding
grounds to be fsttened on beet
pulp, molasses and grain. and to
top the market when they are fin
ally shipped to the big stock yards
of the world and bring fame to
Colorado as stock-producing