The chronicle=news., 1912-11-11
Larger YIELDS Of nj Crops
Following Beet Culture
Boost Values Of
Farm Lands.

record crOp. The land increased 20 per
cent In value ns a result OF beet rails.
inr,
3 Virgil stockton Of Greeley had two
pieces Of land side by side. one of ten
acres. the other of seven. The ten acre
patch. after several crops of alfalfa.
was put into potatoes and yielded l's'
bushels To- the acre. The seven ncre
field. after growing hcci-. pru.iug cd iss
bushels of potatoes 10 ia. mere. Mr.
Stockton reported TINT not only lid he
get thirty seven bushels morr {" the
acre from his beet Improved land. hut
that the crop was better In quality and
actually brought him n better price In
/ the market.
-Hss Made Better Farming
David Snyder of Pln,tcyiiic Increased
his wheat yield from thirty To thirty.
i've bushels to thirty five to fifty bush
els per acre. his oats from twenty to
twenty i've to hfty tn seventy 1--we. bar
ley from twenty-five to thirty to scv'
cnfy TO cighty-tivc and his potatoes
from crop that was practically worth.
less to .NO bushels.
from the Taylor Mercantile company.
which had Increased the wheat yield Of
It's land from twenty-five To forty bush.
els per acre. the yield Of oats from
thirty to nifty. beans from twelve To
eighteen bushels mud hay from three to
four tons Irr acre. The writer Of the
report added: Before the introduction
Of sugar beet raising farming was CON
tincte,l In very loose way. As 1t is
impossible to raise sugar becis nj
profit without employing the best farm
Ing methods. II has made better farm.
ers. Grain and nil other crops do well
following beets."
FARM vaiuss Rise.
With direct returns from sugar beet
land running from &25 to $:so an acre.
after paying for all tho lahor required
to make tho crop. and with Its demon
strated effect In increasing the yield
,sof succeeding crops. 1t II not surpris.
Ing to and that The erection Of l'cct
sugar factories has IN every cnse added
greatly to the value of surrounding
farm land ~ soon ns the industry has
become established. While the rate
OF Increase varies greatly In different
parts Of the state. farmers and real
estate mon familiar with conditions In
nll sections rcrort that land near n
sugar factory Il almost uniformly
quoted at from $40 to so mn mere
higher than land of equal fertility and
equal irrigation facilities outside the
factory radius. II Is n conservative
estimate TINT the iscct sugnr industry
Inns added between SsO!OoO.OoO and
&1OO!O0O.OOO TO the permanent wcnith
Of Colorado since It's establishment
here
Beet Pulp a. Feed.
Two Industries that have profitcf
greatly from the development Of the
Colorado sugnr industry are stock
feeding and poultry raising. 1t il
widely known thnt beet pulp II one OF
the, hest feeds in the world for cattle
and great demand for It is growing
up among feeders and dairymcn In all
1pnrts Of the country. II remained,
however. for a Colorado poultryman to
discover the merits Of the sugar bect
for feeding chickens. n discovery that
Is especially important in view Of the
high price Of grain. He found thnt his
chlckens were very fond OF beets. pick
Ing to pieces the whole roots thrown
to them. A little experimenting
showed that with little corn on the
side sugar lcets made an excellent
diet for poultry. and now great many
poultry rniscrs grow a patch Of sugar
beets In order to furnish feed from
their own land. The saving Is so great
that poultry raising is attracting a
great many persons in the neIghbor.
hood Of the cities or OF convenient
shipping points.
ceierado's Big Stake.
As the leading beet sugar state OF
the country. with possibilities Of multi
plying her present output Of sugar ten
fold. and In view OF the tens of mil
lions OF dollars that 1t has distributed
among her farmers. workmen and 9th
or citizens, Colorado has more at stake
than any other member OF the Union
In the preservation and development OF
sugar production In the United States
II the policy Of encouraging the growth
within the United States of the sugnl
ITeuulreu 10 Ieeu tne americuh peopIt
continues to receive the encouragement
Of the federal government, as 1t has fol
! the past fifteen years. there seems tt
be 10 doubt that Colorado will con
. tinue TO lead in this industry and tt
add millions of dollars n year to tht
returns from her beet fields and facto
, res. That this il important to the con
, Sumprs ns well rs TO the PRODUCERS OF
sugar. was shown plainly enough g
; ''lyear ago. when sugar. which had gone
; skyrocketing up TO 10 cents II pound II
the grocery stores and WAS being sole
Mt wholesale by the trust and other re-
; i!neries at from $6.115 to $50 hun
drcd pounds. came tumbling down t.
It's normal level rs soon rs the yield OF
l,ainiillu nd ntl l...nt .ipr vt To,