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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
HOW TT WORKED IN OHIO.
PauIding Banker Shows How Sugar
Beet Culture Increased Prosperity.


Beet Culture Increased Prosperity.
That the establishment Of the sugar
beet industry in Ohio will result in an
increase Of $2O,00O,O00 in the value Of
farm lands in the STATE by the end of
the present year is the statement of G
II. Allen, a banker Of Paulding. 0,
"Ohio and Indiana should become as
great producers Of sugar as Michigan"
said Mr. Allen. land they will unless
| hostile legislation by congress inter.
feres with the natural development Of
this industry. In Paulding county
alone, although the beet sugar factory
here has been in operation only two
years, the value of farm property has
! increased $5,O0O,OOO as u result OF the
! Introduction Of sugar beet culture. An
other result has been the investment Of
! $5,OOO,OOO or more in other beet sugar
factories in this section Of the state
within the past year, which IN turn
will vastly increase the value of the
farm land surrounding them, adding
$50 100000 or more to the agricultural
! wealth of this region.
aside from the direct financial re-
turns that have followed the estab-
lishment Of the sugar beet industry IN
Ohio, there are numerous other benefits
which, though not so direct, are no
less important To obtain good results
from beet culture farmers have found
it necessary to put more hand labor
on the land The result Is that thou.
sands of men. women and children
are being taken from the overcrowd-
ed sections Of the cities Of the state
and set to work on the land, back to
the farm movement that is Of real
practical value.
This increased tillage Of the soil is
the very best-and. in fact, the only
effective-means of overcoming the
weeds that are the chronic enemies Of
the farmer choking his crops and ex-
hausting his soil. Besides all this. we
have found that every other crop rails
ed upon land that has been put into
sugar beets shows greatly increased
yield.
upon a piece of land that had been
In beets the previous season l myself
raised seventy bushels Of oats to the
acre, while across the fence one Of my
neighbors, on exactly the same kind Of
land, got yield Of not quite fifty. Last
year on another piece of land that had
been used for sugar beets l grew fifty
bushels Of wheat to the acre where the
ordinary crop is between twenty-five
and twenty-five bushels. Farmers have
learned so we'll that sugar land in
creases the yield of oats that when they
are in conversation among themselves
and one reports yield Of from seventy
to ninety bushels an acre the other will
reply: You have raised it on sugar
beet land. That accounts for it.
'"This year there will be taken from
Ohio cities to the country to work in
the beet fields over 5000 people, and
yet this Industry is only beginning in
the state. Ohio ought to have twenty
FIVE beet sugar factories, and Indiana,
equally favorably located and with land
peculiarly fitted to this crop, should
have an equal number"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
Would Save S1OO,OOO,o0o
Yearly, Says Secretary Wilson.
SUGAR BETS The REMEDY.
We Could Raise Enough Of Thorn In
One States, Declares the Secretary Of
Agriculture, to Supply the Needs Of
the Whole Nation.
BY JAMES WILSON,,
Secretary Of Agriculture.

One would think that we had enough
sunshine and wind and rain In this
country for all our needs. but at pres
ent we are paying out to foreign ma
lions the good round sum Of $1OO,0OO
600 each year for these things. This
amount slips away from us for our an
nual importations Of sugar. which
comes simply from the carbon dioxlde
of the atmosphere. There Is no reason
why we should not save this amount
for our own people. our farmers and
laborers. and so on. We could grow
enough sugar beets in single state 10
supply the needs Of the entire nation.
I hope some day we shall grow all the
sugar we need right here at home. But
at present we are paying this enormous
sum each year to the cane producer ID
the tropics. employing the cheapest Ia
Dor under foreign flag.
When | first entered the cabinet as
Secretary of Agriculture under Presl-
dent Mckinley in 1897 had been con-
nected with the Iowa State Agricul-
tural college for six years. and out
there we had made experiments which
taught us the great value Of the sugar
beet not only for its sugar, but as HI
aid to the other crops and IN us ny
products as food for the stock.
We made experiments with all sorts
of root crops-potatoes, sugar beets'
turnips. and so onto ascertain when
would be the most profitable for the
Iowa farmers and dairymen. We had
4 large herd of dairy cows. and we
tested these different vegetables on
the cows to learn their effect In the
production of milk and butter. we
found that we could not get good re-
quits from turnips. potatoes and cab
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26

methods. The growing of these
crops until within few years could
not have been ranked as agriculture
! but should have been described as
highway robbery of the soil. AS re-
| suit the average production per acre OF
these crops has fallen to a minimum. &
Farming. for one thing, must be
made more attractive. 1t should be
made more profitable. This will be
done as our farmers learn more thor
oughly the principles Of intensive cult
walton and get knowledge Of the
| methods of feeding the soil and of the
rotation of crops.
."To this end l have been preaching
for the past thirty years the gospel Of
the sugar beet.
1.-THE production Of the sugar beet
| requires the highest style Of intensive
culture that science has been able 70
suggest. The principles Of feeding the
sugar crops. the methods Of culture
and handling. the attention and skill
of the workers, are such as to create IN
every field and factory devoted to
sugar culture an agricultural expert
ment station Of the highest type. The
soil and climatic conditions in the great
er part of the United States are thor
oughly favorable to beet culture. and
America Is the greatest sugar market
in the world.
'In the case of the sugar beet the
crops which are grown in rotation with
it yield very much larger returns than
when the old fashioned system of agri-
culture prevailed. The reflex action Of
this influence becomes benefit to
American agriculture the value OF
which it would be difficult to measure
in dollars and cents.
wherever the sugar beet Is cult
waited the farmers are all prosperous.
no matter what kind Of other crops
they raise. The beet generally i'm
proves the productiveness Of the soil in
all kinds of agriculture. 1t causes the
employment Of more labor and indi-
rectly benefits commerce and transpor-
tation and produces in every commu-
nifty conditions Of prosperity in agri.
culture which it would be difficult to
bring about in any other way.
THE culture Of the beet brings into
the neighborhood the large sugar fac
tory using fuel and other raw mate
rial. with its complement Of laborers
and experts, thus giving a better and
more profitable market to the surround
ing farmers for all their products.
"While there has been general tend
ency toward the reduction Of tariff du-
ties. this tendency has not reached in
many cases the extent of the abolition
Of import duties altogether. In any
changes of this sort let as much as pos
sible be saved to the farmer. In view
Of the great Importance of domestic
sugar production to the prosperity Of
the American farmer. If tariff adjust
ments are to be made. believe that
this should be the last rather than the
first point at which to remove the GUS
toms duty.
Zone of the best things about sugar
beet culture from the point of view Of
agricultural improvement is that 1t fits
in so perfectly with dairying and stock
growing. 1t is. of course. one Of the
elementary facts Of practical dairying
that the rearing and keeping of live
stock afford the easiest, cheapest and
most natural means Of improving the
fertility of the SOIL"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
SAVED THE coLoRs.
A Nero Whe Was Buried Wrappe1 =
HE FIas BY the Enemy.

A Mere Whe Was Buried WrappsA =
HE FLAG BY the Enemy.
During the Austro- Prussian war .
body of Prussian soldiers came upon Z
ditch half full Of wounded and dying
Austrians. Among those who were
badly wounded was young omcer.
They found him lying on bis back In
the wet ditch. Touched with pity for
him, some Of the Prussians went to
him and wished to remove him 70 that
he might be attended to BY the SUR
geon. But he besought them to leave
him alone, telling them that Ne felt
quite comfortable. Soon after this be
died. Then when they lifted bis body
they found why he had begged them
to leave him alone. He had been thu
standard bearer for his regiment
In the terrible battle OF the day tho
far had been torn into tatters. and
when he was sore wounded 30 that he
soon must die his soldier spirit was
still strong within him. and rather
than let the "bit Of rag fall into the
enemy's hand be folded 1t up and
placed it beneath him 50 that none
might see it. This was why he wonld
not let himself be moved BY the kind
" Prussian soldiers He would die
protecting the precious nag.
His toes were so touched BY Ms no
BILE action that they would not take
away the trophy, but wrapped
around him that 1t might be buried
Nth him
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
Experience Proves That State
Can Grow Beets as Well as
Any Member Of the Union.
Could Easily Produce All
Its Sugar at Home.

Sixty thousand tons of Iowa sun
,hine bringing to the farmers of the
tate S. a ton, or nearly third of
million dollars altogether, will have
peen manufactured into the finest suS,
lr and used upon the tables OF the
country before another spring rolls
around as the result Of the sugar beet
harvest for 1912, which has brought to
the farmers of this state return per
lcre far higher than that Of any other
general crop. True, Iowa at present
has only one beet sugar factory. and
thus at its maximum capacity can
turn out only about 100000 pounds
a year. one-tifteenth of the states con-
sumption of sugar. At present Iowa
consumes more than 15OOOO,000 pounds
of sugar annually, so that for the re-
manning fourteenth teenths 1t sends
out of the state nearly $S,OOOOOO
year.
Careful investigation, however. has
shown that with proper encourage
ment for this industry. Iowa is amply
able to produce all her own sugar,
thus not only conserving this large
sum to her farmers and factories, but
largely increasing the yield Of other
crops grown in rotation with the sug-
ar beet. No less an authority than
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Is an
enthusiastic advocate of the home
production Of all our own sugar What
such an accomplishment would mean
to Iowa is Indicated by Henry A wal
lace in writing on this subject In Wal
lace's Farmer.
Germany. with an area of about four
times that Of Iowa." says Mr. Wallace,
"grows about million acres of sugar
beets and produces about one and one
half million tons Of sugar. The aver
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26

bages because Of deleterious acid
that affected the butter, but from
sugar beets we got a fine quality OF
butter. The Importance of this Is IN
the fact that the farmer needs to use
q root crop in his rotation to clear
the ground. The cultivation required
by such crop improves the yield OF
all succeeding crops.
Europe had learned the value of the
beet. and the northern continental ma
tons were making their own sugar
from it and by using it in, rotation
with other crops had been obtaining
surprisingly big yields per acre. But
here we had been backward in realiz-
ing its Importance. The year l came
into the cabinet the United States had
produced only. 10000 tons Of beet
sugar.
I managed to get public spirited per
sons to contribute beet seed to begin
investigations, and we found that the
two northern tiers Of states had the
most favorable conditions for beet cul-
ture. We made elaborate inquiries.
sent seed in all directions and had the
beets sent back to us for testings.
At the same time we st; ted en-
couraging beet growing in the north
we began to stimulate the growing OF
rice in the south. And I anticipated
that by this time our farmers would
be growing enough of each Of these
products for our needs. But, while they
grow today substantially as much rice
as is consumed in the United States.
the beet crop furnishes only small
proportion Of our sugar. 1t Is more
difficult to educate our farmers to
beet raising. 1t is more complicated
form Of activity.
Last year our sugar beet crop netted
500, 455 tons Of sugar. worth $65,5O5.-
600. OF this the farmers received about
$2635O.OOO for the beets, fraction
over 40 per cent The beet tops brought
So an acre. amounting to $1.35S.47S:
the pulp deft after the sugar is ex-
tracted from the beets, was worth
S.. $3.50. los and the molasses, BY
product Of the sugar. $1,211.O36. So
the total value of the crop was over
$7OOO0,OOO.
There is no more profitable crop than
the sugar beet
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
PLANT THAT IMPROVES SOIL.
Tho Sugar Beet Increases Yield of
Other Crops.

Other Crops.
How sugar beets improve the fertil-
lty OF the soil and increase the yield of
all crops grown in rotation with them
is explained in the National Magazine
by Truman G.. Palmer, who has spent
the past ten years in studying agricul-
tural methods in Europe and America.
1.-THE sugar beet being deep rooter,"
says Mr.. Palmer. "a prerequisite to its
culture is that the soil be stirred to a
depth of ten to fourteen inches. The
tender beetlet having to undergo the
shock of thinning soon after 1t comes
up in order to leave but one beet to
place, it demands we'll prepared, mel
low seed bed. Gathering the sugar in
it's leaves from the atmosphere by the
aid Of the light and storing it up in the
roots, it will not thrive if the light is
cut off through being shaded by weeds.
and their eradication means not only a
further stirring Of the soil by cultiva-
ton and hoeing. but they are removed
before going to seed. thus leaving
NEEDLESS fields for succeeding crops.
Being plowed out in autumn gives an
extra fall blowing. which leaves the
land in condition to absorb instead Of
shed the fall and winter rains and store
up the moisture for the following sea-
sons crop. With the removal Of the
main root myriads Of fibrous roots are
broken off and left in the soil to an
average of ton to the acre. and in
rotting they not only deposit humus In
the lower strata Of soil. but leave mi
mute channels through which it be-
comes aerated and hence fertile. The
roots of subsequent crops follow these
interstices and draw nutriment. from
two and three times the depth Of soil
formerly reached, and hence the farm
ers double and treble their soil output
without increasing their acreage"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
THE GOSPEL OF
THE SUGAR BEET
Or. Harvey " Wiley breaches
Il to Farmers.
A WONDERFUL TRANSFORMER.
wherever the Sugar Beet Is Oultivat.
ed" Dr.. Wiley Declares, 1.-The Farm
ers Arc All Prosperous"-America
Fully Fifty Years Behind Europe.

Farming practices in vogue upon a
great majority Of the cultivated tracts
in America are obsolete" declares DR..
Harvey w Wiley, former chief chem
list of the Department Of Agriculture.
I'm agriculture we are fully fifty
years behind Europe. and the better
utilization of our farm resources Is one
of the most important problems before
the country
"Old fashioned, slipshod methods of
producing wheat and cotton and corn
are still in vogue in over 95 per cent
Of the country devoted to these indus
tries" said DR.. Wiley. continuing his
impeachment Of our lax farming
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
Evolution Of n PLAY.

'They tell me that plays are hnlif
up. Is that SOP"
ut is." answered the playwright
"Here is the method. cop a joke.
tell it around. and 1t goes Next !
make a dialogue Of It. Then ! add =
character, and it becomes vandeytl'e
sketch. II it still goes good we make
three acts of it, and then it's a play. -
Kansas City Journal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
MhiIs He Waited.

Little Girl - Mr.. Lingerlong. Il
quietus something you wear? The
Young Man-No. Miss Kitty. Why q"
you ask that? Little Girl--'CAusf !
heard sister tell mamma the other day
she was going to put quietns on you
the next time you came. = Chicngo'
Tribune.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26

The trst Ingredient in conversation.
Is truth. the next good sense. the third.
good humor and the fourth wit--Sif
William Temple.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
Sarcastic,

Wffe-Any fashions In that paper.
Jack? Jack (who has just settled 4
dressmaker's bill>-Yes. but they're no
use to you. dear. It's yesterdays pc
per.-London Opinion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
Would Help Some.

Would Help Some.
what good does 1t do woman for
q man to he willing to die for her ?" he
grumbleL.
HE might carry a big life lnsnr
ahce. you know" she limited. = Baltt-
more American. HI
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-02-09
Something Entirely New.

An announcement of more than or
binary interest l. made elsewhere In
this issue 10y the ST.LWtIS GLOBE.
DEMW RAT. That sterling new -
paper nov sends 0ut a. Il part of the
FRIDAY issue Of It's "Tw icc-a- Week"
edition, an RAJ AND
FAMILY MAGAZINE section of 4
pages, with outside covers In colors.
containing good stories, useful farm
information valuable hints to house
keepers and many other features Of
interest TO every member OF the fam
fly. Moreover. II oilers 10 accept sub
script ions for the paper, including the
MAGAZINE section, al lie special
rate Of ONE nLLAk Fol, TWO
YEARS, or for TWO YEARLY sub
scriptions In the same order. The
regular price Of the paper alone Is
one dollar per year. This special Of.
fer will be- open until further notice,
hut may be withdrawn at amy time.
Read the announcement and send In
your order promptly,
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-02-09
For Sale.

Not lee Is hereby given that ! will
sell ihc property known rs the Eliza
beth Pierce residence. sill ualrd one
aud onr.liall blocks south of the
Court House square. on Lots ) and :.
l'lock III, In ilr original town Of Gre.
gon. Missouri This property consists
of a frame house IN good conditions;
Il rooms, closets, porches, wood house,
barn. cave. and almost TWO lots of
ground, This property will m sold
l"i mren nov and the l2ih oi Frbru.
AIRY, 1917. pursuant Ia the viii of
Elizabeth Pierce, deceased. Can or
write BERT q. PIERCE.
Executor,
Oregon, Missouri.
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-02-09
SATURDAY, FEB. II, 1912,

See G. j. Thurman for "a Horse
Blankets and Robes.
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-02-09
Sec Yourself

! will br ready 10 take your Pie.
lures 10y the first Of May also will
have fun line of Ladies' and Gent 5
Furnishing Goods and Household and
Kitchen supplies, a, prices that will
please every one. Keep This ON your
mind you will bc surprised, Come
to sire me. =. NJ. IOOk.
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-02-09
ATTENTION, COMRADES.

Members Of Meyer Post, G. a. II. ,
viii please remember their next meet
Ing viii he held Saturday, Feb. 24th
1912, at 2:3j p. m, at the home of
Thomas G. Frye Let there he a
full attendance.
r.. &. FULLER, Commander.
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-02-09
"KIDDIES SIX"

Anyone Wishing n book of Riddles
Six" 10y win NJ. Maupin, can have
same by leaving their order with
Whit Maupin, AT this Office. beliv.
cred To any part of the city. Price,
Sl.W. Both phones.
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-02-09
For Sale.

! have three coming 2.year.old mare
mules and one coming year.Old horse
mule for sale. JOHN MARKT,
Farmers Phone. Oregon, Mo.
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-02-09

John I4ovelady, wife and daugh.
ter, are back In the CurzOn district,
after . few days visit with brother
VIII, Of Mound City.
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-02-09
Farms For Sale!.

No. l-i2oa improved Oregon per
2172i improved miles miles r. II.
No 3soa improved ~ miles $500
No. 4 a,Ia, improved miles $500
No 52Di. small Improvements: 5000
No 6i0a improved miles miles Forc, city:
No. 7sa mpro,cl miles miles Forest City:
No s 2ioa, improvel miles Forest Ciy $4,000
No. a+a improvcd miles miles
No. 10 oila improved miles of Craig
No IL a,a sets Improvements: y miles $500
NO. 26a small improvements miles Oregon u miles r. r. will sell
trade.
No. 3 na small - miles Oregon; 5000
NO. is'i small improvements: miles Oregon sGj
No. 10 a sets small miles
No IL Sa, improved - miles Forest tiy 5000 per
No Il 2l0' improved miles Forest Cy slJ,Oo
No. sJa unmproved: mile Napier; 80. per
" you have farm cheap land where for
sale trade listing elsewhere have Holt
county land Oklahoma. Western Kansas
Pan Handle Texas Missouri.
For Results. o Write.
A. w. GOTTEN.
OREGON, Both Phones, ia. MISSOURI.
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-02-09
leases we're filed during the year 1911:

Total. ss93.3j5 s519,sO1
Tie value Of each warranty trans.
action was s3.32i. The average value
In 1910 was $500.
The average OF each trust deed filed
was s2,36o. That Of 1910 was s2,41s.
The total number of instruments
filed were: Warranty and quit claims,
IE,: trust deeds. 81. chattel mort
cages. 81: marriage licenses, III: to.
tai. 1863.
The heaviest land deal during the
year was that Of W. &. Stevenson TO
W. II. richards, s3j,Ooo.
Onc.third Of the total value Of the
warranty transactions were filed dur.
ing the month Of March.
The largest amount Of bank depos.
its a, the publishing Of the Official
statements was at the close of bust.
ness In March, 1911, tl.772.TJl. The
largest amour, on deposit was IN
February, 1910, ~ ,sl3, 200.
Below will he found "a list of the
larges, deals during the year 1911,
involving 5000 or over:
Andes. Emma. to Chas. Il.
Owens. 10 "A in ~. III. 81 CO.,. SlO.ON
BlOoner, W. to i. u. Comm.
SOa In III, J................ G.'rhl
Iiuntl, NJ, to Jno llornccker.
s0a In ~, 80. 3I.............. s.0oo
Burger. h.. To Wallace Vance.
sna In ~ ~, - ............. s.OuO
l;ahlcr. 4. W.. to q. Sommers.
2lj a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2o.57l
l;aha. H., to ". u. Miles. lOoa
IN ~. I'll, ~ .................. IO,OW
Bayla. H.. toG.L. Miles, i~a
In -. ~. ~ ................ lO.wU
I.urricr. A.. to &. NJ. Morga,
l,lj IN ~. IA, .is............. 6,hn
baldwin, T.. o., to l.. &. Nun.
kers, lands IN ~ and ~. III,
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Brunt meyer, r. j., to Jas.
jackson. TO q IN ~. ~. - . ij.NO
bush. Jas. Ia :. 4. Pottin.
ger. ~ a In ~. III. - ......... $500
Comm, j. H.. to u. !. liillr!, ~
u In ~. :i,.................... 1850
Cation, ". r., To \. Is. Cation,
~ a In ri. ~, D............., 300
{ allow, ". H.. to ". &. Steven.
..., q. "a, IA .unl
Callow. ". T.. TOT \ Callow,
~ u IN NJ. ~, - ,..........., 300
a. C., toe \ Owens,
III u In ~, ~, ~ E. ....,.... s,hn
Cummins, NJ. a., To Jos. u.
Murray. 100 a In %, 90, IT.. G,'aU
'o,nbs, Jno. j.. to Henry Nord.
loh, ~ a in ~, ~, i0........ 200
Dcncan. II. A., to T.. Kaufman,
100 u In an.d3. y ............, o,loo
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lands In -, ~, W......,..., l2,0D
dickson, y to lIy Kern, lands
III M. ~, ,,,,,,,.s......,.. lh,hD
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