The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-10-24
GREAT
FOR INDIANA
Larger Yields of All Crops
Following Beet Culture
Boost Value Of
Farm Lands.

O00CCD1n' inc rI-rue parrrrce Oh the
state.
That Is only one. and the less I'M
portant, OF the beneficial results tnat
would follow the utilization of a COM
paratively small portion of Indiana 8
farm lands for the production OF the
sugar. which the people of the state
are consuming in yearly increasing
quantities. OF still greater value
would he its effect in adding tremen-
douslv to the farm wealth of the state
by increasing the yield of other crops
grown IN rotate with sugar beets.
ExDcr;enre In countries like France
Fnd Gprrnanv. where sugar beets have
Accn m~..,fn far many years on large
scale. Sspw sAAt from laal whicn Is
planted - c.@p one year IL four
the Yield OF wheat, oats and other
cereals grown i'm .he intervening years
is Increased fro.! 20 to 50 per cent
Records collected froiJ American farm
ers in sections where beet culture has
been followed for nuInber of years
grown in rotation with bcets has in
creased an average Of II per cent.
The yield OF wheat on these lands ad-
vanced from 26.D bushels per acre to
AL Corn went Up from 4l.6 bushels
to 53.1 ami oats from 400 to COG
bushels. The-rIcct of the deep plow-
ing and tho r,u;,h cultivation required
by sugdy E,sts in boosting the yields
of the ,sls,ss rt,.ii grown in successive
years is AZ the mere striking. as the
yields oh;a.sied by these farmers be-
fore beei.m ...I ,cgdr beet cultivation
were wei ;.iiote The average. Apply
| ing this rate cf i..c.c;lse to Indiana
farms worll ruean that the agricul-
/ tural wc,l,A 0e the state would be in
! creased - 1apG0o year by the gen
eral adop.icA Of sugar beet growing.
Not only does the establishment of
the sugar beet industry add directly
to the wealth of the state from the
money it brings in or keeps at home
and indirectly through the increase of
other farm crops grown in rotation
with beets. but it also adds greatly to
the market value Of farm lands.
In Michigan. where the sugar beet in
dustry has reached such proportions
/ that the state produces all its OWL
sugar and ships Il considerable amount
! to other markets. its effect upon farm
values and business prosperity in the
sections surrounding the factories is
clearly marked. Many of the farms in
these districts were heavily mOrtgageC
ten years ago. The mortgages have
been paid off SO rapidly that today al
most the only farms in the sugar cOun
try that are not debt free are those
that have been bought in the past few
years by newcomers who want to share
in the prosperity that accompanies thi:
crop. Bank deposits have gone up
The sellers of agricultural implements
dry goods men and dealers in all Other
lines tell of improved sales and reror
that collections of bills are made will
much greater promptneSs wherever th'
, sugar industry has been introduced
: c.. A. Dugan, banker of Decatur
who has watched the development o.
: the industry there, keeping careful rec
ord of business transactions in the city
e has estimated that the value of land IL
f the city and on the surrounding farms
] for q distance of several miles hos ris
:, en- nearly % per cent since the fac
e tory's establishment. This is not sur
D prising in view of the fact that in ev
), cry case where the beet sugar industr.
: has been established In any part Of tn
t country gain of from 30 To 100 pc
: cent has taken place in land value
r within three or four years. When tn
e beet sugar factory 1T Pauldins. O.. NJ
: far from Decatur. WAS started tw
G years ago the same upward tenaenc
I of land prices was observed. and
S has been fornG that the increase sine
S that time has totnlcd more than So
e 600. .OO0 In Pauldng county alone.
! The adjoining state OF Michigan
: whose soil produces hcetS In no va
e seventeen beet sugar factories. Indian
/. could support no less than 1G6 if a
IL the available land were used for IN
" crop only one year I'm four. While thi
: figure represents distant posSlbilis9
= there is no reason why the state shoul
= no. have from fifteen 10 twenty-fiv
:, such establishments. Taking the low
!, est figure. fifteen factories woul
:, mean that when they were well unde
:. way the state would have a yearly IL
=, come of $15.O00.000 a year for suga
alone. or this huge sum SS.5000C
would 90 directly to the farmers Il