The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-30

factories are now located in many parts
of both these regions. They are demon
strating clearly every year the advantages
of more effective methods.
Farmers have discovered that sugar
beets offer an additional crop for the
cycle of rotation adapted to any locality.
Since 1t requires intense cultivation, it is
preferable to many other crops for rota-
.tion purposes. It leaves the land cleaner
and the soil in better condition. Most
farmers who have grown beets for a
considerable time will now admit that
beet lands are very much improved for
general purposes; that the yields are
steadily increasing. This is especially
true IN the tobacco districts of Wisconsin,
and the potato districts of Colorado,
Utah, Montana and California, and the
cabbage, peppermint and broom-corn dis
tricts of New York. The animal in
dustries throughout the country where
beets are grown and sugar manufactured
are especially affected. Beets and the
,by-products from the factory tend to
promote these industries. They aid the
dairyman, the feeder and the breeder.
They encourage greater production OF
stock. They aid in the maintenance of
the soil through ~augmenting the sup
plies Of barnyard manure. .
"A larger use of the b~y-products re-
sulting from the beet sugar industry is
one Of its principal hopes. We are in
our infancy also in this regard. Europe
has worked out this problem. With our
great s~tock-feeding interests we should
better appreciate the value of these by
products. It must be evident that in the
improvement of methods and appliances
used on farms and In factories lies a
great opportunity for the future growth
.of the beet sugar industry.
'"The sugar industry Is rapidly as
Stunning great importance in this country.
No manufacturing industry so intimately
associated with and dependent upon agri-
culture has ever shown such wonderful
development, such far-reaching influence
in the stimulation and up-building of the
whole system OF agriculture"
In this connection it is also pointed
|out that should only 100000 acres, or
considerably less than the land now te"d
for the cultivation of fax be planted TO
sugar beets, American farmers could
produce at home all the sugar consumed
In this country and get approximately
$1o0000m yearly for their labor. In
view of these conditions experts here
agree that the sugar beet is likely to
become one Of the countrys most Inn
portant crops provided the conditions
affecting the industry are not so dis
turbed by legislation as to leave the
American farmer in this respect at the
mercy of his European competitors with
their cheaper labor and stimulating
bounties and duties. OF late years the
value Of this crop is apparently becoming
better understood and its growing popu-
larity has been marked, as is graphically
illustrated by the report Of the Depart
ment in which Secretary Wilson says {:
"the beet sugar production of 1912 is
about one-hfth of the national consump-
ton of sugar and illustrates what can
be done under the protection of the law
and in consequence of practical and we'll
directed efforts. AS the beet sugar in
lterest in the United States develops,
interest in 1t grows and its importance
In the business affairs of the country be-
comes greater. The establishment OF
beet sugar factories must proceed logical
ly. The men who invest money In
factories must feel satisfied that required
conditions are present before proceeding
Ito establish plants" Taking into con-
sideration the efhcacious aid at hand and
the results which have already been &C
complished through its use, it seems
likely that Secretary Wilson'S plea for
more careful Selection of crops to be
planted Is likely to bring about most
important and ~fsr~reaching results in the
i agricultural development of the country