The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-04-11
OFFERS GREAT
F Or INDIANA
Larger Yields of All Crops
Following Beet Culture
Boost Value of
Farm Lands.

900, ,0cc III rHa rrrue paT11ice oI tue
state.
That Is only one. and the less i'm
portant, of the beneficial results that
would follow the utilization of com
paratively small portion of Indiana s
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 be It's effect in adding tremen-
dously 10 the farm wealth of the state
by increasing the yield of other crops
grown In rotation with sugar beets.
Experience I'm countries like France
md Ger'nanY. '-''r' q SUGAR beets have
heen gr0WI fn" uLtly years on q large
scale, show that from land which Is
planted 10 this crop one year in four
the yield of wheat, oats and other
cereals grown In the Intervening years
Is Increased FROM III TO 80 per cent.
Records collected from American farm
ers In sections whore beet culture has
been followed for number of years
show that the yield OF other crops
grown In rotation with beets has in
creased an average Of "A per cent.
The Yield Of wheat on these lands adj
vanced from .G9 bushels per acre TO
AL. Corn went up from 4l.6 bushels
10 aS.l afd oats from 100 to 6O.6
bushels. TIE effect OF the deep plow-
Ing ana thorough cultivation required
by sugar beots In boosting the Yields /
OF the other crops grown In successive
years is all the mo.'c striking. as the
yields obtained h. these farmers be-
fore beginning si.gar beet cultivation
were we'll above the average. Amply
ing this rate CT iacgcasc To Indiana
farms would mean that tie agricul-
tural wealth OF the state would be I'm.
creased S25.eG000O IL year by the gen
eral adoption Of sugar beet growing.
Not olly does tie establishment OF
the sugar beet industry add directly
to the wealth OF the state from the
money II brings in or keeps at home
ana Indirectly through the increase of
other farm crops grown In rotation !
with beets, but 1t 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 own l
sugar and ships considerable amount {
To other markets, its effect upon farm {
values and business prosperity I'm the Y
sections surrounding the factories is
clearly marked. Many of the farms I'm q
these districts were heavily mortgaged :
ten years ago. The mortgages have =
been paid Off so rapidly that today al
most the only farms In the sugar coun- y
Try that are not debt free are those II
mat have been bought I'm the past few n
years by newcomers who want to share I
II the prosperity that accompanies this s
,rop. Bank deposits have gone ,ip. 7
The sellers OF agricultural implements 4
Try goods men and dealers In all other
ines tell OF improved sales and report
hat collections of bills are made with :
much greater promptneSs wherever the
ugar industry has been introduced Ct
{. A. Dugan, banker Of Decatur. u
7ho has watched the development OF 1e
he industry there, keeping careful rec. ey
rd OF business transactions In the city. sl
rs estimated that the value of land In nj
he city and on the surrounding farms N
Or distance OF several miles has ris- ~;
n nearly - per cent since the fac
ory's establishment This is not sur
rising In view of the fact that I'm ev-
~ case where the beet sugar industry
as been established In any part OF the al
,untry n gain of from 30 10 100 per OF
mt has taken place In land values WI
ithin three or four years When the TO
,et sugar factory at Paulding. o.. not WI
II from Decatur, was started two i. =
ears ago the same upward tendency ev
land prices WAS observed. and IL -
Is been found that the Increase since CIV
at time has totaled more than 81.
0.O0O in Pauldins county alone. tn'
The adjo.Aing state of Michigan. th'
hose soil produces bcets In no wa,
perior To those OF Indiana, now has Coz
venteen beet sugar factories. Indiana an,
ud support no less than 1876 if al on,
e available land We're used for th, -,
Dp only one year I'm four While this
ure represents Il distant possibilie
ere Is no reason why the state should tns
: have from fifteen 10 Twenty-Five uls
IN establishments. Taking the low hel
figure. fifteen factories would pie
AN that when they We're we'll under
" the state would have a yearly In he,
ne OF $15,0OO,0O0 year for sugar .co
ne. or this huge sum $500 600 .S
uld- So directly 10 tina farmers for