The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-08-07
AL STATES
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record crop. The land increased 50 per
cent In value as result Of beet rails
ing.
Virgil Stockton Of Greeley had two
pieces OF land side by side. one Of ten
acres. the other Of seven. The ten acre
Datch. after several crops Of alfalfa,
wac put into potatoes and yielded lJO
bushels to the acre. The seven acre
field. after growing beets. produced 1877
bushels OF potatoes to the acre. Mr..
stockton reported that not Only did he
get thirty-seven bushels more to the
acre from his beet improved land. but
that the crop was better In quality and
tie market.
"has Made Better Farming"
David Snyder OF Platteville increased
his wheat yield from thirty to thirty
five bushels to thirty Ave to fifty bush
els per acre. his oats from twenty to
twenty-five TO fifty to seventy five. bar
ley from twenty-five to thirty to sew
enty to eighty-flve and his potatoes
from crop that was practically worth
less to 200 bushels.
From Avondale report came In
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
lhirty to fifty. beans from twelve to
eighteen bushels and hay from three to
90
report added: Before the Introduction
Of sugar beet raising farming was con-
luctei in very loose way. As 1t Is
impossible to raise sugar beets at
profit without employing the best farm
ing methods, 1t has made better farm
ers. Grain and all other crops do well
following beets."
Farm Values Rise.
With direct returns from sugar beet
land running from So to $S5 an acre,
after paying for all the labor required
to make the crop, and with its demon
strated effect in increasing the yield
Of succeeding crops, 1t Is not surpris-
ing to find that the erection Of beet
suGay factories has in every case added
greatly to the value OF surrounding
farm land as soon as the Industry has
become established. While the rate
Of increase varies greatly In different
parts OF the state, farmers aud real
estate men familiar with conditions in
all sections report that land near
sugar factory i almost uniformly
quoted at from $50 to $5O~nn acre
higher than land of equal fertility and
equal irrigation facilities outside the
factory radius. 1t is conservative
estimate that the beet sugar industry
has added between $SO.OOO.OOO and
S1OO.OOO.OOO to the permanent wealth
Of Colorado since its establishment
here
Beet 3uia a. Feed.
Two industries that have proflted
greatly from the development Of the
Colorado sugar industry are stock
feeding and poultry raising. 1t is
widely known that beet pulp is one of
the best feeds In the world for cattle.
and great demand for 1t is growing
up among feeders and dairymen in all
parts Of the country. 1t remained.
however. for Il Colorado poultryman to
discover the merits of the sugar beet
for fecdin.. chickens, a discovery that
Is especially important in view of the
high price of grain. He found that his
chickens were very fond of beets. pick
ing to pieces the whole roots thrown
to them. A little experimenting
showed that with Il little corn on the
side sugar heets made an excellent
diet Tor poultry. and now great many
poultry raiserS grow Il patch of sugar
beets in order to furnish feed from
their own land. Tho saving is so great
that poultry raisin= is attracting a
hood of the cities or of convenient
shipping points.
co!orade'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 it has distributed
among her farmers, wcrkmcn and 9th
er citizens. Colorado has more at stake
than any other member of the Unior
in the preservation and development OF
sugar production in the United States
If the policy Of encouraging the growth
within the United States of the sugal
required to feed the American people
continues to receive the encoura gemen
of the federal government. as it has fol
the past fifteen years. there seems II
be no doubt that Colorado will con
tinue to lead in this industry and t.
add millions Of dollars n year to the
returns from her beet fields and facto
ries. That this is important to the con
Nmers as well as to the producers OF
sugar was shown plainly enough ;
year ago, when sugar, which had gon,
| slyrocketins up to 10 cents a pound il
| the grocery stores and was being Solt
| mt wholesale by the trust and other re
| fineries at from S6.75 to $3.50 hun