Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-01
WILSON SOUNDS WAkNINO
FOR BETTER CROP SELECTION
Now Waste Money and Labor Secretary Of Agriculture
Growing Improbable Crops Land Adapted to
Products diving Far Greater Returns-Cfss
Sugar Industry Example.

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 il requires intense cultivation, il is
preferable TO many other crops for rota-
ton purposes II 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 augmcnting the sup
plies of barnyard manure.
"A larocr use of the by-products re
sultinR 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 ockfeeding interests we should
better appreciate the value of these by
products. 1t 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
suming great importance in tins 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, OF
considerably less than the land now used
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 approximate
$lgOW00OO yearly for their labor In
view OF these conditions experts here
agree that the sugar beet is likely 70
become one of the country's most i'm
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 !,
about one-hfth OF the national consump
ton of sugar and illustrates what car
be done under the protection OF the Law
and in consequence OF practical and well
directed efforts As the beet sugar in
terest in the United States develop
interest in it grows and its importanc
in the business affairs Of the country BE-
comes greater The establishment 9
beet sugar factories must proceed logical
ly. The men who invest money il
factories must feel satisfied that require
conditions are present before proceedinl
to establish plants" Taking into cor
sideration the efficacious aid at hand anc
the results which have already been az
complished through its use, it seem
likely that Secretary Wilson's plea TO-
more careful selection of crops to
planted is likely to bring about mos
important and far-reaching results in ii,
agricultural development of the country