Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-03
SUGAR FACTORY
CAMPAIGN ENDS
Most Satisfactory in History
of Local Plant
RECORD BREAKING RUN
FOR THREE MONTHS
Closed on Monday Night-fact0ry
VIII be Overhauled and Ex-
tensive improvements rlade

At 7:lO on Tuesday night the
big whistle announced that the
1912 campaign at the Rocky Ford
factory of the A IN @ r II b g t
Sugar Co. WAS at an end. The
last of the beets We're sliced on
Saturday night when about half of
the factory force was let 60, but
the "sugaring OFF, gangs did not
complete their labors until tho
year had almost closed.
beginning as it did an Sept. %
ten days earlier than in 1911,
and ending on Dec. 81 twelve days
later than last year-the campaign
of 1912 was the longest in recent
years, having lasted for 81 days.
Not only is the campaign just
closed to be noted for it's length
bnt it will be memorable as the
most successful in the history of
the Rocky Ford factory. At the
opening of the campaign it was
estimated thntl2O, 0OOtons of sugar
heets would disappear within the
huge NAV of the local plant, but
at the windup it has been found
that this estimate has been exceed
ed by over lO,0)O tons.
And not only has the tonnage
been greater than even the highest
estimates, but the sugar content
as well has been away above ex-
pectations, SO that the manufact-
urers, growers and employees are
all highly pleased, and the COM
munity is steadily resping the ben
eft of the prosperous condition.
During the campaign the Rocky
Ford factory has paid its employ
es close to $4,000, while the
growers have received more than
SS50,0O0, which makes snug sum
over one million dollars that this
community has been benefited by
the beet sugar industry in three
months time.
\ short rest will he taken by
the all. the-year-around employees
before work is begun upon the ex-
tensive alterations and improve
ments planned for the local fact
ory. 1t is reported that a new
and enlarged beet dump of the
very latest design will take the
place of the present dump, and
many improvements will be made
in the sugar end, which will keep
our factory one of the best equip
ped i'll the country.
The Beet-Sugar Industry.
The U. S. Department OF Agricul-
ture's report on the beet-sugar indus
try OF the United States in the years
IoIo-I0GI. was issued Dec. 20. 1912.
by Secretary Wilson in 73-pagc
pamphlet which contains articles no
the work OF the Bureau of Plant In
dustry on sugar beets, n general re-
view OF the beet-sugar industry i'll the
United States, the sugar beet in Euro
pean agricultural economy, relation
of adoption to the Improvement of
sugar-beet varieties for American
conditions. farm practice in the Ar
kansas Valley. Colorado, suggestion
on cultural methods in the sugar-beet
industry. and sugar statistics. 1t is
illustrated by two maps showing areas
where sugar bcets are grown. location
of sugar factories. rainfall and frost
data. and 9 other plates relating to
the industry.
The average American consumes 81
pounds OF sugar each year-and only
ten pounds of that ration is now pro-
duced in this country. The farmers
OF the country should keep that mon
ey at home. in other words, put it in
their own pockets, and the Depart
ment OF Agriculture has been trying
for 10 years to show them how and
induce them to do so.
Sugar is a product of manufacture
mainly from the farmers sugar cane
and sugar beets. Incidentally some
sugar is produced from the sap of
the sugar maple-the entire value of
that product. both sugar and sirup,
and the sorghum sirup being only
about SIs,ooo,ooo annually, while
the total value OF the sugar beet and