The Lamar register., 1913-01-15
RECT GROWING ONE OF STATES
IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES
Leads All Other States, and Fields
of Opeuati0n Will BE Further
Extended, Say Companies II
Tariff ON Sugar Is Not
Removed

OF the many and varied kinds ant
classes of industries in Colorado
lhat go toward the making of
prosperity and the building up oil
the financial status of the state
Tue sugar industry ranks among the
foremost and deserves probably
as much credit for what has been
done for Colorado prosperity as any
other one of the states industries.
1t was the sugar beet that made
possible the advantageous cuhiva-
tion of much land in the state
that at one time was considered al
most untillable for any other ag.
ricultural purpose but the cultiva-
ton of beets. Not only has the
farmer found use for this land for
the raising of beets. but. since 1893,
when beet planting in Colorado was
begun to a commercial scale, this
land has become fertile, as a result
or beet planting, for the sowing Of
grain and other agricultural crops
For. like alfalfa. the sugar beet II
a particularly good fertilizer of soil.
ats long tap roots growing down
far below the surface of the soil.
where, after the beet has been re-
moved. is left to decay and thus
enrich the earth to a cOnsidera BILE
aapth. Aside from profit to be de-
hot ~
sugar beets. farmers In various sec
tions. where there are markets for
the product. have learned the val
ue of the sugar beet as an en-
richer Of their land and have turn
ed to Its cultivation as much with
a view of making their farms OF
more agricultural value as for the
returns from their sugar beet crops.
In the science Of agriculture the
sugar beet has played as prominent
a part in Colorado as any other
factor. Rotation OF crops has been
the result of a general study by
the farmers OF soil conditions. and
the sugar beet has brought about a
complete revolution regarding the
early-day ideas of farming In Col
oradO.
Land. especially in the beet sug-
ar districts. that could be bought
only a few years ago for 800 an
acre. now are valued at 5000 or
more an acre. and this is due. to
a marked degree to Improvement Of
the soil. as well as to the building
up of those sections where sugar
beets are cultivated.
Thousands of people have been in
duced to come to Colorado from
other states by opportunities offer
ed in sugar beet growing, and
hundreds of thousands of dollars
have been brought into the state
by these people who have come here
to buy farms in the sugar beet dis
tricts. 1t is absolutely certain that
colorado has been enriched by many
millions of dollars In return for
the millions of tons of sugar that
have been shipped out to the
worlds markets, for the six sugar
companies operating in Colorado
are. with the exception of compare
lively small interests, controlled by
Colorado money and are Colorado
institutions.
There are II beet sugar factories
In Colorado. located at Grand juno
ton. Eaton, Greeley. Windsor, Fort
Collins, Loveland, Longmont, Ster-
; ling. Brush, Fort Morgan. Rocky
Ford, Lamar. Las Animas, Holly.
Swink. Sugar City and Monte Vista.
and these factories. with those OF
California and Michigan. supply a
large proportion of the beet sugar
consumed in the United States.
That the beet sugar industry In
the state has worked remarkable
effect in the localities where factor
les have been established. and the
beet industry has become an extern
sive commercial pursuit. is evidenc-
ed by the general prosperity In
these various sections, due In many