The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-03-07
KEsurTs OF BEET CULTURE.


WeNdsrsuI G@sot In Increasing Farm
valvss and tislpinp lsea, Trade.
''1n order to obtain accurate tnforma-
ton regs riding the uverngc results
brought shout locally BY the establish.
ment Of beet sugar factories In the 70.
rious communities where such facto-
riss have been erected" snys Truman
@. Palmer. secretary Of the United
states Rect Sugar industry. In a report
which has been published an congrcs-
sionaI document. II recently wrote to
the local bankers. county assessors and
postmasters where each OF these sugar
factories Is located and to the sugar
companies as well. lncIosing blank In
which were some thirty one questions.
Not all the blanks have been returned.
but will give the gist Of those al
ready received. may add that not a
word Of discouragenlent was expressed
" any answer in any report.
Il asked. What gross proceeds per
acre are your farmers able to secure iu
beet cuIturcT In most instances they
give me the range from the lowest to
the highest. The lowest was S25. the
highest $50. the average Of all $6O.4
per acre.
THE next question was. And how
does this compare with what they OBJ
tain In raising other cropsr Among
the replies were. One hundred per cent
higher 'Beets best crops we can grow
Favorable Very much In excess Of
other crops About 300 per cent An
Increase Of 50 per cent "A decided i'm.
provement,' About three times as
much
"rhen I asked. AS the farmers be-
come familiar with beet raising are
they more or are they less anxious to
raise beetsY All replied that they
were more anxious. that interest was
increasing and. In all but one care. that
the acreage was being extended.
II asked next. Have farm mortgages
increased or decreased since the erec.
tion Of the factory. and to what ex-
tentr All but two stated that they
had decreased. some materially. some
% per cont. some 80 per cent. one that
very few farms were now mortgaged
Two stated that farm mortgages had
Increased owing to the fact that rent.
ers were becoming able to buy on par.
tial payments.
n then asked for the average price
Of agricultural lands prior to the loca.
tion Of the factory and at the present
time. Two gave no price before the
factory Was erected. the land being Q
DESERT ana Of little value. land In one
q those sections now being worth
500 per scre. In ths other $50 per
oeGA OF the othees. the smallest In.
cfsass was 70 per cent. tAs greatest
10 per cent The average pelcs of all
was e34.28 per acre prior to the loca-
tion Of The factory and 976.t5 per acre
at the present dine. TIE average n.
crease n value was l24 pes cent. X
the next question was. what ef.
feet has the esectios Of The factory
had 90 the prosperity Of the farmersr
Here are some Of the replies: Glorious.
Profits DOUBLE They are paying debts
and renters are buying farms.' Good.
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