Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-11-14
OVER QUARTER
MILLION DOLLARS
Will Be Paid by Rocky Ford
Factory Tomorrow
FIFTEEN CARLOADS OF
BEETS FROM SAlIDA
And it is Believed that Many Farms
in Adobe Park Will Be Placed
in Sugar Beets Next Spring


the history of the Rocky Ford
sugar factory will be that of to-
morrow, when the immense sum
of $3.50, 900 will be paid out by the
American Beet Sugar Co. to the
beet growers.
AS most of this goodly sum goes
to the farmers of this vicinity
there will be ample reason for a
Thanksgiving celebration before
the appointed time by everyone
-hereabouts.
Beets from SaIida
That the lower section of the
Arkansas Valley is not the only
portion where sugar beets may be
successfully grown has been gen.
orally known for some time and it
now begins to look as though
the sugar beet is likely to become
the staple product of the entire
Arkansas Valley.
In years past experiments had
been made in a small way up into
the foothills, but it remained for
the Salida Commerce Club to
take the initiative in a movement
to demonstrate whether it would
pay the farmers in the vicinity of
that city to raise sugar beets in
quantity.
Through the exertions of tina.
body several farmers in Adobe
Park this year planted fields of
beets, some of them as much as 20
acres, and last week they harvest
ed the crop, with the result that
there has been shipped to the
Rocky Ford factory of the Ameri-
can Beet Sugar Co. about $50 tons
of sugar beets.
The Salida beets average slight
ly smaller in size than those rails
ed in the lower Arkansas Valley
and the tonnage is not so large as
throughout this section, but they
make up for this in sugar content,
returns showing that the entire
shipment will average very close
to 500 ton.
Following is from the Salida
Record of Friday last:
Every dav of the past week car
load of sugar beets. averaging from %
to rs tons. has been shipped out of Sali
da to the American Beet Sugar COM
pany's refinery at Rocky Ford, and the
shipments will continue until well into
the latter part of next week.
In all probability the total amount of the
shipment will exceed fifteen car loads. or
above $50 tons. The majority of oeets
are being hauled to Salida from numer-
Gus farms in Adobe park. although sew
eral tons Of equally as productive beets
have been brought in from farms and
gardens within close proximity to the
city.
The success of this years sugar beet
crop-whioh was still but matter of
experiment. introduced largely through
the efforts of the Salida Commercial
club-may eventually mean a complete
change in the agricultural products of
this locality, and already it is stated
many farmers are arranging to put the
greater part of their land INTO sugar beets
next year.
No returns regarding the per cent. the
beets will run will be received here before
the latter part of next week. 1t is almost
certain that it will exceed that Of the
majority of localities, according to state
ments made by sugar beet authorities.
That they will prove paying proposition
is undisputed,
All shipments are being made through
the j. H. Holoomb Feed and Implement
company of this city. The largest con-
signment comes from the Pledger and
Sneddon ranch in Adobe Park, where
twenty-five acres were under cultivation.
Other sonsignments are being taken from
the farms belonging to Joseph Sage, J. l.
Glenn, and VIM Kaese, all of Adobe park
and from j. A. Davidson. of Missouri
Park, and from J. F. Roberts. one mile
west of Salida.
This year the beets are averaging