The Mankato free press., 1914-08-14

beets. appeared to be thriving. The
roots, the tops of which could easily
be seen, we're three to four inches in
diameter. D..
J." Five Acres In Sugar Beets.
"Mr Heinzman here" said Mr..
Jones, has, five acres in sugar beets.
| estimate that these will run eight
cen tons to the acre. Our company
pays So per ton for the beets. This
gives Mr.. Heinzman a gross income
of $3.50 for what he raises off those
five acres. From this must be deduct
ed SIG per acre, charged by our COM
pany for furnishing a man to help
take care of the beets, or $50 in all.
Moreover the price of the seed, which
amounts to about 1925 per acre, must
also be deducted. The seed is thus
worth SLIPS. This, added ito the
amount charged by the company for
the services of the man, comes to
S91.25. This is all that tae crop
costs Mr.. Heinzman, in addition to
what labor he himself puts on 1t.
This leaves him a net profit of
S35S.75, IL no deduction is made for
his own labor. from those five acres"
Twenty-Five Acres.
Near the farm of MrsHeinzman Is
that of Joseph Hell. where there is
a sugar beet patch of twenty-five
acres. Mr.. Jones estimated that the
yield would run about fifteen tons to
the acre. Mr.. Heinzman does the
cultivating, but the wedding and
other hand-work about the, beets
is done by family, which the
company furnishes. Mr.. He'll furnish.
es a house on the place to shelter
the family, and pays the company
SIG per acre for the labor of the
family. II the beets run fifteen tons
to the acre, there will be a total crop
OF $50 tons from the twenty-five acres.
At s5 per ton, which the company
will pay, this will make a total gross
income of sL65O from the twenty two
acres. From this must be deducted
the SIG per acre. amounting in all
to 1882 and fiften cents a pound
for $50 pounds of seed, or $3.50.
making total deduction OF s4O1. SO
from the s1,650, and leaving s1,24S.5O.
This will be the net profit on the
twenty-five acres of sugar beets for
the season, making no deduction for
Mr.. Heil's own labor on the patch.
The Labor Required.
/ Some light on the amount OF labor
required to take care OF a patch
OF beets may be obtained from a re-
mark made by Mr.. Hjerpe, while the
three were visiting at his place. Mr..
Hjerpe said 1t was just as easy to
take care of an acre of beets as It
was to take care of an acre of corn.
Mr.. Hjerpe raisel eighteen tons to
the acre last year. The year before
he managed to raise twenty-four tons
to the acre. He has a very fine
piece of land, and his beet crop
looks splendid this year. II Is prob.
able that the yield will be larger this
year than 1t was last year. The COM
pany does not furnish him with any
help, so that all that he gets for
his beets is clear profit, over and
above the cost of the seed, II no de-
duction is made for his own labor.
viii Buy All Beets.
Our company can buy all the
sugaS beets that the farmers raise"
said Mr.. Jones. and we would like
to get more beets. Our factory is
located at Chaska. When the granu.
lated beet sugar is produced, It is
impossible to tell II from the granu-
lated sugar that is made from the
sugar cane. The two sugars cannot
be told apart, even by experts. In
fact there is no actual difference
between them, although cane sugar
is quoted a little higher on the mar
ket.
The reduction of the sugar tariff
by the present administration was a
blow to the home beet sugar in
dustry. Last year there were about
eight thousand. acres of sugar beets
In the state of Minnesota. This year
there are about five thousand. At the
same time ] am free TO state that IL
the government would just LET the
sugar tariff stay where II is now,
sugar factories would gradually spring
up all over the state to handle the
home crop OF beet sugar. 4 under
4 stand that hv rQfe AZ. ..,hnfx c.,o.-