The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-30
OFFERS GREAT
FOR INDIANA
Larger Yields Of All Crops
Following Beet Culture
Boost Value Of
Farm Lands.

planted 10 this crop one year ia -four
the Yield Of wheat. oats and othe,
cereals grown IN the Intervening year,
is increased fr0m 80 % ~ per cent
Records collected from American farm
en- in sections where beet culture H..
been followed FOR a number OF year
show that the yield OF other crop.
grown ina rotation with hcets has IA
fcrcasca an average OF a per cent
Tho yield Of wheat on these lands al
vanced from $50 bsshols per acre Z,
Al. Corn went up from 41G bushel
t. a3.l and oats from 4O9 10 90
bushels The effect OF the deep plow
Ing aud thorough cultivation require
by sugar beets in boosting the yield.
OF the other crops grown IN successive
ycsrs il an the more striking. as ths
yields obtained hy these farmers be
fore BEGINNING sugar beet cultivation
were well above the average. Apply
ing this rate Of increase 10 Indians
farms would mean that the agricul
tural wealth OF the state would be ~
creased S25.oo0Oo4 2 year by the gen
ssrd aA1rion oa sugar beet growing.
MLoiiy does the establishment O.
the Tlsar beet Industry add directh
b tih wealth OF tie state from Ia,
moiley il bCiRgs in or keeps az HON,
and Indirectly through the increase o
other farm crops grown in rotation
with beefs. but IL also adds greatly Z,
the market value Of farm lands.
In Michigan. where the sugar beet 81
'dsstry has reached such proportion
that the state produces all its ovl
sugar and ships considerable amour
10 other markets, its effect upon farz
values and business prosperity IA g.
sections surrounding the factories ,
clearly marked Many of the farms :,
these districts were heavily mortga 81
tea years ago. The mortgages hav.
been paid 90 - rapidly that. today
meet the only farms la the sugar cour
try that are not debt free are tho
that have been-bsught IN tbs past fev
years By newcomers whe want 10 shar
Ia the prosperity that accompanies thi
crop. Bank deposits have gone Up
The sellers OF agricultural implements
dry goods men and dealers In all otheiI
lines tell Of improved sales and report
that collections OF bills are made will
much greater prOmptness wherever thf
sugar industry has been introduced.
c. A. Dugan. banker Of Deca sur.
who has watched the development OF
the industry there. keeping careful rec
ord Of business transactions In the city
has estimated that the value Of land %.
the city and on the surrounding firm,
for a distance Of several miles has r-
en- nearly - per cent since the lac
tory's establishment. This Is nos sur
prising in view Of the fact that in e.
cry case where the beet sugar indutr
has been esta bllsled in any part 81 Gle
country a gain % from 90 to To-.
cent has taken place in land vaire
within thres or four years. When thr
/ BEET sugar factory at Pauldlsg. S->n
( FAR from Decatr. was started tNo
years ago the same upward 'teRdol-y
OF land prices was observed. and .s
has been found that the increase since
/ tRat time has totaled more than So
100000 in Pauldlng county alone.
The adjoining state OF Michigan
whose soil produces bcets In no way
superior 70 those OF Inc ma. now has
seventeen beet sugar factories. Indiana
could support no less than lG6 II O
the available land were used for ti
crop only one year in four-While ih
figure represents a distant pcsslbiliiF
there IS no reason why the state sh0r
not have from fifteen 10 twenty-five
such establishments. Taking the TOYS
est figure. fifteen factories vol.t
mean that when they We're well uilt
way the state would have a yearly in
come OF Sf-.co0.OOO a year for y
alone. or this huge sum $50 -
would 90 directly 10 the. farmers ~
thelr Beefs. Si.TrUO-ouTI 70 TO ID
1000 or 5000 workmen who would
given employment and the greater p
OF the remainder would stay within q
state. The Increase in land valu
would be almost too great TO estimate
certainly not less than 100000.
From the results obtained in the ?
ducti0n OF beet sugar I'm Adams cor
and surrounding sections and Il
tests an growing beets in other T.
Of the state. which show that Indii
can produce as high grade of 81
bccts as any state IN the country. u
Is no doubt that II the policy OF gr
Ing within the United States TIE ST
TO feed the American people CORN
to receive the encouragement OF
federal government rs 1t has In
past fifteen years. Indiana will Ia
leading part in the sugar beet indus
and through II viii add millions Of
lars TO her annual wealth. That
upbuilding OF this industry Is I'm
tant to the Consumers IS well as 70
producers Of the state was shown ~
" enough IN 1871 when the pric'
sugar. which had gone skyrocketin
to 10 cents a pound and was being
at S6T5 20 $3.50 per hundred POI
wholesale ly the trust and other e
ers. came tumbling down TO its nor
Level as soon a. the yield OF the