The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-04-23
GREAT
FOR INDIANA
Larger Yields Of All Crops
Following Beet Culture
Boost Value Of
Farm Lands.

scale. show that from land which IA
pla-ted 10 this crop one year in four
the yield Of wheat. oats aud other
cereals grown IN the intervening years
Is Increased from - 10 81 per cent
Records collected from American farm
ers In sections where beet culture has
been followed Tor 4 number OF years
show TINT the yield OF other crops
grown in rotation with beets has in.
creased an average OF ~ per cent.
The yield Of wheat on these lands ad-
yanceL from 30 bushels per acre 70
43l. Corn went up from 41.6 bushels
TO 53.1 and oats from 400 to COG
bushels. The elect Of the deep plow-
Ing and thorough cultivation required
by sugar heets in boosting the yields
OF the other crops glown I'm successive
years Is all the more striking. rs the
yields obtained 10y these farmers be-
fore beginning sugar beet cultivation
Were well above the average. Apply
ing this rate Of increase 10 Indiana
farms would mean that the agricul-
tural " ealth or the state would be in
creased S25Noo.O0o a year by the gen
eral adoption 80 sr~r- bot rowing.
Not only do, U shment OF
the sugar beet h.4st.s add directly
10 the wealth Of the state from the
money il brings in or keeps at home
and Indirectly through the increase OF
other farm crops grown In rotation
with heets. but IL also adds greatly 10
the market value Of farm lands.
In Michigan. where the sugar beet in
dustry has reached such proportions
that the state produces all its own
sugar and ships a considerable amount
TO other markets. its effect upon farm
values and business prosperity I'm the
sections surrounding the factories r.
clearly marked Many Of the farms IN
these districts were heavily mortgaged
ten years ago. The mortgages have
been paid 90 50 rapidly that today al
most the only farms IN the sugar coun-
try that are not debt free are those
that have been bought in th> past few
years by newcomers who want to share
IN the prosperity that accompanies this
crop. Bank deposits have gone up
The sellers Of agricultural implements.
dry goods men and dealers IN all other
lines tell Of improved sales and report
that collections &c bills are made with
much greater promptness wherever the
sugar industry has been introduced
c. A. Ducan. banker of Decatur
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 in
the city and on the surrounding farms
for a distance OF several miles has RS
en- nearly - PER cent since the fac
tory's establishment This Is not sur.
prising IN view OF the fact that In ev-
cry case where the beet sugar industry
has been established In any part OF the
country a gain ~ from 30 10 loO per
cent has taken place In land values
within three or four wears When the
beet sugar factory al pauldinc. o.. not
far from Decatur. was started two
years ago The same upward tendency
OF land prices was observed. and il
has been found thaf mo Increase since
that tme has totaled more than So.
100000 Ia Panld ~ coluty alone.
The ADJOINING STATE 81 Michigan.
whose soil Produces ieets in no way
superior 20 those u Indiana. now has
seventeen beet sular factories. Indiana
could support no less than 1G6 II all
the available land we're used for the
crop only one year Ia four While this
figure represents distant possibility.
there Is no reason Why the state should
not have from fifteen 10 twenty-five
such establishments Taking the low
est figure. ffteon factories would
mean that when they we're well under
way the state would have yearly in
come Of Sl5.c00O'n q year for sugar
alone. or this huge sum ss.5OO,OOO
would 20 directly to the farmers FOR
thelr -beefS. sl.5UUDworII 20 to the
1000 or 5.Ooo workmen who would be
given employment and the greater part
OF the remainder would stay within the
state. The increase in land values
would be almost too great to estimate
certainly not less than SiO.O0O.OOO.
From the results obtained in the pro
duction Of beet sugar in Adams county
and surrounding sections and from
tests IN growing bects in other parts
OF the state. which show that Indiana
can produce as high a grade Of sugar
beets as any state in the country. there
is no doubt that II the policy OF grow
Ing within the United states the sugar
TO feed the American people continues
10 receive The encouragement of the
federal government as * has In the
past fifteen years. Indiana Will take
leading part in the sugar icei Industry
and through il viii adi millions of dol
lars 20 her ANIMAL wealth That the
upbuilding ~ tl.~ industry s impor-
tant TO the consumers ~ Wei ~ 10 the
producers OF the state was show n plain
~ enough I'm 1917 when the price OF
sugar. which Ind gone skyrockcting NJ
10 10 cents a poeni aud WAS being held
at $675 10 $3.50 per hundred pounds
wholesale by the trust and other rehn
ere came tumbifuc. down 10 ifS normal