Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-02-04
NORWAY.

Sugar beets were raised in many
parts of Jaderen last summer as an ex-
pertinent. The returns averaged about
eight tons of washed beets to the acre.
The largest yield was ten tons to the
acre. This is regarded as a poor show
ing. But the promoters are not dis
couraged, because the season vas I'M
favorable to root crops. On the 9TH
err hand, the percentage of sugar was
from 14.s to 1913, the average being
17.2, which is considered satisfactory.
There were 20 fields altogether, and
the effects of the various kinds of soil
upon the crop were very instructive.
Tests made during the latter part OF
the summer and the early fall showed
that the percentage of sugar increased
until about the middle of November.
This was rather surprising, and it Will
no doubt have great practical bearing
on the question of harvesting the crop.
The work was superintendent by an ex-
perienced sugarbeet grower from Swe-
den, and he was well pleased with the
result, because the beets that he raised
in Norway contained per cent more
sugar than the beets raised at his
home In Sweden at the same time.
The memorial gift from Norwegian
Americans to the people of Norway,
amounting to about s65,000, has been
considered by the storthing, and COM
mittee has proposed statutes for the
management of the fund. This COM
mittee proposes that the interest be
added until the fund amounts to about
$4,000. From that time 20 per cent
of the interest shall be used from year
to year, while 80 per cent shall be
added to the principal until this
amount to $135,000 Thenceforth only
10 per cent of the interest shall be
added to the principal. 1t is under
stood that the fund may be increased
by gifts at any time. A temporary
committee Of five members is to man.
age the fund until the storthing has es-
tablished board of trustees, which
will take place In 1916. Suffering Of
various kinds will be entitled to aid
from the available funds. and the pay
ments shall be made on the fourth Of
July every year. This plan, of course.
will not be in force until ratified by
the storthing.
The storthing was opened the other
day in the, presence of King Haakon.
who made an address from the throne
The king dwelt on the efforts which
have been made to Keep Norway out
side of the war and to meet the dan
gers and difficulties arising therefrom
In this connection he: referred to the
recent meetings of the kings OF Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark, when an
agreement was reached to govern the
action of the three nations in respect
OF questions arising from the war
King Haakon announced that bills
would be submitted to the storthing
providing for the strengthening OF the
country's land and sea defenses fIe
said that It would be necessary to i'm
pose new taxes In order to balance the
budget.
The anxiety Of the Norwegian gov
eminent not to offend either OF the
factions in the war by indiscreet utter
ances on the part of the Norwegian
people is forcibly illustrated by on
order positively prohibiting all CON
versation about the war over the tele-
phone
Amsterdam.-Th small Norwegian
steamer Castor is reported to have
struck mine in the North sea All
the crew. with the exception7of one.
were rescued and landed at Hamburg,