The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-02-24
LIVE SUGAR BEET MEETINGS
Two Important Sessions Held on
Thursday and Saturday of Last
Week.

The meeting at Temple theatre
Thursday to consider the sugar beet
Question was called to order by DR..
Ha scall who stated the purpose and
then introduced Mr.. Bialy, who
stated that three banks in the East
that were interested in the bonds on
the Fallon sugar faeory, had agreed
to advance $4,000 to finance the
campaign for this season, but in or
der to do this, they must have posi-
tive assurance that 1000 acres OF
beets would be planted. He said the
people must do their part. He said
If the 1000 acres was assured the
SIS, 900 would be put in the bank
here and the money would be check
ed out to pay for the beets. He
looked forward to 1916 as the best
year in the history of sugar beets.
lie said there were only two ranch
ers who had not been paid for theil
beets the last years run and they are
John Oats and Peter Anker, and thai
it was understood they will be paid
IN few days.
Mr.. Bialy further stated that II
the people here could not furnish
the desired acreage, then the fac
tory must be moved. He said s600,-
900 would be paid by Salt Lake part
les and that they would qua atee
G, 900 acres of beets IL the | allon
factory were moved to that state.
The question of securing acreage
ssas taken up, and DR.. Hascall stat
Cd that they would pay s5 ton for
beets running fifteen per cent, and
25 cents additional for every per
cent over 5 per cent. Thus. II per
cent beets. which is the average for
this section. would bring $3.50 per
ton, in addition to amounts paid for
delivery. For hauling three miles.
sc per ton will be paid. and 15c ad
ditional for every mile or fraction
thereof over three miles. Hauling
% railroad stations or sidings will
paid for at the same rate, as for
delivery to the factory, the company
assuming all transportation charges.
There was considerable discus
sion and many of the farmers argu-
cd from the standpoint of the beet
grower. 1t was urged that if they
plowed up their alfalfa and began
getting ready for beets, they would
not really know for probably a
moth whether the full 1000 acres
could be secured, and K it failed the
farmer would be the loser. This
would indicate that very speedy ac-
tion would be necessary.
The idea was given out that II
about 1900 acres could be secured
in Lahontan Valley, the remainder
could probably be signed in Love-
lock, Mason, Carson and other val
leys in western Nevada.
The farmers appeared to be quite
enthusiastic ON the subject, and
when all who would raise beets
were asked to stand, there was a
goodly number. Men we're sent
through the audience to take note of
the number of acres each farmer
would put in and 400 acres in adj
dition to that already promised was
secured. DIR. Haseall states that
they now have 400 acres pledged
in this valley and he thinks with the
right kind of work enough acreage
can be secured to insure the running
of the factory this year.
This paper has so often pointed
out the Importance of making sue
cess of the beet industry In this val
ley that further comment is needless.
The great barrier In the way at pres
ent is that the matter of financing
the factory was put off until so near
spring that many farmers who
would gladly have prepared their
land for beets find it absolutely inn
possible to accomplish this work in
time to plant and mature a crop, but
if the factory people and the farm
ers can meet on the question of acre
age it will be the best thing that has
occurred for the Truckee-Carson prof.
ect and western Nevada, for the
farmers need the market.
THE SATURDAY MEETING.