The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-25
OFFERS GREAT
OR INDIANA
Larger Yields Of All Crops
Following Beet Culture
Boost Value OF
Farm Lands.

cuO.r- IN rre rr-rue 1ourunce OF tne
state.
That Is only one. and the less I'm.
portant. OF the beneficial results that
would follow the utilization OF q COM
parativeiy small portion OF Indiana's
farm lands for the production Of the
sugar. which the people OF the STATE
are consuming In yearly increasing
quantities. OF still greater value
would be its effect In adding tremen-
dously to the farm wealth Of the state
By increasing the yield of other crops
grown I'm rotation with sugar beets.
Experience In countries like France
and Germany, where sugar beets have
been grown for many years on large
scale, show that from land which is
planted to this crop one year In four
the yield of wheat. oats and other
cereals grown In the Intervening years
is increased from 30 TO 80 per cent
Records collected from American farm
ers In sections where beet culture has
been followed for number Of years
show that the yield OF other cropa
grown in rotation with bcets has In.
creased an average of II per cent.
The yield of wheat Cd these lands ad
vanced from 26.9 bushels per acre to
I3.1. Corn went up from 416 bushels
to 53.1 and oats from 4O.9 to COG
bushels The effect Of the deep plow
Ing and thorough cultivation required
by sugar beets In boosting the yields
Of the other crops grown IN successive
years Is all the more striking, as the
yields obtained by these farmers be-
fore beginning sugar beet cultivation
were we'll above the average. Apply
Ing this rate Of increase to Indiana
farms would mean that the agr1cu!-
tural wealth of the state would be In.
creased S25.0OO,OO0 year by the gen.
eral adoption of sugar beet growing.
Not only does the establishment of
the sugar beet industry add directly
to the wealth of the state from the
money 1t brings In or keeps at home
and indirectly through the increase Of
other farm crops grown In rotation
with beets, but it also adds greatly to
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 considerable amount
to other markets, Its effect upon farm
values and business prosperity In the
sections surrounding the factories Is
clearly marked. Many of the farms In
these districts wer6fleavily mortgaged
ten years ago. The mortgages haze
been paid off so 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 tbs 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,
| Try goods men and dealers In all other
| lines tell Of improved sales and report
| that collections OF bills are made with
| much greater promptness wherever the
sugar industry has been introduced
G. A. Dugan. Il banker OF Decatur,
| who hes watched the development OF
fbe Industry tbcrp hccniuc careful rec.
,rI Of brsine. < tr.nsnc:ious IN Tn. city
| has estimated ,hat IN. value of land in
| the city and oa the surrounding farms
| for distance of several niles hrs ris
on nearly = ,er rent >,.ca tho fac
torv,s csfabIishp,p,,t Yh,, ! m, snr
nrisine IN Wow NJ - fnc, ina, IT, ay.
arv coso O-ho~o mo h,,, .,yor in.,nstr1
bas bae, ..s..,,,i4,...i +, any n,rt of tha
| country n ..ut,, cf fr,,..i 30 Il, ,n-l per
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