The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-03-01
PROSPECTS NOT BRIGHT FOR
SUGAR FACTORY OPERATION
World Wide Shortage of Seed Sup
ply May Prove Insurmountable
Handicap This Year

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from visit to Salt Lake where he
had received conditional promises
of sugar beet seed that would en-
able him to make contracts with
local farmers for beet culture the
forthcoming season. On his arrival
there he found that he would not be
able to secure seed from that quar-
ter, owing to the extreme shortage
that prevails there in common with
practically every section of the I'm
| tied States The promise had been
made to Mr.. Bialy of 500 sacks of
seed contingent upon confirmation
by the heads of the Utah-Idaho
Sugar company.
1t must be confessed that the out
look for the operation of the Fal-
Ion factory this season is exceeding
ly dubious However, Mr.. Bialy has
not yet given up hope of securing
sufficient quantity by the middle
of April from a shipment that is
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Siberia. In this connection he has
been in correspondence with Thur
man G. Palmer of Washington, ID.
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the sugar manufacturers of the I'm
tied States. who is endeay' ing to
secure a supply from Kiet Russia.
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sacks have left Russia for transpor-
tation across Siberia and should
now be in Vladiyostock awaiting
shipment to Seattle Mr. Bialy has
orders for 500 sacks of this, which,
IL good fortune attends, should ar
rive IN this country prior to seeding
time.
In order to insure himself of
portion of this shipment it has been
necessary for Mr.. Bialy to sign
bond to the Russian government
for the value of the seed on its ar
rival and also TO pledge that 1t will
not be re-exported. These formali-
ties have all been complied with
and nothing remains but TO bide
the time with patience. Owing to
the fact that the season is now so
far advanced as to preclude the pos
sibility of an acreage such as could
have been occurred IN this valley had
the conditions been otherwise, it is
doubtful II even under the most fav-
orable conditions that could eyentu-
ate that there would be anything
like enough beets raised to provide
capacity run for the factory this
season, since the farmers hereabouts
are now ready to prepare their lands
for the seasons crops and notwith-
standing a great many of them
would much prefer to plant beets
as the most profitable crop. they
cannot afford to defer much longer
on the possibility of procuring seed
in time.
While there seems every reason to
believe that the Russian seed will
reach this country befOre the mldule
of April, and Mr.. Bialy is daily ex-
pecting advices to that effect, We
fear that prospective beet raisers
will hesitate to take the chance, and
candor compels the admission that
they cannot be blamed.
However, Mr. Bialy will continue
his efforts on the long chance that
seed will be procured in time for at
least a minimum acreage, since
competent authorities are agreed
that beets can be planted and ma
tured in this valley even though
planted as late as the first of June.
And in any event the seed when it
arrives will be available for the
season of 1917.