The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-07
OFFERS CAEAT
FOR INDIANA


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state.
That Is only one and the less i'm
portant. Of the beneficial results thai
would follow the utilization OF a CON
DarativeIy small portion Of Indiana
farm lands for the production o. the
sugar. which the people Of the STATE
are consuming IN yearly increasing
quantities OF still greater value
would he It's effect in addN4E tremen
dously 10 the farm wealth OF the Stata
by increasing the yield OF other crops
grown IN rotation with SUGAR beet
Experience In countries Ike Franc
and Germany. where sugar beefs have
been grown for many years on a large
scale, show that from land which IT,
planted 10 this crop one year IL four
the yield Of wheat, oats and other
cereals grown in the intervening years
is increased from % TO 50 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 crops
grown in rotation with beets has In
creased an average of II PEE cent.
The yield OF wheat on these lands ad
vanced from 26.9 bushels per acre TO
%3.1. Corn went up from 41.6 bushels
TO J3.1 and oats from s0.9 20 CO
bushels. The effect OF the deep pow
ing and thorough cultivation requires
by sugar beets in boosting be yiests
of the other crops grown n sutses.se-s~
years is all the more striking Is .he
yields obtained by these farmers be
fore beginning sugar beet cultivation
were well above the average. Apply
Ing this rate OF increase TO Indiana
farms would mean that the agricCs
tural wealth of the state would be IN
creased S25.00O.GO0 a year by the Sen
eral adoption of sugar beet growing.
Not only does the establishmenr II
the sugar beet industry add directly
to the wealth of the state from the
money il brings in or keeps at home
and Indirectly through the increase -
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 bee ia
dustry hls reached such proportions
that the state produces all its own
sugar and ships Il considerable amoupI
to other markets. its effect upon farm
values and business prosperity in TIE
sections surrounding the factories Is
clearly marked MANY of the farms III
these districts were heavily m0rtgaged
ten years ago. The mortgages have
been paid OF so rapidly that today al
most the only farms In the sugar c0un
try that are not debt free are those
that have been bought in the 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 othei
lines tell OF improved sales and repor1
that collections OF bills are made Will
much greater promptneSs wherever the
sugar industry has been introduced.
G. A. Dugan, a banker Of Decatur
who has watched the development oi
the industry there. keeping careful rec
ord OF business transactions in the city
has estimated that the value of land IL
the city and on the surrounding farm:
for q distance OF several miles has ris
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 industr.
has been established in any part of th'
country a gain of from so 70 100 pc
cent has taken place in land values
within three or four years. When th'
beet sugar factory at Paulding, o., no
far from Decatur, was started TIVE
years ago the same upward tendenc.
OF land prices was observed, and |
has been found thar the increase sine
, that time has toialed more than s.,
600. 900 in Paulding county alone.
The adjoining safe Of Michigan
whose soil produces beets n no wa,
> superior to those Of Indiana, now ha
seventeen beet sugar factories. Indian;
, could support no less than 166 if al
the available land We're used for tn
+; crop only one year IN four While thi
p figure represents a distant possibility
, there IS 10 Reason why the state shoul'
not have frou ffteen 60 twenty-five
i such establshmea Taking the low
: est figure. hfteen factories woul,
i mean that when they were Well unde
; way the state would have a yearly In
1 come of SI5.000.OO0 year for suga
alone. or this huge sum SS.500,0O
would 90 Directly 70 the farmers 70