The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-01-18
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in cultivation. The cultivated
area comprises $500 acres of fine
alfalfa. and $500 acres of other
crops. to.wit: corn, wheat, oats,
barley. speltz and potatoes. There
are 1000 acres, including sloughs
and marsh land, devoted prin-
cipally to native hay which can
be, and will under the stimulus
of the production of sugar bcets,
be converted into beet producing
lands that will be the equal of
any now in cultivation. The
sentiment of the farmers in
this territory is strong for local
sugar factory. About 5000 acres
of strictly legitimate sugar beet
land has been pledged at the
present time to the production of
sugar beets, and in the event of
the establishment of a sugar fac
tory in the territory embraced by
the Colorado Nebraska Beet Grow
ers' association, there will be no
hesitancy on the part of the
farmers to plant as great an acre
age to sugar beets as will be con-
sistent with the proper rotation
of crops tor the conservation OF
the soil.
1t is the intent of the associa-
ton to promote production OF
beets of the highest value in sac
charine content and to so handle
the lands, that the tonnage per
acre will equal, if not exceed the
best yet accomplished in the older
beet growing districts of Long
mont and Greeley. The data
from which the plats showing the
relation and extent of the area
of the several portions of the ter
ritory covered by the association,
has been partially obtained and
is being worked up by the asso.
cations engineer, J. o. Thistle.
This work is being pushed as
rapidly as possible, and when
completed, comprehensive ex-
hibit of the possibilities of the
wealth of the beet producing
lands will be in the hands Of the
board of control.
This week a representative Of
the board of control is working
in the Lodgepole valley west of
us, this territory comprising div
ision No. 5 of the association. It
is expected that that section will
pledge easily two to three thous-
and acres of legitimate sugar beet
laud to start out with for the
maintenance Of a sugar factory.
With the two divisions, Nos. 4
and 5 respectively. pledglng over
5000 acres to start out with, and
in addition this present beet rails
ing section listed by the Great
Western Sugar Co., as the Jules
burg district, which raised ex-
actly 6,1G7 acres last year, it
means a totalof over 1 900 acres
of good sugar beet land for the
maintenance of a factory at its
very commencement, and it is an
an assured fact that the acreage
will be increased materially with
the actual establishment of a
sugar factory in this territory.
Forillustration: The Rig Springs,
Brule and Ogallala district now
has 5000 acres pledged, and there
is no doubt but what this acreage
would be raised easily thousand
acres in the event Il sugar factory
was operating in the territory OF
the association. This would be
true also of ether districts of the
association. and the grand tota
Of acreage in the entire territory
of the association will loom W
in magnificent figures, which vii
stand for one Of the greatest suga
beet raising sections in existence
Have we got the goods? 1t j
evident now that we have NOR
than the goods-as they say
takes only 10000 acres TO sup
port modern sugar factory, ant
we believe it. We take it 70
granted that the factory that vii
be located in this territory vii
have a 1000 ton capacity, whic
is all we'll and good. Say tha
| the average yield per acre wa