The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-12
BEETSUGAR CROP ENORMOUS
ESTIMATED AT MILLION TONS

! beet sugar crop for This wear should
exceed that Of 1916 by over POO. 900
tons or a production we'll above 1000.
600 tons Of beet sugar, Present indi.
cations based ON adyices received point
to at least eighty DER cent of the acre.
age noted above having been planted
up TO the present date.
There is every incentive for the beet
grower TO attain maximum acreage
and production in view of the fact that
all of the beet companies are now pay.
ing record prices to the beet grower
| for his beets. In addition IL must also
be taken into consideration that the
grower il well aware of the fact that
sugar prices are now at record levels
and offer TO him larger return for
his efforts than have ever been record.
ed in the past. o..
The Importance TO the consumers Of
the country of largely increased pro.
duetion Of sugar this year is evidenced
by the appeal issued TO sugar growers
by Secretary Houston urging them to
plant as large an acreage as possible.
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~, III,
IN reviewing the peet sugar SITUATION
.nS' n.ne.y,nEe oeet sugar Laetor ,t
1917 camnaSen ont of a total ~ p;na.
tv.a;gbt foetor;os c1istino In tho Ifnit
"a Stotos A oo,,,,;tation 90 eonras
g. a., &c.,. a.-ot;, &c a.
oorn;n, ~ tLat Ill Ia,
~ "l ~ SnO"S mo M 10,
20 VIZ o,oeou, Vus
e. WI ~ s's9. 'nio yu"i anu tna,
ni'eeh NV iao'o ,,i WIN oPe. anu
'nTee lae'o,ies VIII DC reoPeheu.
during tne coming year e'gpteen
states VIII nave factories IN operation
compared with htteen STATES IN 1910
ana fourteen States IN iSlo. All OF
these hgures tend to show that the ex'
pansion OF the beet sugar industry
during the coming season will exceed
all past records and that this progress
will be reflected in a record breaking
production during the coming season
All of the telegraphic advices re
eeived by Facts About Sugar have been
of the most optimistic character. 1t is
especially noteworthy that Michigan.
where production was severely cut
down. by adverse weather conditions
last year, has larger contracted acre
age than was the case in 1916.
Labor Aplenty In Ohio
M, ~, -...-. 80.
nv Conservative, a,,tborities at not Ies,
than $4,000 acres with total number
of growers engaged in the beet indus
try in that State exceeding 1000. Sew
enty five per cent of the total acreage
in this State has been planted and
half of this is up. II is specially note
worthy in connection with this State
to record that the reports show an
adequate supply Of labor. .",
In California, while unusually dry
spring weather has been encountered,
the progress of the crop in both north
ern and southern California has gone
forward in most satisfactory man.
per. A summary of acreage reports
Indicates that California will show at
least twenty per cent increase of
acreage over 1916.
The Utah Idaho Sugar COMPANY re
ports an increase in acreage for the par
ent and allied companies of As, 900 acres
this year, and their advices indicate tha'
they are exerting every effort to in
crease production to the fullest extent
possible. They Indicate. however. that
IN the intermountain states an acute
shortage OF labor must be faced and
overcome. LA,
Company Aids Growers
Based on teIegrapbic reports fror
the Great Western Suoar Comnany
their acreage in CoIorado NshrasLa
Montana and Wvom;rg wiU sbnn
large increase for the Som;ng ysar
This companv which ia The iarges,
beet sugar nroincer in the con,try On
pounces that IA natT;otic ,neasmro
they are doing evervtbing nossibIo IN
encourage growers nroneSIy 20 nIont
and attend their meet crons dnr;,d tbo
coming season - . .
In this connection tb.v bo,,o ;us.r,..
ed their field men IN reJonbIa thei,
efforts in aiding beet Growers. and The
company has nIaNned where necessary
to sermro noodoJ ala IaLo.ors -
sist the grower in producing n maxi.
mum crop.
Weather conditions in CoIorado this
COMPANY renorts have been very fav.
orable for planting and seed germina.
ton. and il beleves that the nrosnects |
For . Ia o,,,:. . =. -.