The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-09
OFFERS GREAT
FOR INDIANA
Larger Yields Of All Crops
Following b83t Culture
Boost l2.Ha Of
Farm lels.


600. .CT> IN re ug-e Dart''."
state.
That Is ONLY one snd -
portant, of tho henaHcia 49,
would follow the utiil7atior g
paratively small portion a 10
farm lands for tht pro91e'lo
sugar, which the people Of -
are consuming ip yearly ius 7
quantities. OF still gfeatel
would be its effect in adding -
dously to the farm wealth of tar
by increasing the yield Of 9th II
grown I'm rotation with sucar BE-
Experience in countries Ike -.
and Germany, wherp SuCar hees t.
been grown for many yeSr., "a a -.
scale, show that frcnl land which 4
planted to this crop one year in fOu1
the yield of wheat, oats and othsr
cereals grown in the intervening year
Is increased fr0la - IL 81 per cent
Records collected from American farm
ers In sections where &c. culture has
been followed for Il nHmi'er Of yearg
show That the yield ef pther crops
grown In rotation with i,ets has Ia
creased an average of ! per cent
The yield Of wheat 90 these IL ds ad
vanced from 26.D bushels pc acre =
l3.1. Corn went up from .t1.6 1aIsaelt
to 531 and oats from sos ~ co.
bushels. The effect !. the deem piew-
ing and thorough cuftivat]on requireo
by sugar beets in boosting the yields
OF the other crops grown in Successiv
years is all the more str king, as the
yields obtained by these farmers be
fore beginning sugar bee cultivation
were well above the average. Apply
ing this rate OF increase - Indiaas
farms would neaa that re aEas<
tural wealth Of the state would be lg-
creased S25.000.oce = gear - the &c
eral adoption Of SUGAR beef sing
Not only does The rstabl amcat a,
the sugar beet industry al directiE
to the wealth Of ~ safe from IL
money ii btinca IN g. I"eg~ II houls
and indirectly - .ie.tt1l.c irerelsa a.
other farm crop ~ MI j. re'at!ou
with beets BIT il aisr adA. ereaur =
the market value of I. r. !apGs.
In Michigan. who're t;.e snsur b.; T.
dustry has reached stth pfoEe,t.. =.
that the state rrol luces all its oNi
sugar and ships Il co,nsi,erI bile amount
10 other markets. lis eject upon farm
values and business prosperity in the
sections surrounding the factories h
clearly marked Many of the farms In
these districts were heavily mortgaged
zen years ago. The mortgages have
been paid OF 50 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 th,. past few
years by newcomers NO want 10 share
In the prosperity that accompanies this
crop. Bank deposits have gone up
The sellers of agricultural implements
dry goods men and Geeiers IN all other
lines tell of improved sales and report
that collections of hi's aee made with
much greater promptac>> wherever the
sugar industry has been introduced
c. A. Dugan Il banker Of Decatur
who has watcla1 tie Ge, elc,.elcnt o.
the industry there keepiug careful rec
ord OF business tran actions IN the city
has estimated that the val'," Of land in
the city and on the Surrounding farms
for 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 industry
has been established in any part of the
country gain of from 80 TO 100 per
cent has taken place in land values
within three or four years. When the
beet sugar factory at Pauldine. O.. not
far from Decatur. was started two
years ago the same upward tendency
OF land prices wa~ observed, and II
has been - Il Tia, he increase since
that time has totaled more than 50.
100000 In Pauld'ng county alone.
The adjoining state of Michigan.
whose soil produces heets in no way
superior to those of Indiana. now has
seventeen beet SUGAR factories. Indiana
could >uprert no less than l66 If III
tie ava. eb.e Ind were used for the
croD only Ole yer fl four. While tbs
4 re represents a distant possibility
tlere j. no REASON why the state should
not have from fifteen 10 twenty-five
such establishments Taking the low
est f fifteen factories would
mean tt1t Ven they were well under
way the state would have a yearly In |
come OF $15.0o0000 a year for sugar
alone or this huge sum $500. 900