The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-09-07
OFFERS GREAT
FOR INDIANA
Larger Yields Of All Crops
Following Beet Culture
Boost Value Of
Farm Lands.


state
That Is only one. and the less I'm
rortant. of the beneficial results thai
would follow tse utilization OF com
paratlvely small portion OF lndianas
farm lands for the production of tho
sugar. which the people Of the state
are consuming In yearly increasing
quantities. OF 4till greater value
would be its effect In adding tremen
dously TO the farm wealth OF the stat.
by increasing the yield of other crops
grown I'm rotation with sugar beets
Experience m~countries like Franc.
and Germany. where sugar beets have
been grown for many years on ler9'
scale, show that from land which Ii
planted. to this crop one year in four
the yield of wheat, oats and' other
cereals grown In the intervening years
IL increased from so To 80 per cent
Records collected from kmerican.farm
ers I'm 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 TN average OF A per cent
The yield of wheat on these lands ad
vaHced from go bushels per acre to
3.1. Corn went up from 41.6 bushels
to 53.1 and oats from 40.9 to coo
bushels. The effect OF the deep plow
Ing and thorough cultivation require1
by sugar beets in boosting the yield
Of the other crops grown In successiv
years IS all the more striking as TIA.
yields obtained by these farmers be
fore beginning sugar beet cultivation
were we'll above the average. Apply
ing this rate OF Increase to nlian.
farms would mean that the agrcul
tural wealth OF the state would be Ia
creased $25,000,0o0 year. by the gen
.eral adoption of sugar beet growing.
Not only does the establishment OF
the sugar beet industry add directl.
to the wealth OF the state from th,
money 1t brings in or keeps at hom.
and indirectly through the increase o.
other farm crops grown In rotation
with beets, but it also adds greatly Il
the market value of farm lands.
In Michigan, where the sugar beet IN
dustry has reached such proportions
that the state produces all its OWL
sugar and ships a considerable amoun
to other markets, its effect upon farm
values and business prosperity in the
sections surrounding the factories b
clearly marked. Many of the farms a
these distficts were heavily mortsaged
ten years ago. The mortgages havt
been paid of so 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 who want to shar.
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 reporl
that collections of bills are made witt
sush greater promptness wherever the
sugar industry has been INTRODUCED.
g. A. Dugan, banker OF Decatur
who has watched the development OF
the industry there, keeping careful rec
ord of business TRANSACTIONS ln the city
has estimated that the value OF land il
the city and on the surrounding farm
for u distance OF several miles has RS
en nearly - per cent since TIE fae
tery's establishment. THIS IL no< sui
prising In view OF the fact that I'm ev
cry case where the beet sugar industry
has been established In any, part ofstlre
country gain OF from 80 10 100 per
cent has taken place in land values
within three or four years. When the
beet sugar factory at Pa1ldipe. o., not
far from Decatur. was started two
years ago the same upward tendency
OF land prices was observed, and II
+ has been found that the increase since
that time has totale,l more than So
O0o.O00 IN paulding county alone
i The adjoining state OF Michigan,
whose soil produces bcetS in no way
superior 10 those OF Indiana, now has
seventeen beet sugar factories. Indiana
could support no less than 166 if all
the available land were used for the
crop only ore yearin four, While this
figure represents distant possibility
there IS no reason why the state should
not have from fifteen 10 twenty-five
such establishments. Taking the low.
est figure. fifteen factories would
mean tbat when they were well under
way the Sale would have . yearly in
coine Of So 1000 a year for ssgar
alone. Or this huge sum stso0o.o0o
ssuld-1o- Directly 70 the. farmers FOR