French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-29

molasses. AS compared to the cur
rent prices paid for other feeds, these
are cheap feeds and many farmers
take ADVANTAGE of this and feed from
a few to several hundred cattle or
sheep. They first u their stock on
their beet tops and what other rough
age they may have and then finish 1t
on beet pulp and alfalfa hay, with
possibly some molasses.
Does 1t Pay?
1.-THE typical American farmer
when considering engaging in a new
agricultural enterprise or raising a
new crop, usually asks first, How
sssuch more money can / make from
that crop than from the ones L am
now raising? Is there an available
market for the product when pro
duced?
81 shall endeav0r to %enlighten you
regarding the money making posi-
bilities or I had better say probabill-
ties, of Sugar Beets as a crop. Inc
average production per acre, con-
sidering the entire country, good and
had, is about 10 tons, blu t in many
entire districts an average OF from
* to 90 tons tper acre is made. 4
have known some farmers to obtain a
weld of as high as 80 tons. Let US
take Is tons per acre as a good gene
raj average For the past two years
most of the 1eeet sugar factories have
paid $40 per ton for beets delivered
at the Factory. That makes $15O per
acre from the beets alone. Now, from
a Is ton crop of beets n will obtain
about s tens of beet tops, which Wher
sliced in a!pit in the ground are
worth, for feeding purposes, just half
as much as good clover or alfalfa hay.
That is you would obtain the equiVa-
lent of 4 tons of legume hay per acre
If YOU had to go out and buy this same.
hay. yUu probably could not ouch 1t!
/ for less than SIS per ton. Taking this!
as a basis, you would have about $50
worth of beet tops per acre. Thati
| added to your $3.50 makes a total Of
$40 per acre. But the profit Ices not
end there. AS l mentioned briefly be-
| fore. the yield of grain grown after
beets is increased at least rs per cent
Now If your average production III
grain is 20 bushels per acre, it will,
according to all past experience, be
increased to about rs, or a net gain
of ) bushels. If grain is worth only
ST a bushel, that lea an additional
profit Of SIS per acre without any add
tienal cost. This brings the total
| grpss returns per acre up to $2l5.
Now even in the last two years, with
the abnormally high labor costs,
beers can be produced in most sec
lions for SIS per acre. This o S in
O. U1GS oil "O1h 4OA PAoACAAS' 49,
labor for thinning, hoeing, c~ultlvating,
wedding and harvesting; also either
| rent on land or interest on money in
vested in land. Deducting this $75.
from the gross returns OF $215, leaves.
a net profit of about $40 per acre.
Can you make that much or any
| where near that much ON any crop OF
crops you raise in your country at
the present time and do it on a large
| scale and year after year? Show me
| the crop nd I'll go to raising it.
The Market
A'Now answering the other question
which the farmer will ask, that is as
to whether there is always an avail
able market for the crop AMI WIZ IN
sura1zce he will have as to the price he
viii receive for it. A factory located
in a district assure a constant mar
ket for his beets. The factory in turn
is assured an outlet for their manu-J
featured product by the ever increas-H
ing demand of the American pubInA
for more sugar. Concerning the price,
he VIII receive for his beets. I mightd
say that it is almost universally thes
custom fer Sugar Companies to goi
around aad sign up the acreage in thel
fall Of the year, signing contracts with
the farmers, sffpulating the price per
ton to be paid for beets. Then the
farmers knows that if he can raise
Is tons to the acre on his land and If