The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21
Should Be More Diversity Of
Crops and Sugar Bests
Offer Many Advantages
The PRICE IS FIXED

At this time when it is almost i'm
possible to sell our crops, or, if we do
sell them, the price is so low that it
will not pay expenses it is brought to
our attention that the Holly Sugar
Corporation, which contracts to pur-
chase the beets raised in this terri
tory, ON December 15 made another
settlement with our growers, paying
Them $500 per ton for all their beets
delivered N November. On November
ID they paid $500 per ton for the beets
delivered in October, and on Decem-
her Is they paid $1.00 additional on
tHese deliveries, making 500 pay
ment on all beets delivered, and we
are advised by the management that
this il not in full settlement for the
beet crop, but other payments will be
made from time to time, the same as
last year, as the sales of sugar Justify,
and there will probably pe several
more substantial payments made be-
tween this date and the time the final
September 80 next year.
Other sugar companies have been ad-
vertising that they would pay $1.0O
bonus, and, n checking up, we find
that their total to date, including
bonus, is only 5000 per ton, but there
WI be further payments made. We
have checked up in regard to what
lthcr companies paid and we find that
last year the National Manufacturing
company at Sugar City, Colorado,
whose contract was a straight fifty
fifty proposition between the factory
and the farmer, paid the farmer 1894
per ton for his beets. The Utah-Idaho
companies paid about $6.O5 per ton.
The Great Western Sugar company
pad $6.43.
We inquired about this and, in
checking up, find that the contract
offered on the Western Slope gives
the farmer from twenty-five to thirty.
five cents more per ton than any other
factory in the mountain region. For
instance, for five cents received for
sugar and sixteen per cent beet, the
Utah and Idaho company paid $3.50
per ton. The Great Western paid
s5.67 per ton, and the Holly Sugar
Corporation paid 5000 per ton.
The sugar company operated only
one mill this year, that being located
at Delta, Colorado, and are doing this
for the reason that they were unable
to get enough beets to operate both
mills. They have already paid about
S350,000 for beets this year and will
pay more, but, # the Western s.ope
had doubled its beet acreage, we could
Just as well had both factories running,
and, beside receiving money for pay
rolls and other factory work, we would
have received from 100000 to 100000
more for beets.
We do not believe in planting one
crop, but we do believe in diversified
farming and we think every farmer
should plant some beets each year to
have n sure money crop, and also to
diversity the crops on his farm. Some
years other crops pay more than the
beet crop, but they are more or less
of gamble, while the beet crop is a
sure crop and when you plant it in the
spring you can figure that, if your
land is good average land, and you
take proper care of the beets, you are
assured of enough cash in the fall to
at least pay your grocory bill and
probably pay all of our running ex-
penses.
We hope every farmer will consider
this seriously and begin to make prepa-
rations now to plant some beets next
year. We understand the sugar TOM
pany has thor field men and other So
licitors working now for beet acreage
and they will probably eall upon yoe.
II they do not, you can get In rouch
w'th thom by phoning to the factory
office or to any Of the fisldmen.