The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-03-15
LARGE ACREAGE
BETS Is URGED
AT HIGHER PRICE
Growers 10 Receive Larger Re<urn~
Under New Schedules Cam
paixn for Acreage.


The rider attached to thu 1898
contract OF the Amalsamated Sugar
company provides for a maximum
payment OF til.l1 ton for beets
as compared 90 = maximum of
sl0.ss ton In the original schedule.
these prices being based on an aver
age OF II per cent sugar content-
The additional price Is to be paid in
the event the total tonnage Ia the
Twin Falls district reaches 10000
tons. the average tonnage last year.
according 10 fieldmen OF the cem-
pany.
On the basis OF II per cent sugar
content and net return 10 the com
pany OF 50 per hundred pounds for
sugar the new price for beets Is
$40 as compared TO 37.l7 In the
original schedule. Returns range
from this average TO tl1.ss = ton
for beets with is per cent sugar
content and on a return OF - per
hundred pounds for sugar. The max
mum price under the former schsd-
ule was Sif.6G
Increased interest IL being shown
IN beet growing this year. according
10 officials. Farmers will be urged
TO plant large aereaxes OF bects this
year where conditions warrant. ac-
cording 10 c. b. Ross. secretary OF
the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation.
Mr.. Ross has issued the following
announcement.
The sugar beet committee OF the
idaho Farm Bureau Federation has
unanimously Endorsed the contract
OF the various sugar companies OPP
Grating In Idaho. giving the farm
ers $s-s2 percentage OF the profits
which will distribute among tho
farmers OF the upper Snake river
valley an additional $4,000 over
and above what they would have
received under the <sh- say divi-
sion N the contract was In fs33.
Using "a basis 1850 sugar this In
crease will amount TO rs cents per
ton for every ton OF beets delivered.
The Increase OF dollars In the Twin
Falls Barley Rupert section viii be
about the same. or 100000 20 the
state.
The COMMITTEES will conduct an
active campaign appealing to the
farmers to not put all their eggs In
one basket. but to practice diversi-
ficatiou as a permanent agricultural
policy. In all sections where beet
culture II adapted TO climatic and
soil conditions we are asking the
farmers to increase their acreage.
Each grower will Be asked 10 con-
tribute cents per ton toward . gen
srai fand which will be used to en-
pioy an auditor and = chemist. Tho
chemist will protect the grower In
.erests BY making q test Of the beets
Determining the amount OF saechar-
ne.
We hope To secure for the grow
srs $3.50 profit sharing contract
or 1894. and will II the facts gath
red BY our experts substantfate the
act that ve are entitled to an equal
iisiaion OF the profits. An extra
'ents win mean 100000 to the
armers OF the state without increas-
ne the acreage.
The average amount received for
'sets In ls2z. according 10 the gov-
Fnment report. Ia s7s.f7. which IL
he highest gross income per acre
4 any crop grown in the state. ex-
ept perhaps lettuce or celery. The
-rowefs have already received ts25
OF each ton OF beets delivered. rs
cnts OF which vas bonns uader the
'rofif-shsring contract and each
rover will receive 81 or more addi-
Ional which will bring The profit np
D q very good average. We hops
be farmers will ses the fnportance
{ this great Industry. ssd cooper
te by planting a reasonable acreage
0 that our nine factories Will BE-
spt busy for at least Zoe days.
hen ~e know that IN addition TO
be price paid the farmer for beets.
hat the company PAYS oat for la
or aud nstsrisi about tz.so adj
ifionsl for every ton OF b>sts cat.
I'D that monsy Is put In circulation
. this section Of the state