The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-04-01
Morgan Plans
on Big Sugar
Beet Season
BERDAN FARM CHOSEN FOR EX-
PERTINENT TO BE MADE BY
MINNESOTA SUGAR CO., WITH
NJ. l.. PETTIS DIRECTING.

Morgan has been chosen as one
of three places where the new owners
of the Minnesota Sugar Company
will conduct an experiment station
in sugar beet culture this summer.
The three points will be used for the
purpose of experimenting under diff
ferent soil conditions. At Chaska,
the home of the sugar beet factory,
there is heavy clay soil At Hec-
tor, another of the places to be used,
there is what is known as prairie soil,
and at Morgan there is the heavy
black soil
Sugar beets are profitably grown
on all of these soils, but the expert
mentation is for the purpose of learn
ing just what method of culture is
best for the different soils.
M. l.. Pettis, field superintendent
of this district, feels that this is quite
a boost for Morgan, as the experiment
will be advertised considerable in this
and future seasons, and will also be
watched with much interests by 10
alities where sugar beets are extern
sively raised. Naturally only points
where beet raising is widely establish
and the soil here fits in admirably
with the test program mapped out by
the sugar company.
The experiment plot will be con-
Quoted on the Fred Berdan farm ad-
joining town on the north. Mr.. Pet
tis made the necessary arrangements
the past week. The experiment will
be handled by the local field man, Mr..
Pettis, and the factory agriculturalist,
and research man employed from
the head office at Denver, Colorado.
The arrangements are to use an
eight acre tract of ground. Six
acres of the tract will be used for
experimenting with beet seed treat
ed under different methods, and the
remaining two acres will be used for
experimenting with different kinds
of fertilizers. Naturally enough a
special contract had to be entered
into with Mr.. Berdan to conduct the
experiment plot
The whole process will be carried
out under careful supervision in every
step of the beet culture, and exact
records kept throughout. The beets
will be tested at the various stages
of their growth and the company will
endeavor to get out Of the experiment
all the information it can that will
be of interest and advancement to the
sugar beet industry in Minnesota.
Pamphlets and treatises will be pre-
pared by the sugar company experts.
dealing with the experiments, and
there will be frequent reference to
Morgan and the soil hereabouts.
This material will be broadcast
among sugar beet raisers, over the
country and especially where climatic
conditions are similar. Based on
past experience, Mr.. Pettis would not
be surprised if under methods best
adapted to this soil, the Morgan ex-
pertinent plot will outyield those in
the lighter soils, and this would only
add to the value of the publicity
which the sugar beet experiment will
give to the community. This is the
first experiment of the kind tried in
the Northwest.
The new owners of the Chaska fac
tory are The American Beet Sugar
Co., with headquarters at Denver,
Colorado.
Owing to condition existing at the
East Grand Forks plant our local
for as many acres on his territory this
hopes that in the near future the
Sugar companies will be able to
handle all the sugar beets that the
farmers will want to grow for them.
There will be some reduction in
acreage handled by Mr.. Pettis this
season in comparison to last year.
Al hn
planted in his territory this season.;
of this amount Morgan will have $50
acres and the balance will be at Gle
ments, Gilfillan and Redwood Falls.
The beet growers for the Chaska
plant received bonus of 1.50 per
ton for beets delivered the past sea-
son to the company. According to
their contract they would have re-
ceived $1.23 per ton but owing to the
high sugar content of the beets the
sugar company gave them an extra
bonus of nearly 27c per ton making
the total bonus $1.50 per ton.
The Sugar Company are square
shooters and give the growers every
possible chance available.
1t is of some considerable interest
and satisfaction to the beet growers
tributary to Clements to know that
they are to have a portable beet load
ing dump put in at their station this
summer to handle the beets when
hauled to market this fall. Morgan
Messenger.
Rev. John Pemberton of st. Paul
filled the pulpit at the Methodist
Church at both the morning and eve
ming services Sunday, taking the
place of Rev. Paul L. Grove who has
been ill for the past several days.
Mr.. Pemberton was pastor Of the
church here forty-three years ago and
in his morning talk told a number of
the instances which happened during
his pastorate here. He also gave an
interesting talk on the Bible. In the