New Britain herald., 1926-07-30
SUGAR GROWING IS
 SEEN AS POSSIBLE
Unused Tobacco Fields Might
 Be Cultivated

Hartford, July 30 Pt-Production of sugar in extensive Connecticut acreage withdrawn from tobacco cultivation has been found to be practicable, 1t was brought out in a conference of United States Secre- tary Of Agriculture William F. Jar dine, State Commissioner of Agri- culture Philo T. Platt and Kurt Grunwald. a consulting agricultural engineer of Denver, Colo, at the capitol.
 Soil and laboratory tests have been so satisfactory that Mir. Grun- wald. a representative of the Great Eastern Sugar Co.,, Inc, of Medford, L. l., guaranteed the erection of st,5o0,0 900 sugar factory in central Connecticut if Connecticut farmers will agree to furnish annually the crop from 5000 acres planted to sugar beets.
 It was disclosed that ten experi- mental plots of sugar beets, In ya- rious stages, have been under culti- vation in different parts of Connec- ticut for several weeks under the sponsorship of the state department of agriculture and the observation of Mir. Grunwald.
 Optimistic reports of the progress of such of these crops as he has had late information about were made to Secretary Jardine and Commissioner Platt and 1t was Sec retary Jardine who later ''let the cat out of the bag" in conversation with newspapermen, giving out the fact that the experiments have been in progress. Commissioner Platt ex- plained that nothing had been an- rounced about these tests previous ly because of MT. Grunwald's desire to make sure that there were good prospects of success before talking.
 Commissioner Platt announced that the sugar beet seed had been planted in plots by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment stations at New Haven and Storrs and on the plantations of the following named farmers:
 B. R. Rich, c. H. Child and Ewart G. Tealey of Woodstock.
 Frederick G. Waterbury and A. ". Reynolds of Newtown.
 Albert Dennler of East Hampton.
 ". H. Carrier of Glastonbury.
 H. L. Hamilton of Ellington.
 The state agricultural experiment station plots are under the super vision of Professor W. l.. Slate.
 Sugar beets have been raised on Mfr. Rich's place in Woodstock which were reported already to be 3tz inches in diameter, which was said to be considerably in advance of the average size at the end of July. Secretary Jardine expects to visit some of the experimental plots next week with Commissioner Platt and Mir. Grunwald. The latter came to Hartford today with Secretary Jardine and they motored together in the afternoon to Amhert college. Amherst, Mass, where the secre- tary was to deliver an address to- night. They will study agricultural COluItlUls lilIuuSuOuI NcW LllB ldiid' returning to Connecticut by Monday at the latest, and Secretary Jardine will spend Monday night as the guest of Commissioner and Mrs. Platt at their home in Newtown. He will speak Wednesday at the Con- necticut Agricultural college.
 Mir. Grunwald emphasized to newspapermen that he was not con- nected with the United States de- partment of agriculture. but was travelling simply as a friend of Sec retary Jardine. At noon, he and the secretary were the guests of Commissioner Platt at luncheon at the Hartford club. which was all so attended by State Highway Com missioner Mcdonald, Deputy Com missioner of Agriculture Healey, Secretary of State Pallotti, Tax