The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-15
TREASURE STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK
Montana Affords the Best Advantages for
The Beet Grower, According TO Survey

NfIrh HIS rotation system because Of 6uctua-
tions in the market from year to year made
the most money.
Costs of production vary according to
tbe value of the land, distance from mar
Eat. Weld per acre, size Of acreage, and
EFFICIENCY of the grower. 1t was agreed
tbaf on the average the cost of production
U-jii amount to nearly $50 per acre, includ-
ing interest on investment.
Estimates by different committee men
nlaced the costs at from $40 to $S5 per
acre The Great Western Sugar Beet com
nsnv on their farm at Fromberg, where
an labor, including managerial service was
figured in, placed their costs at $67 per
"cb HIItention of the committee is called to
tbo fact that although on the average beet
, growing is one OF the most profitable crops
IN the district, in 1926 about 80 per cent OF
the growers produced beets at a loss. The
vieId and price was not high enough to pay
costs. It was pointed out that the grower
mo sDendS $50 per acre and secures q high
WioId will make a much greater net profit
than the grower who trys to get along with
mT The average haul to dumps is about one
and a half miles, the average cost 81 Pc
ton With good roads the committee de
. Jared this cost could be reduced at leaS'
o. nor cent. This would mean around $50,
600 more money to the growers in the dis
trict. In some wet rails the saving would
e be much greater.
= inc beyond the immediate vicinity of tn
factory 10 SGCuEG UGCb pup LOI AlNGSlOCl
T. feeding would also increase profits.
The Agricultural Outlook says:
n "With world sugar production for tn
current season below that of last year an
consumption apparently increasing. tn
trend of sugar prices seems to be tOwar
- HIGHER levels. In we'll established suga
beet districts where adequate yields ca
no expected, growers who can secure salts
y factory contracts will probably find it aC
vantageOus to inrease acreage up to factor
le capacity.
- croD for the current season viii be abol
e s ner cent below that of last year. Viii
! the decrease is partially offset by increase
PC stocks. consumption which has been Steat
iIv increasing, may be expected to absOI
~ a large part of them leaving a small carr.
Of over at the end of the present season.
0Oo y SThe decrease i'll world production a
or pears to be partially Offset by al increa
m in carryOver from the previous season
However, consumption in mo
10 countries has been steadily increasing in 7
no cent years and it seems reasonable to e
% pect that it will continue to do so in Il
n coming year" 1t seems prObab
that unless prices rise sufficiently to pr
season will be practically absorbed. lea
ing minimum stocks at the end Of t
zee present season"
ng D0@ns ~.
10: All producing areas, with the excepti
IRE of California, have been rapidly ~increasil
lLuGM aNACA5Co "a - D~0 $3.50 L~S ~
i've years. A decline in price has follow
.ue the increase in production. Fortunate
7er this district produces the Great NOrthe
beans, the demand for which is increasiT
ief In the production of this variety, MOnta
: has less competition. However, it is dOul
to full if increased prices can be expectC
or The Outlook states:
On. Danger Point Reached
lat "a danger point to bean growers "
VII reached in 1925 and 1926, paintings bel
ian large enough to produce with average vie
several million bushels above the cOnsun
7n- ton requirements of recent years. [
hg favorable seasonal conditions so reduC
OF the production of cleaned beans in bC
the years, however, as to largely offset the
lbs cessiVe acreage. Another unfavOrable gro
ing and harvesting season cannot be
70 suRed and the need is clear for a shG
not reduction in acreage, varying with the ty
of bean grown.
IN 1.-The production of Great NOrtherns,
a slightly reduced acreage, is about a tel
en- less than in 1925 and the crop is being
sOrbed at prices apparently about the sa
eed as last year"
re- This area has certain advantages in p
re- ductiOn that will enable the growers
cen compete with other areas.
More beans can be grown with less n
labor per acre.