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Show jflr Sugar Beets in Utah, qr .MnnnKcr T. ft Culler, contrllts mi nitlde to tlie last titinibcr of the American Agriculturist, from which the following is mi extract; Without going into detnll, it Is mifli t lent to slnto that tho average ol to citltis nte, harvest nnd deliver a rropo1 12 tons of beets per acre, not to etceed four miles from tlie factory, N fiom 28 to 3b, nnil ttilh tlio nvcago jieldnf 11. Dl t.na jier oero, realized ly the fnrtner lust boii boh, them is nn income of (49.05 orn not profit nf from (1 to $.'l, besides the 23 to $35 north of In-lur In-lur furnished ly tho fnnner, fur which he gets p'liil in cash this in the great b.-vuty of tho beet sug-vr industry. The growing of thin plant is n departure from the usual methods of farming n practiced by the ordinary farmer, in that no p.ut of It, can lu neglected, or i een done Inn haphazard tort of inn li ner, vvithoi t eacrilicing the i-iop. It requires iiiteneivo cultivation in ever) ,' sense, but it pnjs well, n larger null re turn being obtained from olio ncro of b:ctn lhn from three aeres of irrnln. As tho fanners gradually betoiw more f milar with the crop, tlicy stenoilv increase in-crease tho j Icltl per aero ns well as the sugar quality of the beet. Tho methods of manufacture hme piocttcally renched tho samo degree of pcrfictlon in the successful factories of this country as they have In Kurope, showing that tho ctscntial 'actor for the biiecessof the beet sugar industry of America Is t o beet itself. Tho factory ct I.ehl, Utah, Is the only ono planned m.d ioi tricted by Americans and ciuij.p d tluo uliout with American niac-hiii-r trj. It certainly has many features of etccllenco tocointncnd itovcr the Uu-L Uu-L ropeau fai torlcf. Tho tiiichlncry of it- " s"alt Is mpru iliectitv in ninny vny., ni ' L il arrangement Is such that therein c . M.ivlng of at ienst one-fourth tho nciin- b.T of hands required tu ii lurojteaii ,' factory of tho saiuo capacity During niir bet ru'npnlgn, out of which 118 d ij b were occupied in cutting and working work-ing beets, it wo-Ued an neinge (if aS"1 tons n dny, with n factory of only 10 tons guar.inteed rapacity Tho length of u beet harvi sting campaign is necet-j necet-j surily limited to a low weeks after ihe Inrvestlng perioJ, for the beets inn not bo kept eiy longwltliout so diterlonit" iup us to bo unprofitable for uianufiu turinir put poses Tho total jeaily expenses, ex-penses, therefore, of an investimnt of from one-half to three-quarters of n jiullllon of dollars lno to bo made ilur Jn u campaign of 00 to 110 dajs. |