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Show mt.TURK "In formor rttporls attention has bten called to tho prolmbln practical value of irrigated lands for tho production of sugar bfcts. Tho high fixed charges which must necessarily attach, to nil Irrigated lands render It imperative that some crop should be grown capablo o( Intensive culture nnd of yielding lnrg financial returns. Thero Is no crou which oders so many ndvnnlages of this kind as tho sugar beet. Tho growth ot potatoes nnd vegetables for home market, or of nny crop of this kind usually produced by Intensivn culture, must necessarily bo restricted tonllmitcd area, but the comparatively unlimited oxpan-siveness oxpan-siveness of the market for sugar render It OHf Itilo to .lovoto It practically all ot the irrigated lands which nro likely to bo recovered In many years to tho production pro-duction ot sugar beet. "In view ot tlio inagnitu.lo ot the Interests Involved a recommendation for tho establishment of nu cxpciimonlul station for lett culture in nu irrigated region ought to carry great weight In Congress. In fact it is highly desirable that tho experimental results which aru so nccessiry to tho proper development of which nro so necessary to the proper development ot tho industry should lie obtained under conditions varying as widely as possible Tlio productljiiof beets io,n climate nsflcklo and capricious as thatof Nebraska Is well illustrated by thu experimental station nt Schuyler. Tlio production of itoets without'lrrigat-lon without'lrrigat-lon nnd without rain In tho valley ot California should also bo tho subject of experimental study." On I his subject the ago says: Certnlnly tho growing importance of tho beut sugar industry in this country and thn wldo field f-r Its expansion should justify Congress in making provision pro-vision for tlio experiment stations suggested sug-gested In tho reort of tho department ofexpcrU. IlWhru wo reflect that during the calender year 1803 wo imported G13.28S,-189 G13.28S,-189 pounds ot beet sugar talucd at $17,331,143 and 3,223,1.00,073 pounds of cauo sugar, valued at 1101,413,010, besides molasses to tho vuhic'ot 11,070,910, or a total value for sugar nnd molasses of $123,741,078, It becomes evident that tho field in front of tho intelligent boet farmer Is n wido ono. |