Show ugar Beet Brings Riches z o 4 i in Utah Leads All k I 1 Assured Farmers By y A. A G. G G DST pST at this time when so many industrial enterprises are facing the I coming season with much anxiety and a n. great deal of uncertainty reding reading re re- reding ding ading their future operation there is at least ono one industry for which the Lure turc is neither conjectural nor without prospects of betterment j The sugar-beet sugar raising industry has today an outlook far lar more promis- promis g than at any time since it has become a part of the West's Vests a agricultural fe and to the farmer who enters into it with intelligent application and Brent igent effot there can be but one result and that successful and profitable 2 the agricultural man of tho intermountain country where lands are aro ted there thore is no more prof profitable trible crop than the sugar J When it is considered that in 1891 when the sugar beet industry as in in n its infancy only 1800 acres of beets were plant planted d and harvested jUlah Ulah t and und that this tins year o over er 9 acres of beets have haye been planted d id will be harvested this fall it becomes obvious that this industry is ie re in in which the farmer has placed faitE and one upon which he may in terms of the future I j 1 One of the peculiar things about the sugar b beet ct and a a. thing that may I It j classed t as paradoxical cal is is that it turns back to the soil soH everything c that Stakes takes out and that part of the beet which goes to make sugar is not ken from the soil but from the sunshine and air The sugar beet crop the the hc only in this country that does this Every E other crop that is a ted leaves the ground in a 3 manner poorer for its having been planted i t in the case of the beet enough humus is loft left in the ground to tt te for its presence Pulp of Great Feeding Valno Another interesting thing regarding ing the sugar beet is that after the for sugar-making sugar have ha been e extracted there remains tenths nine-tenths the beet that is equal in in feeding value to any other crop that could be i t sed on the land In other words ten tons of beets produce one ono ton sugar ugar syrup and nine tons of feeding crop I t r The Tho growing of the sugar beet for the purpose of making sugar is is a 3 av v industry compared with ith the time most kinds of crops have bave been en known inan It was only about years ears ago that sugar was first extracted m tho the beets and th then n the percentage of sugar extracted extracted was so low lowthe lowthe the cost of o obtaining it so high as to make the cost of getting the sugar ar more than the flee sugar was re ra really lly ly worth ItIn t I I Imore i tIn In the State of Utah raising sugar beets was commenced in in 1891 andas and nd as the second state in the tho Union to carry this industry on under profit profit- j e conditions The first sugar factory in in the states slates was was built at i 11 and this was tho the second plant in the United States t to operate on aing n a a nI aing I ing basis the first ono one being at nt Alvarado Gal Cat j i Since the sugar beet industry was established Utah Uta h has always lead all nIl lother other states in In the yield o of 01 beets per acre and it is 15 not likely that r other state will ever wrest this honor from Utah tah Tho The soil and climate peculiarly suited to sugar beet culture in both Utah and Idaho j I II Utah has at nt this time 8 acres of land under cultivation Of this acres neres are arc available for sugar beets but only acres are planted I J No o r of Surplus the tho a western states of at Utah Idaho ride ida Wyoming Montana ton on n and California there thero I Is it i t ground available to supply the tho Ive Ivo lve million tons of ot sugar necea- necea i t rY j tC to iw taKo care caro of ot homo home C fin In the tho United States and at t tho the thee thoa e a time be able ablo to export two millions mil mU- tons mil lions for tor export trade And yet it absolute fact tact borne borno out by tho the accurate and reliable information various sugar Ugar producing coun- coun I bf of tho the world that at the end of ot bo l less ss s sugar sugar gar on hard hand was at the end of or Ins 1913 the tho farmer tanner of ot Utah or Id Idaho 0 Ss Is raising sugar beets as 33 ono one of or tops ropa tho the prospects for tho future right indeed Ho lie is assured byi by i cst cat st that tho the of or i will not go down and when remains up In the tho amount to him for tor his crop of or beets beete will l high And there II la 13 one ono regarding tho the stability of or the tho i which w the farmer Carmer ma may expect its Is produce and that Is tho the worlds world's r c r prices and the demand for tor cuJe euge eug- eug e e not dependent upon tho the mental ude de de of ot some Borne big broker or ro- ro Tin fin Now New York but luckily aro are 1 upon tho the powerful all law of at ly y and demand I 1 Safest Crop Known sugar beet crop Is Ie the safest t that can be planted by the farm farm- here There Is no other single product will will yield the same return in the length of or time By following Ian an of or crop rotation and keeping st 81 one-fourth one of ot the available d d planted in sugar beets the ther the r is assured of at success In his taking By tho the rotation system rating crops the ground nd Is always J J built up Sugar beets can be beon Lion on tho t same ame gro ground year ear In and andt ut t and there thero is but little lot soil values With an any other be depletion as a rule amounts out ut 25 26 per cent so It becomes any ary ry to add a great grant deal of or ter In order to keep tho the ground In Ini i f If however beets are arc planted tel tely with other crops tho the yield crop Is always assured uch time lime and labor is saved caved By stem steni of at rotation in crops that v being advocated b by tho the best Rural experts of ot the country burins ourthe of the ground can beto be bo boto beto to yield a as much as was vas raised acreage without the aid aidar Id jar nr ar beets It will be seen that I stem item works s very cry much to the tho gO go ge of ot the farmer Also Irrl- Irrl lands must have a cultivated order to guard against being by weeds and other pests To roes year In and year out that o o need for tor cultivation la is for forer forer er cr of or tho the Irrigated land to In- In easier caster for tor It Is a rL known fact facton facton on weeds become of at such promas promas prom- prom 1 as as to smother the value of or 1 crops crop Crops that require over of or the soil by that eradicates t tho e thin thing that S 8 Its growth Objections Ov Overcome t years ears perhaps the only obiA ob- ob iA that had nad been beon offered against ng fig of or a 11 beet crop by tho tim farm farm- he he amount of or tedious work In- In 1 nd the tho scarcity o of labor to ase aspe as- as pe c e work An Any farmer armor who had mall all family as a no rule would fay ay from Crom tho the sU sugar ar beet Acct crop lc o man with a a largo family of t found as ns a rule that he heP P his bis help to I great advantage f any scarcity of or hand labor f met b by new and modern fl 1 devIces device for the raising and 5 of or sugar beets beeta JO D a is no doubt coming cominS' when will HI produce enough sugar to told t World ld and there thena is 19 no other othel d cap p as aa sugar and no section rid lid d can raise ralso sugar JU ar beets n nas as asas y as in the west is for Immediate stimulation gar ar r industry aro are vcr very allure Pc Dc e finds herself hersel with more moru fourth of ot her sugar troyed and must look Jook to tor or Or r her sugar supply The est eat Asiatic countries In- In I Una Ina aro are Just b beginning to the tho of or sugar as n a consumption of at i sugar Is Jumping at the mo most t extraordinary extraordinary rate rata and when whon Its million people develop dc a taste for sugar the demand upon the tho sugar raiser will be without parallel Salt Sal t Lake City Is tho the geographical center of at the sugar boot beet Industry In the west and as in many other branches of or industry has first call upon these enterprises Utah being one of or the pioneer states in the beet industry her experts have havo gained their knowledge upon homo home fields and have 0 also traveled traveled trav- trav far tar Into top other states to teach tho the proper raising ising of or the sugar beet The Tho large sugar interests Interest of or tho west aro are carrying on a system of ot education among the farmers to better the class of production and to stimulate effort cHart toward towar tho the planting of ot greater r acre Acre- age ace |