| Show horticulture SOME SUGAR BEET RECORDS FOR 1905 who will beat these records in 1906 J A nelsen jr of 0 thatcher box jilder elder county had 25 acres that gave an average yield of 18 tons per acre john P holing holmgren ren secured 2 20 0 tons per acre from 25 acres mr air holmgren alv lives s at dear bear river city al J richards of riverside had five acres which yielded 27 tons per acre lion hon george austin agricultural superintendent for the utah sugar co had 90 acres of beets which gave an average yield of tons per acre some of this land has been raising beets for the past three seasons that yielded from 12 to 15 tons but there was one piece of eight acres which was sown to oats and alfalfa seed in 1903 this land had been raising small grain for many years and was not suitable tor for beet culture by reason of its being run down but it yielded a fair crop of oats in the summer of 1904 after the first crop of hay had been harvested and the second crop was ready to cut it was plowed under plowing about seven or eight inches deep covering a very heavy crop of green alfalfa later on this same land was plowed and late ii in the fall or early in the winter say the latter part of november it was plowed the third time this treatment gave over 25 tons of beets per ier acre this season and this is probably the cheapest fertilizer that is known to the farmers of the united states willard S clansen of fielding the successful rambouillet Kam bouillet sheep breeder and one of the few enthusiastic arid farmers of the state secured tons from each acre As he had bad 20 acres of beets he had a very snug income from this crop this year mr hansen has a habit oi of succeeding in whatever he undertakes and he did not go into beet growing with the idea of raising ten tons per acre mr air hansen mixes brains with his soil and gets results L mr hyrum hall of garland put in 12 L acres of sugar beets last season and harvested ton tons s oi of sugar beets or slightly more than 20 tons per acre an exceptional soil did you say well no there are thousands of acres of 0 just as good soil as mr air halls mr air john A johnson of thatcher only had six and one halt half acres ot of beets but he furnished the factory with as many tons of beets as many farmers with twice the acreage mr air johnson harvested over 26 tons per acre these beets sold for per acre take out 40 tor for the cost ot of raising the beets and you will still have left ten per cent interest on a valuation of per acre what have the sugar factories done for utah well land around thatcher box elder county thought to be worth much more than 50 per acre before the advent of the sugar factory was it deseret farmer |
