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Show PRODUCTION OF THE LUSCIOUS SUGAR BEET Report of the Agricultural Department Depart-ment Regarding the Beet Sugar Industry Sent to Congress by the President. 4 Washington. President Itoosovclt sent to congress on Friday n report on tho progress of tho beet sugar Industry In-dustry In 1905, prepared by Charles F. Saylor of tho agricultural department. depart-ment. Tho report says success has attended tho boot sugnr Industry In Colorado slnco tho beginning. Tho season of 1903 wns better than usual-Colorado usual-Colorado holds a unique position In tho development of tho beet sugar industry. in-dustry. It entered tho field at a com . paratlvcly recent date, but already " twelve largo plants havo been Installed, In-stalled, with n dally capacity of 9,200 tons. Threo othor factories Brush, , Fort Morgan nnd Swlnch are being a built, with a capacity of 2,400 tons, $j nnd threo others nro to bo built during ij tho present year. Tho fifteen facto- j rles will aggregato dally 11,500 tons t of beets and 1,276 tons of sugar, repre- jj scnting a money equivalent of $12,-760,000. $12,-760,000. Tho beet sugar Industry In that stato 'has stimulated alt sorts of Improvements. Tho reports show that Utah was tho third stato to enter upon sugar beet production. Tho stnrt was mado at-Lchl at-Lchl in 1891, nnd tho growth has boon healthful over since. Tho over-production of beets soon stimulated tho erection of other factories. The beet districts of Utah aro said to bo better irrigated than In any other stato. Tho flvo fnctorles of Utah havo a combined capacity of 4,000 tons. Utah's beet production hns been much damaged by tho whlto fly pest, to which entomologists ento-mologists of tho department of ngrl-culturo ngrl-culturo will Immediately turn their attention at-tention In tho hopo of eradicating the-insect. the-insect. Idaho is ono of tho nowest nnd least developed states In agriculture, but the installation of sugar factories has given a remnrknblo Impetus to agricultural agri-cultural development generally. Idaho soil has rare qualities for sugar production. pro-duction. Prior to this season Idaho had three sugar factories of 300 tons dully capacity. Two others nro contracted con-tracted for, ono at Nam pa for 1906 and i ono nt Payctto for 1907. I Wyoming Is now under lnvcstlga- I tlon. Beets grown aro of a high qual- I Ity, and Utah and Colorado capital I has turned townrd that stato because I of cheap fuel nnd good water. The s m report says it Is likely that Wyoming, A llko Idaho, will suddenly Jump Into prominence nmong the sugar states ot I tho west. I |