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Show - SUGAR BEET CUL- TURE1NUTAII. . s i .tJk? Intorosting l'npor On tlio Siub- ift' jootWhioh WnHlo Iluvo liimn SPf-' Hoiul by Judge II. II. Jtolnpp Mfti' at'tho Inigiilion Cohimohb. 'i . $Slk w,,11 n w"'' N,)l ,tou,,,c1 )n tl10 C- l'mgrmn II Will Form n Part ul tliu ijlEfi'rf fc Oilieinl I'ruwcilliiBH of Uio ("Jmitu-f. ? fg fllyJiiJss Henry II. UeUpp of Octi tlili, ' The Hiiitnr beet is indisputably tho ' most prDlltnblo crop ilint can b extfi- " V lively kio n upon Irrigated lamb. It ' ifl n crop which requires for'its SiU'coes- ( (ul cultivation Hie administration of moisture or the wiiiiliotdiuK thereof nl ttcfltilto pi'tlods iltirlnte Hfl tfrowth. , Consequently in localities dependiuj: ' upon llio uncertainty o( I'llninttu oon- " dltions for Iholr moisture, tho sitijar beet has only been moderately bii.;im ! 5 ful, while in tho arid regioni! of Utah, Idaho, Colorndo nnd Now Mexico, under un-der propsr oll mid pl.intliirf condition, . . there has neer'beon oven. n.partlal fall I , . tiro of the crop. ' "' ' Of course tho piosent siiceesij of iiijar ; ' '' beet cultivation in Utah and lolniiy is J r not wholly the result of hoII and lirlgn I r lion conditions, except in they have been improved by tho experience and induatiy of tho farmer. In thbi stme, as ulsewhcre, tho curlier cultivation of tbeels produced u etop both dullcifiij.il) .q'sanlily and ijnnlityf but an ihf farmer .became uiore famllinr with llio required -soil and trrii;tIon condilidus, iu.il UK they beeamo reconciled to the dmi.ind d unaccustomed iutcusor fiuniin,' of their laiuls, tlie ciop increased c irrrt- - pondinuly both in toniiii)!u noil unVr contents. As this condition hccsuiic apparent to the furmei, ho mutually became moio fnxnr.ihlo toward the onl- fixation of the crop, and year lyyeui the acreage was incrensrd, and coi.- "" 'auincd ly steadily iuullipl)iutfil.tiiti. In 18U1 lend than one llloim.uid farmer?1 tlm crop, wJilIo at present it fCMl- juated that moro tliau ten thojuand Jieads of families in Utah mid I1I4I10 are piodiitiuif the heolft used I'.v Hit' I factories under tliu eoutiyl df Utah H capital. The culture of Biigur boelH in (Huh null vicinity is a matter of rnmpitr.i lively rcceul urigin. Tlio mecptin tho industry in tills state uury be sn i H 10 lune InkOn place lets than twelve years two 1J the eatnblliihiiieiil of a ' lieet factory by the Utah Suaricoin I puny at I.elil, in llio ceutial portion of lliis state. At that tiiuo not a Miijile H rninr beet factory had been eiuiiii.il B any when1 witlnii tlio bauinjarles rjjtlie S' llocky Mnuutniu territory: ami uhlh some I'lVorls had been niadtf in Cnliflir- nia t( ward cslnhlishln;; the Iniliittry.in the United Statei, jet up to the oitini- zitiou of thg Utah S 11. mi' i.oinpiinj V nothing hut failure ial icvulted fiijin these eirorts. liven in thin fjtatu tin B PttabliMimciit of 11 suuar factorv ivuv aitempted as eatly as 1852 by John Tnj- lor, enbscquciHlv president of ' tlif I ilornion church, who had become hiJ'iiio ' what acquainted with tho euituio .of t eligar beets during his sojoui 11 in Iyirtlce. lie went to gre.M expense in bhlppliig a email plant and necessary beet seed I from Europe across the ocean in sailing vessels from New Orlcanu, and llmnce liad it trauspnrted by ox teams aeions 9 the Ureal Aiuorlciu Ue&crt to Salt Lake Ulty. The plant was p.utlally oipcttd in what is luio"ui as Stiyur Iluuve - B Ward, near Salt Lake City, and ail at- B tempi niudo at produciui; sugar; but if I resulted In abtoluln failuro and mbtio' B quent ab.iiidoumeut The crude coi) diliou of tliu machinery, operated 6y M nii'ii wholly uiibUllUul In i's iniiiiipiilrf'' w lions, com. led with tho noor condition m- of the bi;etH, icsultiii); fum tho iuad ' ' quato methods employed in cron in); link m wop, sodisconriiKcd the biaye pioneers m of this enterprise that by mutual con- ' Hent no further cfTurta were made in this direction. ' ; ul it Cau hardly bo claimed ihtit this (tl 9 t itcinpt was in any way tho cotnmmc- r ment of tliouKat linlimlry tu tlii state. M , In fact, ovon during tho operation 6(, tliat early plant molasicn waa pio-n pio-n duced, because thy possessed no inuane m of rellniuu tho saino Into on&'nl inar, H ' nnd oven the inoliisaes pi mod usolemt, m - " because of tliu abaento of liuowledu'e u-S u-S Karding tho uiethod Of extiactlni; the fl potash bnlm coining from Hie been lulu ' '1H t llio ri'Hulliiiu' :roiltii't. So tlint the JE 0y ndvantaKO lesultinu funn thli jB oai ly attempt was tho penodical nita- Bj Hon for the establlhlimunt nf a iumK'iii I plant, operated liy (killful "workpirn, j but '" view f this Jueal failure, fol- I ' flBJ BBH Imwd by niltul.ir fniluieo in Callfnrnia and the constant dlseoiirnuin oppo-hUIom oppo-hUIom of the nine eupar intOrosts, it beeamo be-eamo very dilllcull to i'lierert Utah cajiit.il in thia Imlmlrr Mimlly, howeui, tin- Vinli Siuar company was rNiiiil In 18AI), but it tool Itro jcurs of thr int itillgeul labor tip'in 1 be part of Ihe pminulern nf thil rnmpntiy belne iln mii trldcd in raiting uieatis 8iilT)ci'ui to trbct thcii llrt fneiury and to pitieltuw wed for ilU'rilMHiuii union.' leluettt farmeir. Upeiaiions wen eonipu'licell llnu-Pi. in tlm (.ill i.l ltdl.lmt the (list few yeum-Arre Fiiltof Ibiaiii'lal, ili'jilinli ill and jiim iilunnl dlpappuiiiliucntB. Dur 1 11 5 tlm Hut two season, only about Jen thouAind ba of sugar were produced nniiUiiUy, The sti action of inlar from ths'beet wn less than half tho piesvut aiiiOout'Ciind ilia cqst of maiiiifaituio wi)tfifinri' limit tliu-U times as hljth : nt present- Addrd Id this tamo the iu-aiiguratfnn iu-aiiguratfnn of a voiniueicial warfaio bo-tween bo-tween 'lit bwt mill . rune iiiieieHilii Oalloinia, whieh rt duced tho, )n',irjel price of BUjrar to k'n limn it tuniiliinl cost 1 f production Tho fanners: like , i 9 1 weieli"eiiiiteut.od with Ike iiiiliM try. Tlio qilftiilily of the iop Iii4-(ll -appointed ilieb ixpectnllur8, a id a iiMluml piujudici li.id bebii nr)UKid bt the iinniTUsljmcd reqnireinonts of co'i Htnnt atteiiliKii ami cultivation to tlil CMlctin nnel prndui.t ot tin- eml. 11 u,n(l rifd.i n(, fiiinnira aowd ilijr in teution 11I reiwiitK 1 etlllivaio the mnr I oet mid It I Mjid ful a time nw ihotvh 1 he induatiy would full for want of local nurii'iihur.il Hiippoit. At this jniicli.tc hcielilean eirorts wore made i niteiect tlie farmcis in tho eontinuiiuti 1 f'ltit Iiidiutryt i Tho leadim irleu' of thi coiiiniiipliy, untsLly Ilpn. Thoiyji it. OJuliV, the itnfBuut inaunur o the S,-f!lf$W ojAti5sfriimfw;rfilftiK-Q- Cfaniioir, liyti. ft 'lliatelier, ibni llTtlMfr I Ontitttiid'HnlijAJ'tlinr Staj nerwiri. liiUfitltga'jIt in thefi endeavors endeav-ors tnkeifp tlie snj;ar induitry alive. I'lnly I'liwiiit-ngeil liie far mci h with .OuW ahd meu'if ; Ihev rJUtribtiu d es! pmli'iireit In m 111 !cn I'll 1 fit m 11 u 011 the ciimuiiiinl , ;, ml tli iipi'iil d li. Die patihtintn of llio ulinli pcupk f 11 the exelu-.iv 1 (mi hiiiiiplinn nf I'lah HUa'r, noii.iiiui vvlui ni tout These iljorts resultnl ii'tiii.iikly and graduiliy the farmers became to well acquainted with the pxiper methods of cultivating the beets that the) vveie not only contented but anxious to continue the culture of miiir bcclP. Al tlio same limn llio f.ic. tary aUo gatuod uxpoiicnco and gradually grad-ually iinjiiiinl ciiunpei ami more elllcknt methiidi for the extraction of atijtnr,' until, at present' tho beotsuyar Industry iu IH.1I1 and vicinity is tiling and hifitingly catablithcU,. (I'o'bo contlll'iied next weolc.) |
