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Show BEET SUGAR ITEMS. Interesting News from Various ' sources. Exaggerated reports havo been floating float-ing around regarding the amount of duimtgo donis to the bcot crop by last Friday's wind. The popple at the sugar eompany'sloflloe pluce tho loss at 10 per. cent and that is In this district with tho exception of a few fields injured at West . Jordan. Most of tho damage here is done to patches on the south side of the creek. In suuiu place where tho land is inclined to be sandy the little plants .were cut off or blown out of the ground, patches that had been recently rolled suffered badly. In many cases they will have to bo replanted and some farmers have already began to do this. On the Willis farm, owned by Mark and Hcber Austin, the crop was entirely ruined but tho soil was in good condition and replanting begaiir-yestorday. This means a loss of seed and will throw the beets a little later. No damage is io-ported io-ported from the southern districts. The jfiibliu sentiment in favor of our making our own. sugar is so intense that a sufficient duty to accomplish it seem8 sure to bo enacted. The new administration adminis-tration iB pledged to it, it is in harmony with republican policy, And manifestly to our interests us u nation. Surelv the great aimy of faimerp and working men who sorely need relief will be listened to by tho party which lias pledged itself in its national platlorui to foster the domestic sugar industry. This promise? redeemed, the industry can bo built up to large proportions, to tho advantage of the refiners nowin the business?, if they and the beet sugar producers work together to-gether for theii mutual interests, as in Franco and Germany. New York iHuru, . , . , . ' ' , '.Thu nature of tho sugur boot ia to grow deep, and with proper cultivation and soil it will bury itself entirely underground, under-ground, with i,the exception of a Binall leaf crown. Henco the reason for deeply-worked soils, which allow the beet to develop to a good size without crowding itself out of tho ground . By this means a beet ia obtained with but few rootlets, of good conical shape, penetrating the earth deeply without resistance, and producing a largo product both in sugar and tonnage. The. people of Logan county, Colorado are going into ihesugar beet business in earnest and are going to succeed if possible. N. A. Limn, the Nebraska expert, is down in that district talking up the business and the fanners are full of enthusiasm and will give tho beet biisiiies.su thorough test this season. The Springville association is ivorking hard for u sugar factory and aro getting aid from tho surrounding fanners. Many have promised to take stock and otheis to give part of their beets for a number of years. They can make a good offor to capitalists who will build n factory there. In speaking of the sugar company's farm last week wo stated it had been under the supervision of Heber Austin from tho beginning Wt we are informed that Mark Austin has. hud duirgo of it until this season, Tho beets planted in tho clay soil ou tho west side of Jordan river in Salt Lake county do not seem to bo coming up vory good and unloss thero is rain soon they will havo to bo irrigated up. Those in all other districts aro reported in excellent condition and in ' many places thinning will begin this week. ' i M ''": x . ' '' H Nf$iv- T'wvi. ... . . |
