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Show B Grovii.g1 Beets in Nebraska. B The committee appointed to inveatl- B gato the beet augur industry at Gritiul B laland, Neb., roporta ua follows: B ' Aftorcareful inquiry and Invi'atigation B among tho humeri nnd othtrn, it ia the H conuluaioii of tlie couiuiiliuu Un.t tl.o B boot a.tgur nitlUBtry at uranu Island ia u B Tho augur factory being a private B institution, tliu details uf the busine&s B could not, ut ejuise, he made Known to B the committee, unu tliu estfniato pre- H cutid ot expeubt-B uinl ptoiit of iipltui H .slmillur to tne one at uratid island it H nmue dp tiuiu data fccoureu by uuaerva- B tioa ami other souicsa. B In tliu matter ut beet growing, very H delliute anu cci'.nin iiguica can he given. B 'I'h' leaultd ueiiu'iiauutu ' iluil tuu H avetage coal of growing b.ieia(at Uraml K Ialaiid ia 7 to 'M per aeie. B jlr. StaiUe. witu liaa iUJ uoiua, eati B 'inulVd hid oust at 27.bJ pft-ltuiiu, as H liulluws H Per Acre H ;fe&$$V. . .v . : . . .-. . . uo H AYftrVuW'ueota until laid ' 75 Uu H ' Harvesting and deli ciyiu .ueioiy 1U dl) H H i Mr. Staiko liirea all Jtla labor and H uinch of it ia done by tueacie. lie H ' tatltuatea that tlie beet topa aie worth H $1 per acre for food H Ti'.u yield ot lna crop ia twelve tons B per acre this year. The sugar content H w ill average about lfljrf per cent. Ilia B , receipts are -VIS per acie;' expenses B $2". 5U--leaving him a 'net proiil uf H H Tnu vaiiety of beets that ho raised H thia year iatno llo-iing improved Klein B Wanzlobener, which ia an eaily mutur- H ing variety and a kind that would H probably be beat auited for La Salle B Mr. Gieae, who has been raiaing beets B lince the factory atnited, seven ycara H ago, gave the committee,, u detailed H account of the expense pur acre of raia- H Jng beets as fol jows : H .Heat of land . .".. $(i Oo B .Ploughing nnd plandlng -'25 H Twenty, pounds of need at 15 tents 3.00 m .Cott of cleaning and thinning.... 1100 B 'Cultivating .v. . . , . . .. 1 u0 H Jlnrvca'.ing., 4 fiO fl Hauling to factory , ., I? 50 H H ( Ilia'cropof twenly-iU'O UOieS id yiold- H . ing thia year fourteen ton's per acre, H wjiich at H per ton brings $c0 an acre, H or a not piolit of 24.25.J B Tlie factory atGrand Island' contracts' B with eac)i farmer in advance- to', raiso so B many tona of beets, for which the factory B agrees to pay H Per ton for beets de- H .livered at tliu factory that contain 12 per m -cent, of sugar and have u purity m coeUlcient of 80 per cent. Each farmer m jilso agrees to buy hit' seed at the H 'factory at 15 cents per pound, and to H A j)ltnt not'lesa than 18 pounds to the H . acre, in order to,,$ecuro a full stand. H The factory further agreea that should H any beets grown under their cpntract H fa;l to come up- to the standard of 12 per H cent., with a purity of 80 per cent., that H tlf6'y Will take all that oll percent., H ' -with iH por cunt, purity, at , $3.25 per H ton', and beuts.coutainiiK not lesa than B 10 per cent- sugar, with 70 per cent. H (purity, at fi.50 per ton. Louisiana B Planter. |