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Show 1 u "MONEY MADE IN SUGAR BEETS." I i Undor the nbovo title tho Now London, Lon-don, Wis.,' 1'ress has tho following to say; "After all is dono and snld, tho beet ciop Is getting to be the staple production pro-duction o'f this section, Llko any other oth-er "crop It, has Its tips and downs, but for tho g6nernl nverngo It Is the crop that au bo depended upon to bring home tho mono). Other ciops do ns well or better heio than any other pints or tho stnte, but when tho tall end of tho )ear tolls aiound and the Intel est nnd tux bills come due the vtlr.o fnimer Knows lie can depend on ' his beet ciop Tho )cur 1910 will go down In the htstoiy as n satisfnetor) , one, in splto of the handicap Imposed 1 by tne continued diouth during the summer months. The beet growers In notthcrn Wisconsin me well pleased with the icsults. Thoy hnve teallzed a ptoflt or from "f JO to $50 an aero for their beets. "1 hat Is not all. Some rai mers claim the beet tops are worth nearly the amount of labor It takes to handlo an acie. Is thnt all? No; thoso who get the beet pulp back for winter feeding net a value of $3 per ton. Next year tho groweas can get this pulp In the di) form, which makes It still hotter 'Yes, It Is tute land Is 50 to 75 per cent higher In the beet belt in Mlchi gnu thnn It was twelve yeais ago. What has caused this? The growing or beets, which bus brought about l illation il-lation of ciops and greater fertlllt) of soil 'I Ills Incieaoe of laud benefits the tanner and is one of his assets, Isn t it? December 15 wns the second pa) tnudo by tho sugar tnctory to tne farmers for the beet deliveries. On that day the sixteen sugar factories In Michigan paid out to beet glowers an aggiegato or JJ.OOO.OOO In cold ensh. Ono fuctoi) alone ut Hay Clt) disbursed more thnn $379,000. It Is expected ex-pected now that the total payments to Michigan Tanners ror gi owing beetB when the campaign Is ended will ap proximate $7,000,000. hnt other crop gtow n on tho rnrm pa)s tho farmer as viOll? It Is estimated tlio crop of beots this )oar will exceed that of last )ear about aOO.OOO tons. If there were no profit in this, would farmers be fooling fool-ing nwny their tlmo growing beets? Tho fuct Is thero Is no crop grown on the fnrin )ieldlng better returns. Cash returns, too. Tho beet grower doesn't hnvo to hold his crop until prices advance, ad-vance, ns ho does with other crops, or tako what he can get when ho hauls It to ninrkot." ' |