Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-10-21 | Page 4 | Utah Great Beet State

M j , " UTAH GREAT BEET STATE. j .t Our attention has been culled to the excellent results, now be- T .ing dblnineu by the beet raisers of Utah, as set forth bv the ngri- &! cultural department's crop report, .just issued, for tire-year 1010. V The figiu'es by states of the sugar beet production, follow : fej1 id j 0. Xo. of Factories. Acreage yield Per Acre. Ill California...'. S 00.500 10.20 tons It Tdaho 3 13.17S 8.30 tons ftj. I Colorado .'. ."ft x 81,412 N 10.62 tons .,! ' Michigan ;,...17-)i 117,500 ' ' ,10.28 tons I , , UtalL . . . - :...-. ', -5 , ', 26,767 11.42 tons I i ! viisin ..:..:., A rt' " ' 16,772 9.14 tons l'1 All other .states 11 - 51,000 0.20 tons I ' J . t . ' 61 30S.020 10.17 tons .. : I j ' The foregoing shows that Utah has the highest yield per acre of II ' 1 " beets, and thai it exceeds the famous Colorado beet fields by nearly i a ton to the acre. IS . This means that the farmer in Utah gels about $15 per acre I more for his beet crop than the farmer in Idaho, and from $5 to $10 M ' per acre more than the farmers in all other states in the Union. m , "With this showing," says- a prominent writer, "is it not 1 Kj' Strange that Utah is the third lowest in the acreage which it puts into jjH v 'beets? In other words, less than 7 per cent of the beet acreage in 11 ,v the United Stales comes from Utah, although this state produces I L the most amount of money to the beet grower."