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Show Nnsar-llr.l I tperlntents In llllnuls. Tho question ot sugar production has aiaunic.1 a decidedly bualness-llko aspect as-pect In Illlnola. 1'eorla, Oalcsburg Qulncy Springfield and Decatur havo combined their efforta and will grow eccrat trial fields ot beets under as nearly factory conditions as possible These communities bavo already raised tho necessary funds for carrying on the work nnd bao engaged the services of Mr Theo Hapko of Orand Island, No braiki, who Is an expert beet grower, bavins had ten years' experience In Germany and eight ears In this country coun-try Manufacturers of sugar beet tools havo agreed to a-ipply theso communities communi-ties with tho necessary tools, such ae seeders cultivators and diggers An accurate necount of the cost ot growing grow-ing yield per acre, nnd per cent of sugar su-gar will be kept At the end ot tho anion tho farmera will know whether they want to cngngo In tho augar beet business or not This Is tho only safe method of procedure llefora either homo or foreign capital will Invest In n factory It must bo settled beyond doubt that the farmers can and will produce tho ncccsaary raw material The Agricultural experiment station at tho Stato University Is sending out twcHo hundred pounds of aeeil for the purpose of carrying out tbeao experiment! experi-ment! It will alio undertake tho work Iot subjecting tho beets produced to scientific analysis for the purposo of determining de-termining their commercial value. |
