Coalville Times | 1901-11-29 | Page 2 | $179.91 Realized from One Acre of Sagar Beets

17t.t Meall.ed fna Oa aereet Ba(al Heete. A an Inducement fur (armor to teat th capacity of th soil and see how large a tonnage of beeta could be grown from one mrasored acre, th Ora Jndd Farmer, through th American Heel Hugar company, offered a number of cash prliea last spring, th largest of which waa t.'uo on that yielding lb largest tonnage and pro-doolng pro-doolng th most augar. A number of Rocky ford, Colo., farmrra entered th aooteet, and results in soma case ara Imply wonderful. iMt week eoina of th Wet wr barvrated, but tha only complete returns re-turns so far received are lime of D. T, llerrell. Ill one acre mn.le tha folio' Ing showing: Korty-one Ion five hundred hun-dred and eighty-five pounde of beetai parity, lo. percent; per cent of augar, 1 0; prlc paid by th factory, 11(10. Tha pulp, 9.i lona, at SOcenU par ton, H BII 0v ton of tops sold for aheap Teed for US, brlnga th total caah received re-ceived from the one acre of beet np to 1179.91. Thla acre made II, duo pound Uf granulated augar.