Show suar islets in nebraska the chicago Borlin glon and omaha in il monthly publication abo follo inc a tte results of ia 1 aury kilo the beet t nebraska i ta approximately the to sugar 11 ll beets in la acree aad the sugar output at the end i atie baalson will bo not tar from pounds there are in nebraska ot land nearly abie or is within the zone wherein tb boot ite gret tiet perfect ioa uncut authority As official statistic fc that one to ono aud a quarter tr million more acres devoted to sugar beet k would mako it unnecessary for the united states to import a pound 0 a it may be readily seen that it is possible pos fible for nebraska to cupply all the bogar consumed in the united states tave left acres in augar lands which to supply the wold stafford ferrar manager of the grand island factory is authority for the statement that every acre in the nebraska that will raise corn properly cultivated will produce tho highest grade of a baeta in aban dosice ds sice f toe sugar industry in nebraska is anly in its infancy and its development on already obtained will kreutle enhance the values of land and 0 open up unlimited resources to abo farmer 1 darin the present there 1000 acres of beeta raided on landa triba t tary tolbo grand island factory alie product cl was within haul i bioff distance of the factory by wagon per cent of nalter for 1897 has been 1280 and tto average yield twelve tons to the acre each year tatt factory a premium for the greatest crea test yield per acre in a nry meyer farm er living five and one bait miles east of fc s captured the prize by the phenomenal yield of thirty one and one half tons per acre from five acres the beai result thus far reported abie season twenty two tons per acre raised by henry giese toe effect of sugar beet culture in the grand island abat jabot an acre of land ie now for eale lauy acres can be and are rented for cultivation to town people and workmen in thy Jc tory near the factory the rental aprice ia 6 to 8 per acre within ten a miffs ot the factory it is 5 per aero 1 five years ago the rental price was only 4 pr asre when corn and the cereals were raised the land was for sale binco edear making hs been demonstrated u there is nothing to do but rent the land if a man bad rented the lao in 1894 on leases he could have trebled his money before 1897 the sugar industry in nebraska re rca no state encouragement cr bounty under the dingley tariff act is s raade the duty of the of the treasury to collect a laty on aucar irom ail countries a bounty on ite production and this is aha only protection alio industry re ceilee ce ivee at one time nebraska Nebra eka civo a cent a pound to new factories for all auar produced prod aced provided he factories paid 5 a ton to alti firmer for his baete this the island factory did for some time but after the bounty c were drawn the party then in power refused to ray them and the last legislature re the law the grand island factory was erect cil in 1889 90 and the plant has cost 4 50 all machinery except the at that time bad to be imported tho machinery is now made in th n country and aa good a factory cougil nov be produced for but little cuore than half tho amount invested |