| Show di ACTIVITY IN BEETS large returns from fl crops in county expected that over will ill reach this vicinity from beet crop the richfield depot is the be scene of much activity ever di at the present time the loading of beets is a homely sort of a subject but it is tinn cing the coin to this part of the vineyard and much can be oNer overlooked looked N nhen han the question of money is under consideration there his been a con stream of beet wagons going and coming the past few weeks an and the result AN mil ill be more mono money for the tillers or ol the soil in this i than has been seen in an equal number of months in the histon of the city the work of I iding is in charge of george A beal jr and he is bush bus from earia earl morning until late at night he weighs all the beets looks aft r the cars on which they arc loaded anil and is a diction dictionary ar of informs tion on all m bitters pertaining to the shipping of the beet crop arop from this toa town n this cita together with glenwood has loaird and shipped ll 11 e cars of beets this fall and the half his not been shipped that will mill be ere the entire crop reaches the sugar factora factor it is wonderful thi the amount of beets that have hane been raised in tins this vicinity dicinit vici nit this dear there is an average of tons of beets in each car this brings the total amount of beets shipped up until last saturday morn ing up to about tons that is 1 going ome the beets bring 4 4 50 per ton on the cars it is estimated that there will aili be over 3 reach richfield and GlenA glenwood tor for the seas ons crop of beets this is the first ear that real int rest in beet IA raising mg has been manifested manifest td in this vicia vicinity t y it has been cl tied ned that there was f A won connected with the ty raising of beets for the money that was obtained for them this beat bear richfield has a little over acres planted and the yield will be about 16 tons per acre the farmers are thoroughly converted to ane idea of beet culture and net season there will be a bigger aar ac rffie ige than has aler er been dreamed of among richfield farmers it was vas argued that the red soil of this i would riot not raise raie good beets this his proven to be an utter falace instead of the boil being detrimental to t the he beets it has been found to raise the nery ery bet beets in the valley the farmers who glinted their ir red up lands to beets list spring are reaping A big harvest chece u uplands p lands arl are thi the best that can be found for large yield and high per centi gc of saccharine mattir matter of the men engaged in the beet culture alexander jensen heads the list fur acreage ile he has 21 acres A this year and he has had at an enormous asi 1 yield he will harvst harvest from 18 to 20 tons per acre other farmers ade all hail had a successful year and as a result there will be a big demand for acreage the coming icar last spring there was much hesitancy the farmes to tn contract for acreage but the success this year will 1 ir bably result in more beets being raised than the 3 sugar company compan will cire to try and chandle handle the beet raisers have dinst instilled new scales for the proper weighing of the crop and the sugar company pays the man iman who weighs the crop besides beides pay ing i rental for the use of the balc calc the cot cost of the caleb all w 11 be as assessed cs ed pro rita amoni the farmers using them IN title there is 19 a large acreage here in the culture of beets the country south ins his more thin doublette doub double lethe the amount c of f bet beet land that Rich held and glen nood his taking AlOn rOis elsinore joseph ind and annabella there is probia ly llovera oer a thousand thou acres used this year near in beet culture As a result there will aill be nearly 75 OllO go goto to these to towns ns in hard bard cl cash h that N will ill make 01 er for tins this counte count from the beet crp clip ilone alone tint thit is an all enormous amount of money mone to pull down for r using tubers for conversion nto into sugar there is untold wealth in the tha land for the farmers if gone after properly alm these e figures in a prospectus of some promoter would arale the farmer long for pictures pis tures new an dhere it i right at the door of this community comm uniti to the north of Rich held huld there has not been so much interest taken in the beet industry as in the south end of the county N er milion has made a valent effort and has aji raised ed considerable ab c of this product this ear there has been a hitch in getting get cars for the transportation of the crop ten cirs have been loaded at that point and so far not tent one car has been mon moved ed and there are hundreds of tons awaiting cars for load it ng thee arle are de tails that will nill be met inet and overcome as each vear ear comes around rund i but they are innon inn oving ing circum st bt ineas aurori has manifested a di disposition position to get into the game and with proper facilities that goinn has mani main enterprising farmers aado vho will beote their energies to cultivating beets beet S salina has tried beet raising but through in an unfortunate chain of circumstances this the success taci there aji movement on in thit that ton fur operations in beet growing and the call is lending its aid in promoting an interest in the matter it is expected that there will A ill be considerable of an acreage secured fur for beets in salina the land lying around silina is i well ell adapted for raising splendid crops and of a high ner percentage in saccharine matter the few farmers mho aho have hane tried beet raising rece received iNed satisfactory results but there was much dissat ib faction and the knocker was on hand to disbot ra e those who i arc ere desirous of seeing beets made a profitable crop there are a number of m men now flow AN who ho are anxious to have hae the matter thoroughly arild and the coming year NA will ill see a revival renial of interest in this crop there is no doubt that there will be from to acres of aind in this county given 0 over er to beet culture before many seasons pass ind and by that time there will be a movement for a sugar factory then will ri rial real al prospLr prosperity ity berch on the banners of the farmers of the county |
