Beet growers boost valley wealth with record sugar beets
The Granada Times reports 1750 tons of sugar beets shipped this season and notes town activity. Beets prize exhibit showed a 13 pound sample at Holly pharmacy. Immigrant cars flood in, beet company eyes large northwest farm. pay day at American Beet Sugar Co. topped $125,000 to growers.
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Holly Pharmacy
W. S. McGlashen
Beet Company
Kansas City
American Beet Sugar Co
Orange Judd
D. W. Burrell
Prize acre beet crop yields and by products featured
Rocky Ford soil produced an acre yielding 11,510 pounds of refined sugar valued at 575.50 at 5 cents per pound. Burrell’s acre generated 160.07 from beets plus 10 tons of pulp and tops valued at five dollars per dry ton, while peers Belew, Kouns, and Anderson posted tonnages from 36 to 37 tons. Other notes cover real estate transfers and a novel ad seeking workers with $18 weekly pay.
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Rocky Ford Enterprise
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