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Menomonee * Fall® Sugife;Company,:?■Promise to Pay Well for:th«*i$£:Vegetable.Menomonee Falls, Wis^ Nor. , [Special. I—A highly important andin/ teres ting meeting of fanner® held: here Saturday afternoon* The meetkig was called by the Wisconsin Sugar cqni-paay and was for the purpose d£bringing; the fanners amLcompany to some under-: standing and to again !interest, the.farmers in sugar-beet growing/ Over 100“ farmers, representing ten different loealK ties, were in attendance, many of whom had lost considerable on beeta raised for the original company that failed* and they were naturally my backward about going into beet raising for the nerr firm-Nearly all-of the officers of the company were present. A. Gettelman was the first to address the meeting. He talked very frankly to the people, stating briefly the company's position, 4tWe hav# the plant and the financial backing necessaryto equip and successfully operate the factory, he said. “One thing Gnjyis tacking. We must have the sugar- beets.-Will yon farmers raise them?* The company would like *4000 acres, but most have a guarantee .of at least 2500 acres before they can begin work. The daily capacity of the present plant is abont 350 tons. The season lasts 100 days. This would mean 35,000 tons, which w about the quantity of beets that can* berawed on 2;00 acres of land. *R. 14. Wagner, president of the Wiscon* sin Sugar company, has closely .Investigated the beet-siigar question from all sides. He has traveled extensively through Michigan and other beet-raising states. Prof. Henry of the state experiment station was unable to attend the meeting- but he wrote very encouragingly to the promoters of the ‘‘pioneer sugar industry of Wisconsin.r#The cost per acre for raising sugar beets is $30, the yield fifteen tons* average price $12 per ton, thus giving the farmer 100 per cent, on his investment. These estimates are very conservative. Mr. Wagner stated, and In most cases the returns would be greater. He also suggested that a committee of farmers, representing the different localities, be chosen to investigate the finances of the com puny and to hold in trust the $25,000 bond offered by the company to secure the farmers’ crops.J. B. Whittaker of Menjonohee Fails suggested the following for the commit-tci*: Peter Wright, ohairman, and Henry Tciineson of Menomonee: Michael Jon an, lt;1. IV. Everts. Granville: Albert L Brown, Lewis Stark ot Germantown; J. Stark. Mequun: It. Weaver, Lisbon; and by unanimous vote of the meeting they were declared elected.The farmers are to be paid as follows, on the 1st and 15th of each month, for beets delivered the previous two weeks:’14 per ton for 32 per cent, beets.$4.25 per mu fur 13 per rent, beets.$4.50 per t«m for 14 per cent, beets.$4.75 per ton for 15 per cent, beets.$5 per ton for lfi and over per cent, beets.Beets testing under 12 per cent are net profitable for sugar purposes, boi will be taken at a slightly reduced figure*
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Milwaukee Weekly Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Dec 01, 1900
Page 5
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