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Farmers Prove Crop Can Be Raised Profitably In CSD By MERVIN NELSON Sugar beets can be successfully raised in the Huron area, but ad ditional acreage is needed to as sure the future of the crop in this area, more than 35 farmers and businessmen were told Wednes day. The remarks were made by Lloyd Wilson, acting director of the state extension service from South Dakota State College at Brookings. Wilson was one of the speakers at a noon luncheon at The Plains during a sugar beet tour sponsored by the Huron Chamber of Commerce, the Beadie County Extension Service, the U and I Sugar Company and the James Valley Beet Growers Association. “We have had enough experi ence in two years to prove that we can profitably and satisfac torily raise sugar beets,’’ Wilson said. ‘We are in a position to ex pand production and to take ad vantage of the potential of a sugar plant in the Huron area or in Eastern South Dakota.” Wilson called sugar beets one of the crops the area can grow from which farmers can receive a good income per acre. “If we don’t have more acres in sugar beets in the next couple of years, the acreage will go somewhere else,’ Wilson said, “Industry in South Dakota will have to be tied to agriculture and sugar beet production is a healthy industry for Eastern South Dakota.” Earl Crook, president of the James Valley Beet Growers As sociation, moderated a panel on sugar beet production. Appearing with Crook were Maurice Olson of the Northwest Security National Bank, Elwood Harder of the Farmers Home Administration, Harold Harms of Hitchcock, a beet grower, and Ralph Keller, and Sugar Company repre sentative. Harder told the farm group that the development of irrigation in Nebraska has greatly increased the price of land as well as the crop yields per acre and irriga tion could do the same thing here. The FHA is prepared to assist potential farmers interested in go ing into beef growing through soil and water loans, Harder said. The loans can be used for the purchase of irrigation equipment, wells piping, pumps and motors, Harder said, as well as for the construction of canals and reser voirs. Harder said the FHA will ac cept loan applications for irriga tion projects from farmers who want to raise sugar beets. In terest on the soil and water loans is at five per cent, Harder said, and the loans are four up to 40 years with real estate security and 20 years with a chattel mortgage. He recommended that farmers who want to irrigate next spring start planning their systems and the financing of the system this winter. Harms, one of the larger beet growers in the area, said he has had good experience during the past two years. “If water were available and I could get more land I would put in another well, more irrigation and plant more beets,’ Harms said. Olson said that local banking in stitutions want to encourage the production of new crops, such as sugar beets ‘because they're good for the area.” With the available equipment, sugar beets could be raised on about 3,000 acres around Huron, Keller said. ‘But, of course if a plant goes in, that would be a different thing.”’ The company could then handle several thou sand more acres around Huron, Keller said. The day-long tour started at the John Ruff farm northwest of Hu ron, moved on to the beet fields of James and Cave Doolittle, al so northwest of Huron. In the aft ernoon the farmers and business men toured the beet fields of James Hohm near Carpenter. Beet planting, beet cultivation and beet harvesting were explain ed to the farmers and business men. About 14,000 tons of beets will be shipped from the Huron vicinity to the U. and S. processing plant at Belle Fourche this year, Ella Continues To Threaten U.S. Southeastern Seaboard WILMINGTON, N.C. (UPD— Hurricane Ella moved ominously toward the southeastern seaboard today, but storm-wise coastal res idents began no immediate prep arations to batten down. Gale warnings were posted from Nags Head, N.C., southward to Georgetown, S.C., in advance of Ella's 90-mile-per-hour peak winds. Florida was given an all clear signal Wednesday and the space center at Cape Canaveral reac tivated plans to launch a Rang er-5 spacecraft toward the moon. Scientists Tuesday had given up hope for the shot until next month because of the hurricane. The season's fifth tropical dis turbance whirled on a north northwesterly course aimed at the jutting headland of Cape Hat teras on North Carolina's oft-buf feted outer banks. But the Miami Weather Bureau said it probably would be sometime this afternoon before it could be determined whether the hurricane would strike land. Moving Slowly At 6 a.m. EDT, the Miami Weather Bureau said Ella had slowed her speed slightly since its earlier advisory issued at 2 a.m. It said Navy reconnaissance located Ella near latitude 29.8 north longitude 75.3 west or about 375 miles south of Cape Hatteras. It was moving at seven miles per hour and was expected to in tensify more today. “Gales extend northward to just off the Carolina coast and should reach the coast by day light along with very rough seas and tides somewhat normal,’’ the advisory said. “A small change will make the difference on whether it goes east or west of Cape Hatteras,” said Miami forecaster Raymond Craft. He said if Ella hits land it will be tonight before the coast will feel any hurricane-force winds. ‘Winds will gradually increase on the Carolina coasts reaching gale force from Georgetown northward’ during today, the weather bureau said. Gale force winds are from 39-54 m.p h. Ships 90 miles off the Caro linas coast reported b-foot seas and gale winds Wednesday night. HOW DOES IT WORK? James Hohm, right, sugar beet grower who farms near Yale, explains his irrigation system to a group of area farmers and businessmen who toured sugar beet fields all day Wednesday. From left to right with Hohm are R. J. Gibson, Beadle County extension director, Ralph Keller, representative of the U and I Sugar Company, and Fred J. Tobin, Beadle County supervisor for the Farmers Home Ad ministration. More than 35 people were on the tour which also included visits to the beet fields of John Ruff and James and Dave Doolittle. Another photo on page two. (Plainsman Photo)
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Huron Daily Plainsman
Huron, South Dakota, US
Thu, Oct 18, 1962
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