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10,000 ACRES OF SUGAR BEETS IN KANSAS.
FRED HARVEY.
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The great staple of the upper Arkansas Valley
in Western Kansas is the sugar beet. In 1901
the legislature, to encourage the farmers, offered
a bounty of $1.00 per ton on all the beets raised
within the state. The appropriation was discon-
tinued in 1906 and since that time no more ap-
propriations have been asked for. The produc-
tion has increased from 1700 tons in 1901 to over
100,000 in 1909.
The value of the sugar beet does not rest alone
in its sugar making qualities, but it is also used
as a feed for stock. Hogs have been fattened on
them at a cost of two cents per pound for the
dressed pork, and thousands of sheep are fed
annually on sugar beets in the Arkansas Valley.
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