Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1901 — That Sugar Beet Industry. [ARTICLE]

That Sugar Beet Industry.

We are able to give some idea of what the promoters of the Sugar beet factory at Shelby are contracting to do. The contracts provide that the company shall furnish the beet seed at 12 cents per pound; seed planter at 50 cents per acre; beet plow at 25 cents per acre; machine to pull the beets from the ground at 25 cents per acre; all of these charges are to be paid out of the money for beets sold to the company. The beets are to be harvested, topped and delivered on board the cars and for them are to receive $4.25 per ton flat rate or if they prefer they may be paid on the percentage basis. The farmers raising beets may also receive from the factory beet pulp for feeding stock merely by paying the freight and hauling it from their railroad station when shipped to them. The company wants to get the product from 3,000 acres and the farmers are contracting quite liberally, agreeing to plant acreage variying from 2 acres to 60 acres. They are anticipaing great benefit not only in the market for this product but also in the development and building up of that portion of the county.