Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1901 — The Sugar Beet Industry. [ARTICLE]

The Sugar Beet Industry.

The activity in the sugar beet industry began in 1896. Since that time thirty-five factories have been built. The census year ending May 11, 1901, was a bad year for the industry, for the beet crop was a partial failure; thirty-one factories, however, were in operation and they produced 35 per cent of our total sugar production, while ten years earlier the output of beet sugar was less than 2 per cent of the domestic output.