Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1897 — A Sagar Beet Convention. [ARTICLE]

A Sagar Beet Convention.

A convention has been called for all persons who have been experimenting with raising sugar beets in this county, Starke and Laporte, to meet at North Judson on December 7, for the purpose of securing a reinery to locate in the Kankakee region, and also to Encourage the culture of beets. A number of capitalists are said to be ready to invest should the farmers of these counties take enough interest.