Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1901 — Shelby Sugar Beets all Harvested. [ARTICLE]

Shelby Sugar Beets all Harvested.

C. B. Steward, who has been keeping tab on the sugar beet business all the season was up around Shelby again Monday, and took notes of the situation, now. All the beets have been pulled and are fast being shipped to the factory. A good many were raised and of a good quality, bringing from SSO to $5 per ton. Ten or twelve teams have been busy for days hauling beets from the Adams ranch alone. The Russian beet raisers from Nebraska, between 500 and 600 in number, are preparing to be taken back there. The railroads brought them out for S9OO but want $1,500 for taking them back. From which it appears that they must have increased in numbers or weight very rapidly. Mr. Steward thinks that if the factory had been built the beet raisers would have made money this year.