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<br />!~."" <br />'~ <br /> <br />During the years 1925, 1926, and 1927 the Holly Sugar <br /> <br />Co~pany made an attempt to start sugar beet growing in the San Juan <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Basin with the hope of establishing a factory in tbe region and some <br /> <br />experimental plots were grown in the Florida Basin. The test plots <br /> <br />gave very satisfactory yields as compared with other Holly territory, <br /> <br />and acreage was solicited after a favorable shipping rate to the <br /> <br />Delta factory had been obtained from the railroad company. .Deficient <br /> <br />late season water led to the termination of the experiment although <br />) <br /> <br />the area was declared to be as favorable for growing beets as any <br /> <br />area in Colorado. Yields on the experimental plots, even with seed <br /> <br />not resistant to curly top, averaged better than 12 tons pet acre <br /> <br />with a sugar content running over 17 per cent. With an assured <br /> <br />.t.~ <br />~ <br /> <br />water supply, interest in beet raising will probably return, espec- <br /> <br />ially if prospects for a local factory develop. Production of high <br /> <br />quality healthy beet seed offers an opportunity for a profitable in- <br /> <br />dustry. <br /> <br />Not only) will an adequate water supply induce changes in <br /> <br />the type of crops grown but it will greatly improve crop yields. <br /> <br />Both cbanges will lead to a higher value per acre of the crops pro- <br /> <br />duced. Table 3 gives yields, average crop prices, and value of crop <br /> <br />per acre under present conditions and as estimated for conditions of <br /> <br />a full water supply. <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />16 <br />