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demand is almost keeping pace with the supply, so that 

 the possibilities of the business are infinite. Sugar fac- 

 tories are dotting the states of the west. Many more are 

 coming. And it is no longer true that the sugar beet 

 factory must be supplied from roots grown near by, for it 

 is found profitable to ship long distances to factories. 



The possibilities of beet sugar production in the west 

 are beyond estimate, and not only by irrigation but with- 



40 acre Sugar Beet field at Holly, Colorado. 



out irrigation many fields are being developed. In this 

 article is an illustration of a field of sugar beets grown at 

 Lisbon, N. D., on the grounds of the soldier's home by Col. 

 Mcllvaine, in 1897, the second year's experiment on the 

 same ground. It was grown under the Campbell method 

 o soil culture and the yield showed the phenomenal re- 

 turns of 46,000 pounds, or 23 tons, per acre. The illus- 



