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Dec. 9 sixty days 41,656 tons of beets were converted into refined 

 sugar. 



The campaign of 1901 was longer, extending from Oct. 2 to Jan. 

 15, a total of 105 days. The tonnage of beets sliced more than doubled 

 the work of the previous year, aggregating 93,851 tons. 



The Orange Judd Farmer offered some prizes last season, to the 

 beet growers who realized more than one hundred dollars per acre 

 from their crops in the Rocky Ford region, and the farmers who en- 

 tered this contest were subjected to the most rigid scrutiny, and 

 exact rules governed the contest, which were enforced by inspectors 

 appointed for the purpose. 



The following table contains the results obtained by these con- 

 testants: 



List of contractors of the American Beet Sugar Company contest- 

 ing for the prizes offered by The Orange Judd Farmer, season of 1901, 

 with results obtained. 



NAME AND ADDRESS. 



SUGAR PERCENTAGE. 





PtJPlTX. 



The following table from rhe Farmer of March 1st shows that Col- 

 orado growers received $870 in prizes, of which sum $785 was won by 

 Otero county farmers. 



Amount of Names of Prize Winners. Gross Sugar 

 Prize. in Crop, Ibs. 



$200 J. W. Bellew, Rocky Ford ... ..11,963 



150 B. B. Kouns, Rocky Ford ....... 11,485 



100 D. V. Burrell,- Rocky Ford ...... 11,479 



75 Henry Redmore Manzanola ...... 11,444 



50 M. G. Anderson, Rocky Ford. ...11.173 



50 C. F. Kouns, Rocky Ford .. ...... 10,514 



25 I. D. Hale, Rocky Ford.. ..... ..... .8,384 



25 Warren Blinn, Rocky Ford ...... 9,914 



Cost of Rais- 

 ing Crop. 

 $63.90 

 69.60 

 82.71 

 37.50 

 23.50 

 .65.25 

 54.75 

 40.70 



Profit from 

 Contest acre. 

 $93.34 



82.88 



77.38 

 120.59 

 125.73 



82.60 



70.38 



82.69 



