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THE 1RRIGA1ION AGE. 



25 J. F. Growl, Rocky Ford.. 9,878 59.19 72.55 



25 W. JB. Brown, Manzanola 9,111 



25 R. J. Johnson, Rocky Ford 9,000 



25 M. Figurski, Grand Junction.. .. 8.959 



25 C. Johnson, Rocky Ford.-..'.. .. 8821 41.70 78.00 



25 A. F. Buck, Granada 8,425 59.10 55.28 



25 J. W. Setters, Manzanola 8,123 56.45 43.38 



25 H. B. Wakefield, Grand Junction 6,992 



10 A. Morine, Grand Junction 4,489 



The largest yield of beets reported was 78,H24 pounds, net weight 

 of dressed beets grown on one acre, by D. V. Burrell of Rocky Ford, 

 or a little more than 39 tons. This crop did not contain quite as high 

 a percentage of sugar as some others. 



WHERh, THE HKEtS Al<E KF.Ofc.IVKD IN WAGONS AND BY RAIL. 



The next largest^, gross yield was 74,396 pounds, net weight of 

 dressed beets from, one. acre, raised by J. .W., Bellew, also at Rocky 

 Ford. These beets averaged 16 per cent, sugar, containing 11,963 

 pounds of sugar with a purity of over 82 per cent. This crop yielded 

 nearly five tons o,f refined granulated sugar from one acre Mr. Bel- 

 lew was paid $157.24- for the crop froin his prize acre, the cost of rais- 

 ing it (including. 6 per cent, interest on land worth $225 per acre,) was 

 $63.90, leaving a profit from the contest acre of $93.34. Mr. Bellew 

 was awarded the grand prize of $200 in gold. 



The average yield of prize winners in California last year in the 

 Orange Judd Fdrmer contest w^as 21 tons of beets per acre; in Utah 20 

 tons, in Nebraska '13 tons, while Colorado harvested last year the mar- 

 velous average of 27 tons. 



