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poor; two, fair; one, uneven; two, good; one, thick in places; 
eight, thick. In other words eight out fifteen obtained a 
thick stand by irrigating up the beets. 
This is about twice as large a proportion as those who 
obtained a thick stand by depending on rain or the original . 
moisture in the ground. 
Of two persons who irrigated ten days after the seed 
was planted, both report poor stands. Of two persons who 
irrigated before the seed was planted one reports a good 
stand and the other poor. 
No relation can be traced between the stand and the 
analysis of the crop, for there is no record to show whether 
the beets analyzed grew by themselves or were taken from 
thick places in the held. 
RECAPITULATION. 
The results of the season of 1897 niay be summarized 
in a few words. 
Good sugar beets can be raised anywhere in Colorado 
that is adapted to any kind of farming. Large crops of good 
beets can be raised in any portions of these districts that are 
supplied with water for irrigation. The season opens early 
enough and the winters are mild enough so that a factory 
could have a run of at least one hundred and twenty days. 
The average quality of the ripe crops of Colorado in 1897 
was 15.5 per cent sugar and 81.6 per cent purity. The aver- 
age quantity of beets per acre was not far from sixteen tons. 
FACTORY CONDITIONS IN COLORADO. 
Those who contemplate putting their money into a beet 
sugar factory will desire to receive answers to several ques- 
tions in addition to those already presented. 
It has been shown that Colorado has the soil and climate 
for the production of high grade beets. A natural question 
follows as to whether the people of the State are enough 
interested in the matter to raise the beets if a factory was 
built. The answer to this must be in the affirmative. This 
has been tested on several occasions and there would be no 
trouble in getting the necessary acreage pledged at several 
places in either the Platte, Arkansas, Grand or San Luis 
valleys. 
A home market exists in Colorado for all the sugar that 
would be produced by three large factories, thus saving 
freight on the finished article. Each of the above men- 
tioned regions is near to enormous deposits of coal, affording 
an abundance of cheap fuel. The deposits of limestone are 
