BEET SUGAR.
ENCOURAGING REPORT.
Per Frees Association.
WELLINGTON, Feb. - Mr G. S. Dyer, who Has been enRaged bv tho Victorian Government for twelve months in connection null the Ixv-t sngar industry, arnvcil from San Francisco by the Aoran-i to-day. H : s father started the sugar beet business in CaliTornia in IS-0, and he himself is a rocofinised expert, m that line. Speaking to a reporter this morning Mr Dyer said he and his father had demonstrated that beet could be frrow-n from Canada to Arizona, ana even on desolate lanas. The farmers in America are paid 5 dollars per ton for beet at tie factory, and each ton yields 12 per cent, of sugar for sale. There is no waste, tie pulp and the leaves being fed to cattle, and the molasses is used to make a composition food for live stock. Alcohol can also bo extracted fro in the palp. No more skill is required to grow beet is requited for carrots and mangolds. Deep ploughing is %n essential.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14359, 3 February 1911, Page 7
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170BEET SUGAR. Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14359, 3 February 1911, Page 7
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