Canadian grocer July-December 1908 . pin 1902 than in 1901. Farmers who hadgrown a few acres profitably increasedtheir acreage; syndicates were formedto handle large tracts of sugar beets;and many farmers, out of curiosity, putin small plots of one, two or three acres,just for the sake of experiment. Turning Point in 1902. The year 1902 was probably the turn-ing point in beet growing, so far asSouthwestern Ontario was is true that many large growers lostmonjey. The syndicates, particulairly,.employing men and boys to cultivate thebeets at wages out of all proportion Othe possible
Canadian grocer July-December 1908 . pin 1902 than in 1901. Farmers who hadgrown a few acres profitably increasedtheir acreage; syndicates were formedto handle large tracts of sugar beets;and many farmers, out of curiosity, putin small plots of one, two or three acres,just for the sake of experiment. Turning Point in 1902. The year 1902 was probably the turn-ing point in beet growing, so far asSouthwestern Ontario was is true that many large growers lostmonjey. The syndicates, particulairly,.employing men and boys to cultivate thebeets at wages out of all proportion Othe possible returns, went behind. But1902 was a very wet year, the almostcontinuous rains throughout the summerproving disastrous to cereal and othercrops. The beets proved probably thesole exception. Farmers who in thespring bad sown a few acres with theutmost reluctance, in the fall werevehement in their declarations thatsugar beets were the safest crop theyhad ever known. From that moment the beet-growingindustry ceased to be a doubtful ex-. BEET SUGAR IN CANADA—Factory of the Knight Sugar Co., at Raymond, Alberta. —in the face of a deep-rooted prejudicein the public mind in favor of caneas against beet sugar. To combat these three obstacles in-volved the expenditure of large sumsof money. At the outset, a big invest-ment was required for the factory, anda still bigger investment for the ma-chinery, practically all of which wasimported. Then, to secure the beets,missionaries, technically styled agri-culturists, were sent out among thefarmers, and large sums spent in edu-cating the farming community with re-gard to the crop. Even more moneywas required for the running of the fac-tories and the manufacture of the sugar;and finally, it was only after consider-able expense that an effective systemof handling the manufactured productAvas built up. A Difacult Task. The writer has a vivid recollection ofthe efforts made in 1900 and 1901 toeducate the farmers of Kent with re-gard to the gr
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