THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1910. ENCOURAGING INDUSTRIES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10056, 2 August 1910, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1910. ENCOURAGING INDUSTRIES.

Any movement that will tend to promote the establishment of industries in the Dominion is to be welcomed. Whit the proposals of the Government are in relation to the Sugar Beet Industry remains to be seen. Over the greater part of the Dominion it will be impossible to grow sugar beet at a profit on account of climatic conditions. To produce the best results the roots must have plenty of sunshine, or the percentage of sugar will result in an unpayable crup. Grapes can be grown in many parts of (he Wairarapa, but they cannot be grown in the open to equal the flavour of the Auckland grare. The s<*me applies to the growing cf the sugar beet, thou, ht noi to the Bame extent. Even although better rrsjlts f r m a sugar beei

crop might tie secured in the north, it should be quite possible to estab- i lish the industry on profitable lines in the Wairarapa. A great deal would depend on the season, Even the JtSritish are awakening to the value of this industry. At a meeting of Associated Chambers of Commerce in London recently a resolution was car- | ried recogrising the desirability of encouraging the growth of sugar beet | in England. Last year they imported 1,500,000 tons of beet sugar from the Continent. If this had been grown at Home it would have meant the cultivation of 750,000 acres, at least 300 factories would have been required, and £10,000,000 would have been spent in wages. Sugar beet could be grown anywhere where they could grow mangolds, arid farmers ought to be able to make a profit on it of £6 per acre. One speaker said he and others had grown sugar beet which had yielded crops considerably in excess of the Continental average of 12 tons per acre. Id most districts in England they should grow 15 or 16 tons per acre. If they got 18s or 19s a ton on that there would, with favourable labour conditions, be a good profit for the farmer.