The Schaller Herald
Schaller, Sac Co. Iowa
October 7, 1897
Mary MILL is a teacher.
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Oct 21, 1897
--Bert MILL entertained a number of his young friends one night
last week, at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Peter MILL, east of
town. A rattling good time was had, and supper was served for
ninety. We didn't suppose so large a crowd of young people could
be found in one community.
--Will MILL has purchased the HOWARD property on the east side,
and he and his brother Gilbert will occupy the place. The MILL
boys built this place and sold to Mr. HOWARD about three years
ago. They therefore get back their own.
--That sugar beets can be successfully grown here seems no longer
an experiment as the results obtained from practical tests
conclusively show. Early in the season C.G. ALDRICH made
application to the Agricultural department at Washington for
sugar beet seeds for experimental purposes. Among those who took
the seeds and gave it a trial were E.D. FRANCISCO, Geo. ROACH and
Geo. P. MILL. The seed was planted according to directions and
the result was that the beets came all right, and a recent
analysis shows that they will produce good sugar. Samples of the
beets were collected by Mr. ALDRICH and forwarded to the state
agricultural college at Ames where the analysis was made, and
received the following report:
Geo. P. MILL.
No. beets sent, 2.
Av. Weight trimmed, 19 oz.
Crude sugar in juice 19.30 per cent.
Pure sugar in juice 15.36 per cent.
Purity, 79.58 per cent.
Sugar in beets 14.59 per cent.
There were some other tests, but we give these three as a fair
sample of what could be done in the growing of sugar beets in
this locality.