The Blaine County Journal News-Opinion - We've Got The County Covered

In the start of the twentieth century, the area papers stated how the Milk River Valley was prime ground for sugar beets. The paper also stated three things were needed to raise them, a farmer, a train and sugar beets.

Thanks to the railroad, the farmer could raise large amounts of sugar beets in the Milk River Valley. They would plow the ground in the spring to a depth of 12 to 15 inches. The seeds came in a burlap bag weighing 100 pounds each. Some farmers that had flood irrigation would split the bag and use it to dam up the ditch. Most farmers used a horse drawn 4-row planter. Yes, it...