Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-09-14
Tme Psodus,i".. ~ sugar.


wealthy sections, such as Cuba and
Louisiana, hinges largely upon the
production of the sugai-cane. The
visit of the Messrs. Genuert and
Courier to Los Angeles has lately
excited marked attention to this
subject, ami our farmers are devot-
ing q good deal of attention to argu-
meuts as to the feast bliity OF maxi
lug sugar at u profit. Col. w. r.
Olden, Of Anaiie.m, sought out
Professor Gennert and took him
over extensive sec ions of Los An-
geles valley. He communicates
tue result of the joint investIga-
tl0us of Professor Geunert end
himself ia the last number of the
Aunheim Gazette. The matter is
Of 50 general Interest that We have
no hesitation In according to Col.
Oiden's views the compliment of
their reproduction liz the HERALD
w uoVC uou q Nioig ii"'h ava -
Ernest Tn. Geunert, the we'll known
sugar expert, who has just com
pleled the fitting up of the beet
sugar factory ut Aivarado, Alamo
dA county, aud who Immediately
after its completion came to South
ern California to investigate the
capabilities Of this secticn for the
production of sugar. Some time
ago Invited him to visit Anaheim
aud see what we could offer i'll that
way, aud in const quence he spent
two days with ;ae, seeing The
country and Its capacity for 'ro-
ductioiI, As has been exemplIfied 10y
the improved places about us. h.
expressed bimseif as quite satisfied
that we can produce sugar beets TO
: better advantage than other places,
from the fact that owing 10 The fer
tility Of the soil and abundance of
water for irrigation, we CAP pro-
duce q succession of crops of beets,
and III that way keep a factory COLI
stantIy producing sugar. lnstea"
Of running only four or five mouths
each year, the run could be kept up
ten or twelve mouths each year,
thus more than doubling the r.
turns from the investme Dt, aid ell
ablipg u mill TO make as muci
profit in one year, as in other place
could be made in two or three. Blu
owing 10 the fact that beet suga'
factory cannot be started with les
than $50, 600 Cash capital, and a
there Is no present possibility %
raising that amount of capita
here, aud MS capitalists are caution
OF investing in any new or unteste'
speculation, he advises that eaci
farmer who has water to iriigale
should obtain u small quautlty al
seed cane (sugar cane) and plant il.
From the canes produced he Cal
next year produce ten times a.
much, aud the year after he ca
commence making sugar ma small
scale. The advan age of the suga
cane culture is that it can be Cal
ried on successfully on sma.
scale ~ we'll AS on u large one; ab'
when 1t becomes generally know
that cane 10 being cultivated SUI
cessfulIy and sugar made from it il
Southern CaiifLruia, there will h
no difficulty i'll getting all the cai'
ttsl required to carry Oh operations
on the largest scale. But bef' r,
they will do anything, We must d.
somethii G ourselves.
"Cane has been cultivated il
this county since the first setll,
ment Of the county, aud sugar LA
been made from 1t in the cruu
Mexican style by residents heI'
who came from that country. i
has borne successfully our h, avies
Ac3ts, ard produced lis regulo
crop OF canes year after year, VIII
very imperfect and Insufficient Gu
tivatiOn. Mr.. Gennert has see
several small patches of this cai
growing In the Chinanen's garden
GU the low bottom lands hear l.
Angeles, anu in one instance h
saw some Louisiana cane grnwin,
on the grounds OF II gentleman nea
that place who brought il from ths
State. In Anaheim there is also
small patch, about one fourth Of II,
acre, Of cane growing IN the Cnina
MATS garden Oh Mr.. r. w. Scott
place north of town, and Mr.. Ge,
merit says that all the cane he la
seen has made about us niue
growth as cane of similar age !
Peru. Some of these patches u
plantations are three or four year
old, and all those growing on tn
low bottom lands near Los Angelo
were exposed to the frosts whe'
the thermometer fell to 2O0 Fahren
belt, or 12o below the freezii
point during the past winter, brI
s.ceived no injury ex' e 1t that Il &
leaves were slightly nipped. Al
Anaheim at the same time til
lowest point the thermomete
reached was 80 or 10 below freez
lug, and 2oo or 10 below freezing IL
the lowest point that the thermom
eter has ever reached In Anahein
during the wiuter months duriDi