Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-12-02


Tho Department o Agriculture Il Wash
ington has ssni proi II. W Wiley, the chen.
ist Of the Department Is this cnsi hlt Tie
pnrpase Of Investigating the adaptlbiliiy Of
the Pacific Coast u lhe growing ii uighnm
aud the sugar beet After an examlnsttsn
81 he matter, he Professor gives his views
u The subject 10 the stu franotse cat as
faiiaws
''Thsealgivatiph Of the sasH btnt aat the
manaiaeEues q beet sugar have 8ltesay
been successfully stttea 10 ms stste. a..
though upon 3 very small setle IS aspifed
70 line prQbabla results Of the future. | i'm
informed thnt us iaiil 1t A}faridp his nov
Oh hand A,N3a btfsh Il Of hts Years crop III
suEar o9eiss Mg object IS TO seafsh aft tie
tracts % laNd on this eaast that gtli DO nQl
aut5ahe for he production Of thl sHgH beet
aud mg Impression Is th4t ! wilt fud iuree
bodies q such lahd u Northern Gfl l1rnit
Oregon ard Washington Territory. The piahi
requiyas less moisture thah many otners
aud the nliia te apd soil iu be reatous men.
tsaata ere ga PECULIARLY adaptedte its wants
THAT aH safe i viii be iHFg liz cultivated IN
tau future b iiiHWaf. let Iuee1fract an prraF
that seems @ ID commonly hsld about ijesi
sugar. n tae latter be manufactured with
equal HAfa it p chemically ard physically
Identical With eahe augdf, aud tais Dies ttsi
begt sngaf less sweet than TIE other has
heaa eatelesslS iaaag In hermanF. where
Ahls Industry is extensively carried gu, thn
average ptednetian al sugar haeisi with tie
aid III fertilizers, IS about twelve tans t. TIE
acre. while OF this eaast, without lite sd 81
feftilisefs, ina production viii Certainty
average not less iHan hfiefa tons tdthe aers
on from 9hQl 20 aeo9 pounds Of Sugar per
aeFe
.erhe farraer reeelees here of an average
81 70 fut hls heeta and the fatel egst1 the
slgar HheH z iaaYes be maHuiselafef
hsaag Amounts to Htt about ceuis per
pound The a0sar hret + a more trouble
some product Tor the igrmer % handle thsn
eeraai nut i e tal more praftahle al he
present 1tluea OF the lsitef Ii its gfnpafip
tqsteFed and protected b. The Government
the manufacture II beet suEaF VIII aefsalAz
II become anr 81 Gle gfeai industries OF the
f,Aelto COST ard VII be vast beaett Ga
The e1nmhutts 1T iAtge aud the farin4rs IN
pgftlrriHH
The sugar heet IA Las Angeles Is femarkA
bly, rich 10 saecaarine matter. and snauid be
utilized a. mitch 81 passlhir, s iarge move
meHt was recently maize IN Ia8s Angeles Ia
the manufacture af sngsf besta inta angaf
bat owing 10 cue lock II knowledge ef Ehe
foreman "a claflglne Che syrup - as %
mike gged 5nkAf be project WAS not sue
cess aud was abandoned Ter the time beins.
But the facilities tnf the production d tho
1Hsaf beet IN ti0s Angeles are Of Yasi extent
Les Angelic county with les tualuhless aggi
cultural laBdi can produce enough SUGAR
hepis 90 supply all he Sisters west ei fie Afa
senr river with In abundance 81 ehesp
auger The climate the soil nnd the Pre-
duel are all ftF0f4hlo iof q woudrdps growth
Of sugar heeis, AID fhHf The people need Is
attfua one with knowledge " size business
e tfausmnte The beets into sugar AIS thai
Is needed Is little etrital and some nc
curhia knIWledpe Of Che business e make
los Ailseles tire egaat center Of sugar mum
featuring U the uujtgd states. Who viii
starr TIE h,islutss2 Now Is The time 10 DC.
velop bis gfett aud tnporttnl industry,
aud sisa % hegtu tie aunuiaGLEFa Of sugar
from sorghum, whieh grove 81 great nerlee
ten Z this locality but las heretofore been
mainly Used tpr8yrly and tor fodder