Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-04

There are over 100 acres planted to
sugar beets on the Chino ranch, ana
planting will continue all this month
and into June. About 25OO acres OF
Chino land have been rented for beets
and renting is still going on, and max
ing due allowance for partial failures
here and there, there will be at least
25OO of a full stand.
Thus far the crop promises to exceed
the most enthusiastic expectations. The
plants can now be seen on hundreds OF
acres from the point of just peeping
through the ground to the bushy tops
which almost wholly cover the surface,
with slender, perfectly shaped roots two
feet long. The porous, friable character
of the soil encourages the natural tend
ency of the root to strike deep. These
beet fields lie over the country from
Euclid avenue, about two and half
miles southeast OF this town to the
northwest line of the ranch on the
borders of Pomona say over five miles.
Like many forms of labor, there is
good deal of STOPPING and therefore
wearisome work, but very little phys
ical strength is required. The labor is
as clean as any field work. ..
The same hopeful reports come from
the crops at Ontario and FL Monte,
where at least 300 acres are already
planted-over 200 at Ontario. A consid-
cradle acreage is planted at or near
Downey, Florence and Tropico, in Los
Angeles county. 1t now looks as though
the people at large are willing and eager
to do their full share in putting the beet
sugar industry in this section on pros
porous basis.
In one form and another this industry
this year requires the labor of near a
thousand people in the field and in and
about the factory. The force on the fac
tory will soon be increased, and it Is in
contemplation to work a force nights in
order to get ready for making the grow
ing crop into sugar. The unexpected
delay of machinery will probably COM
pei night work. Chino Champion.
AzUsA STRAWBERRIES.
The strawberry crop is coming in at a
lively rate, but owing to the cold rains
the fruit is not up to the usual stand
ard. The warm days of the last week
has improved the berries remarkably. |
The output will be much larger this sea-
son, but the market may or may not
bring the shipments up to the high
figures reached last year. During the
months of April, May and June, 1890,
there were 16O,595 pounds of straw ber-
ries expressed from Azusa station.
Glendora sent out so near that amount
that we can safely place the output of
the valley during these three months at
l6O tons, all sent by express. Then we
add five tons sent by freight to the Col
ton cannery by Messrs. Vaughn and
Griswold, we have total OF l65 tons OF
berries for the ninety days. When it is
that last season the berries
were in season almost the entire year
OF the magnitude OF the COM
ing crop may be reckoned. Allowing
cents net to the producers, and IL
cents to the pickers, or 51a cents after
all outside expenses were met, the three
months output brought $1S,1OO into
the valley.
Messrs. Vaughn, Barnes, Griswold
and Rogers are experimenting with
new refrigerator crate, sending out the
first consignments few days ago. The
crate holds seventy-two pounds OF ber-
ries in three tiers, having a small tin
box in the center to hold the ice. Around
the box is an open space for air circula-
ton, and the crate is arranged to drain
the water. The express company will
replace the ice at certain points on the
road to distant markets, charging the
shippers only for the ice used. and moth
ing for the labor of replenishing.-lPo-
motropic.
HANDLED HIS OWN CROP.
The Covipa Argus shows how much
better one of the growers of that section
did this year by refusing the offer of the
buyers, and handling his own crop. 1t
says:
The returns from NJ. Baldridge's or
ange crop are all in and are very satis-
factory. Notwithstanding the excessive
freight, which he could have reduced
272S cents per box by shipping another
way, he realized, after deducting pack
ing, wrappers, boxes, carriage, freight
varieties and sizes, including some Med
iterranean 3OOs. Had he shipped, as
he afterwards learned he might have,
the saving in freight would have brought
it up to ST. 3123 per box on the tree, in
cluding all kinds and sizes. And here
is another point-he had but twenty-six
boxes of culls, against PIG boxes from
the same amount sold the year before to
the packers.
NURSERY ORANGE STOCK.
Next spring there will not be less
than 100000 one-year-old Seeding
orange trees in Ontario and Cucamonga,
q number sufficient to plant 80 900 acres
of land. Redlands and Riverside will
have enough to plant $4,000 acres, there
being other precincts yet to hear from.
Three years hence there will be enough
orange trees in San Bernardino county
to plant 100,0 900 acres. Next season the
supply of native trees ready for planting
will not equal the demand, and conse-
quently they will bring good prices.
The following year (1S93) the best or
ange trees will probably not sell as high
as 80 cents each, In the spring of 1894
Is cents will probably buy choice tree,
such as now sells for $1.25.-Ontario
Observer.
MONEY IN FLOWERS.
A Pomona man sent a large box of