The herald., 1893-08-17
SOME SWEETEH STATISTICS,
California's Production of Beet
Root Sugar.
An Industry That Is Progressing
Rapidly.
Figures from the Report OF the Fed eral
Sugar Inspector-All the Fac
tories Increasing
Their Output.


John H. Dawson, federal sugar in
spector for California, has forwarded his
estimates to the treasury department Of
the yield of beet sugar in this state for
the season beginning June 80, 1893, and
ending June 80, 1894. These estimates
are required in order that congress may
have basis to 20 on In making appro-
.priatjons to pay the bounty on domestic
sugsr provided for In the Mckinley
tariff act.
His estimates, which include the acre
age in beets and the probable yield pei
acre, indicate that there will be heavy
increase in the sugar output this year.
Heretofore the actual yield has fallen
from 10 to 25 per cent below the advance
estimate, but this has been in a meas
ure due to lack OF preparation for
handling the beet crop at the proper
time. This year the working will be closer
to the estimate than in past years.
The estimated production for the
present fiscal year is $4,000, 900 pounds,
distributed as follows: Chino district,
IS 600. 900 pounds: Watsonville district,
20,000,000 pounds, and the Alvsrado
district, 1900. 900 pounds. The advance
estimates last year were: Chino. IL
100000 pounds; Watsonville. 14,0O0, 900
pounds, and Alvsrado, 5000, 900 pounds,
or a total of 2S, 200, 900 pounds.
The actual yield, however, was a good
deal less. Watsonville produced H.
800, ,921 pounds Chino, .903. BAL pounds,
and Alvarado 2.506, $50 pounds; a total
OF 21,801 1922 pounds. The bounty on
this yield amounted to $436, ,026.44.
Should the yield for the present year
come up to the estimates the bounty
would amount to $830,000. But if the
yield is in the same ratio with the ad-
vance estimates as the yield of last year
the production will only be 5000, 900
pounds on which the bounty will be
$672, 900. So. after making allowance
for every possible contingency, Califor-
mia will produce 1l,800.000 pounds OF
sugar more than last year and receive
$2S6, 600 more Of federal bounty on the
same.
The production for the year ending
June 80, 1892, was a. follows: Watson
vile, 4,340, 900 pounds; Chino, 2.50l 300
pounds, and Alvarado 1,7S2, 1882 pounds,
making . total Of 1924, 1882 pounds,
against 81. .80l 1882 pounds for the follow.
ing year, and an estimated yield Of A.
000, 900 for this.
Only one Of the three beet.sugar fac
tories in the state has begun operations
az yet. On the 3Oth Of July the Chino
factory began to slice beets, and on the
1st OF August the fret sugar was made.
To supply this institution there are 5000
acres in beets on the Chino ranch. This
areage will provide at least $4,000
tons of beets. In addition. however,
$4,000 tons of beets around Anah elm
have been contracted for, 30 that in
all probability the factory will have
100000 tons OF beets to work up.
Last year the beets yielded an aver
age of Is per cent sugar. Up to
date this year the percentage is not
quite SO large, but a continuance
of the warm weather will bring
the percentage up to that of last
year. They have ON hand at Chino 147.
796 gallons of syrup left over. This Car
ries So per cent OF saccharine matter,
but whether it can be polarized to any
considerable extent remains to be seen.
II it were cane syrup it could be utilized,
but it is different with the residual
eyrup with beets. There is go much
earthly and vegetable matter that it is
difficult TO do anything with it.
There is alec considerable quantity
of leftover eyrup at the Watsonville
factory, but the managers talk of empty
ing it into the creek. About the only
use they have made of it thus far has
been to sell it to manufacturers of vine
gar. Only nominal price is realized in
this way, and the eupply is so far in ex-
cess Of the demand that to place it on
the market is merely to destroy its sell
ing value. About 5000 acres OF beets
have been contracted for at WatsonvilIe.
The yield will average from IL to IA tons
per acre, while the percentage OF sugar
last year was a fraction above Is per
cent. The returns show that Chino
leads both in quantity of beets produced
per acre and the percentage OF sugar.
Alvarado falls below Watsonvile in
both particulars. The average yield of
beets is about IL tons Fer acre and the
percentage of sugar in the beets trifle
over ~ per cent. This year the Alva-
RADIO factory has contracted for $500
acres of beets, from which a yield OF
Sc. 900 tons is expected. The factory at
Watsonville is now getting ready to
start up, and the one at Alvarado will
be little behind hand.
The capacity of the Chino factory is
200, 900 pounds every "a hours; that at
Watsonville 1870, 900 pounds per "a houra.
and the one at Alvarado 10000 each "a
hours.
Now Trv This.