The record-union., 1894-02-06

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breed. Therefore it is essential that
proper methods are established before be-
ginning this, as well as any other busl-
ness, otherwise failure is liable to be the
result.
! We believe that any one who has de-
sire to follow the industry and would
| properly prepare for the breeding and
raising of hogs Tor market can make
great success in California. The prepara-
tions necessary are. first. sufficient
! quantity Of land to raise both green and
dry feed; secondly, properly con-
structed building with pen room for from
hftY 10 one hundred stock sows of i'm
/ proved breeds. W ell drained pens con-
structed so as to be kept free from dirt at
all times. with plenty OF water available
for cleaning purposes; thirdly, the sows
should all 1arrOw early in December OF
each year and ltters equallZed SO that
each SOW should suckle not less than
/ eight pigs, and an abundance OF cooked
/ feed of a variety OF cereals and vegetables
given them at regular intervals daily
/ through sucking season, during which
! period the pig would soon learn TO eat
and take on flesh, so at weaving time he
would be in good condition to turn into
an alfalfa pasture and run until field OF
/ grain was ripe, then turn your market
/ stock in on the grain and there let them
/ remain until fall. then take up, top oil
] Will SERIES Vi SFuuuU anu pIGpd1Cu
food and have them ready for market at
! from ten to twelve months old. This
/ business systematiZed something after
/ the above suggestions would surely be a
/ profitable venture, as we are familiar
with its workings IN a small way IN this
| State, and know of one shipment OF one
! hundred head of hogs this season that
averaged 800 pounds each at not quite
twelve months old, and from which the
! breeder realized D cents per pound live
weight, aggregating $1,000, and we vent
ure to say the cost of raising this lot did
not exceed 50 per head. This is but one
of the many industries that is capable OF
/ Improvement in California at the present
time.
POULTRY FARMING.
The production of poultry and eggs is
| another neglected resource OF our State.
A systematic enlargement of this indus
try is most susceptible at this time, as
| large importatlOnS are annually made OF
! these important articles OF commerce.
! Had the same spirit that actuated the de-
! yelOpment of luXurieS in this State been
shown in promoting the production OF
the necessaries OF life, conditions that
now exist would have been quite differ
ent But as we before pointed out, peO-
pie are not unlike sheep, where one goes
the others follow, not giving proper con-
sideration to existing circumstances, but
rush headlong, following the example OF
others; whereas. they should seek in
vestments where competition is slight,
thereby enhancing the value OF their work
and reaping the benefit of its introduce
ton before the field becomes too full of
workers.
1t is not too late by any means to enter
into the DEVELOPMENT Of resources that are
now available i'll this State. Blest as we
are with both climate and soil that invites
| agriculture in its fullest scope, we say
that within the borders of this great COM
monwealth the opportunities Tor its sue
cessful following are as great as ever. All
we now require is the right kind OF peo-
pie to take advantage of them and reap
the benefits.
BEET SUGAR.
Our desire and object being to encour-
age the cultivation OF such products here
III our own State that are now purchased
from abroad, we take this occasion to call
attention to another most important in
dustry that is open for extension by the
use OF both labor and capital, and that is
the manufacture of sugar from beets. AS
few people, comparatively speaking, re-
alize the quantity Of sugar consume an
nually in the United States and the great
drain incident thereto upon the finances
OF the country for the purchase of Suili-
| cient foreign sugar TO supply the demand,
duction, we take this opportunity to pre-
sent a few facts bearing upon this i'm
! portant production and the necessity tOr
! It's further development, whereby profit
able employment may be given TO our
! labor-seeking people and saving to con-
sumers OF this great commodity. The
official figures OF Importation show our
imports of sugar for the fiscal year end
| ING June 80, 1898, to have been ), 746, ,96l,
| 94g pounds, and the total amount of sugar
raised in the United States upon which
bounty was paid was 4S2, l25,00l pounds,
beside which there was about I,OOO,0O0
pounds of maple and other sugars that
Jailed to come up to the bounty standard.
! These figures give US total OF ,236, ,0S6,-
O3O pounds OF sugar consumed in this
country for that year, showing that we
import nearly 80 per cent. of the sugar
we use.
Does not this show great field for the
| development OF the sugar industry IN this
State. where we have ample lands that are
not used for anything else, and would
Weld prodigiously in beet culture.
Hon. Richard Gird, member of this
board. entered upon experiment three
wears ago in the scientific cultivation OF
/ the sugar beet upon a 36,0O0-acre sheep
nasture in San Bernardino County, and
on the showing made the first year Sc
| cured the introduction OF capital by eX-
| perienced men to assist IN the building
and operation of a factory in the midst OF
the lands set apart for beet culture, and
| after two years experience in the manu-
facture of sugar il is pronounced an un-
! qualified success in both consumption of
beets and the production OF marketable
article of sugar.
Referring to the season just closed, and
the prospects ahead for the enterprise, il
can best be told in Mr.. GIrd's own words,
| which we here quote:
I'm the season of 1898 nearly 1000 tons
of beets were delivered at the Chino Val
lev Beet Sugar Factory, and were con-
verted into IL, ,100 600 pounds of sugar
The average tonnage per acre was II, and
the average sugar percentage was 10.
The Chino Valley Beet Sugar Company,
mon the successful showing OF lS9Z and
the improved prospects of 1898, increased
the capacity OF their factory from $50 to
GOO tons OF beets per day, and for 1894 in
tend TO increase the capacity to 800 tons
of beets per day, and which may be con-
sidered as ample proof OF the success OF
the enterprise. This season myself and
40 farmers cultivated over 1900 acres of
sugar beets, ,, 500 acres OF which was in
GOOD condition, and the remaining loo
sod land broken up for the first time, and
from the latter the tonnage was neceS-
sarily light, There was distributed dur
ing the last campaign some S}0O,U00 for
/ beets and labor, which would otherwise
have gone out of the country TO purchase
foreign sugar. Upon this tract OF 10000
acres, which little more than three years
AGO was an open cattle range, are located
10 intelligent and industrious farmers
with their families; 395 OF their children
attend the common schools that have been
established here. (We are just about TO
commence the erection of a $4,000 school
house Three churches have been built,
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ont under such favorable auspices of such
Drofitable industrial agricultural employ
ment as to have an assured future"
And in addition TO which be writes: