The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-25

there was any possible expectation of get
ting results. AS near as possible the reg
ular field culture was followed, and the
growth and characteristics of the different
varieties carefully noted. Samples of the
most approved German and French vari-
ties of seed were used, and as the beets
neared maturity / analysed the different
varieties all through the summer, fall and
winter, keeping a careful record of the
same; thus being able to determine the
length OF time they could remain in the
ground at their highest condition of sugar
purity. These experiments not only
proved that the sugar beet would flourish
without rain, but that by early planting
in the mild climate of Southern California
the beets would ripen up and be fit to de-
liver to the factory for making into sugar
much earlier than had hitherto been done
i'll any other country, namely, early in
July (the Chino factory started this year
on July 81. This is great advantage to
the factory, as was fully demonstrated
this season by the factory common
cling at the above date and run
ming CT Al. uously to November Is,
working fresh beets from the fields with
out the trouble and expense of SLIDING, for
period of over four months-an adyan-
tage that can only be appreciated by beet
sugar manufacturers saving the expense
OF SLIDING, and the subsequent loss by de.
probation in the sugar beet and increas-
ing the output of a factory of any given
capacity very much beyond what has been
done in any other country or even in this
State.
The working results of the Chino fac
tory, now having run for five campaigns,
have fully borne out the conclusions
drawn from the three years experiments,
and during that time there has been no
failure in the crops, and the increase in
acreage and tonnage has fully come up to
our most sanguine expectations. The per-
centage of sugar in the beets has also been
remarkable, showing an average of Is per
cent for the five years.
The output of the Chino Valley beet
sugar factory for the FIVE years is as fol-
lows:
1891 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $500, 1000 pounds sugar
1898. Observation-Disclosures. 1908, 1857 pounds sugar
1894. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 9.47l ,672 pounds sugar
1895. 22,UO0,0O pounds sugar
AS conclusion drawn from the above, 1
would say to those wishing to become in
terested in the beet sugar business, that
the aIl-important thing is to prove by
actual tests that the conditions of soil and
climate are favorable over q sufficient area
to furnish at least 500 tons per day of the
roots for four months of each year. The
ideal sugar beet should weigh from one
and half to two pounds, with broad
expanse of leaves. neither scorched by a
too hot summers sun. nor shaded too
much by fogs and cloudy weather. 1t is
possible that the interior valleys of Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin may be too hot
during the long summer days to permit
that full natural action of absorption of
carbon from the atmosphere necessary to
the growth of high grade of sugar beet.
The most difficult and complicated ques-
ton involved in the agricultural better
ment of the people of the United States is
that of regulating the supply and demand
of its products, and this can be done only
by introducing new and improved econom-
ical products that will diversity and take
the place of our present overdone agricul-
tural productions, such as corn, wheat
fruit, etc., and there is no reason why the
immense sums sent abroad for the pur-
chase of sugar from foreign countries
can not only. be saved by the American
people through the culture of the sugar
beet, but that great industry can be
established, affording profitable employ
ment to labor as well as income from the
land which cannot be equaled by any other
product whatever, and SO far California
seems to be the ideal successful sugar beet
producing region, capable of furnishing
sugar for the whole of the United States.