The herald., 1897-06-20

much better for milch cows than any
thing yet experimental with. 1t grows
| In this soil and climate abundantly
yielding from three to four tons to the
acre, and 1t is found to produce q richer
milk than any other stock food. The
company also has immense silo bins for
winter feeding. so that at no time OF the
year are the cows without green reed.
One feature which favorably impresses
every visitor to this stock and dairy
farm is the scrupulous cleanliness and
neat condition in which every part Of the
establishment is kept. A further i'm
portant feature is noted in the manner
and mode Of treating the fresh milk be-
fore it is sent to market. Every gallon
of it is Pasteurized before being sent
out. Then you have Pasteurized milk
and cream. Prof. Louis Pasteur, the
eminent French scientist and ply
sician, discovered method of
treating milk by which it is
freed from all germs Of disease and the
bacteria which causes it to sour quick
ly. In most of the larger eastern cities
this method is used quite extensively,
and is highly indorsed by all leading
physicians. Messrs. Sessions & Co. of
the Lynwood dairy have recently added
to their establishment a plant of this
kind. it being the first to be introduced
on the coast. The milk is not scalded or
boiled, as is supposed by many persons,
but is taken fresh from the cows, treated
so as to remove all the animal heat, then
put into tin watts which are tightly COW
cred and surrounded by water into which
hx,
cess of heating and holding a certain
temperature for a given time and then
cooling down very rapidly, it is made
perfectly pure and healthy, it being ut
terly impossible for any kind of germ to
live through this treatment. Milk thus
treated does not lose any of its good
qualities or fine flavor ard will keep
sweet for many days, even in the warm
est weather. For children or invalids it
is said not to be eXcelled.
An industry that gives promise Of
future rich rewards to the farmers
around Florence Is that of sugar beet
culture. Experiments have been made
in raising beetS on the rich lands in this
vicinity and the results have been mos;
satisfactory. In fact, in no locality in
Southern California has there been so
large yield per acre obtained, while at
the same time the percentage in saccha-
rine matter contained in the product
has been found to be much above the
average. The building of the beet sugar
plants at Los Alamtos and Chino have
greatly stimulated the industry, and the
people about Florence have taken up
the business of growing the sugar beet
in earnest and claim that by reason oil
the adaptability of the soil for its sue
ceesful production they are justified ir
expecting to realize large profits out of
the business. Over 500 acres are planted
to sugar beets this year in the neighbor-
hood of Florence all contracted for by
the Chino factory. Preparations are be-
ing made to plant upwards of 5000 acres
the coming seaeon. Mr. Hinton, man.
ager of the Nadeau ranch, alone is pre-
pairing to put in field of 1900 acres. In
of the largest bodies of excellent sugar
beet land in the state and the enterpris-
ing people of the locality are agitating
the matter of erecting there the third
beet sugar factory for Southern Califor-
MIA. 1t certainly seems an attractive
field for capital and there is but little
doubt that within a very short tins
Florence will be the seat Of one of the
largest beet sugar factories in this par,
of the state. Besides the rich and ex-
tensive acreage in this part of the val
ley adapted to beet culture there is an
other advantage here which proves very