The record-union., 1897-10-16
THREE HUNDRED MORE ACRES
NEARLY THAT AMOUNT PLEDG-
ED YESTERDAY.
What Yo1o County Will Do Toward
securing the Sugar Beet Plant
in This City.

The offer Of a sugar beet factory here
II 10000 acres of land can be pledged
10 raise beets to support it is meeting
with much favor with farmers in this
and adjoining counties. and there is but
little doubt that the pledge of the re-
Quired amount viii be secured. The
committees appointed are working
earnestly, and all make favorable re-
ports.
Among others, f. T. Calvin and D.
Mccarthy have interviewed Yolo farm
ers. and the former reported yesterday
as follows:
"At the request of J. o. Coleman,
Secretary of the Chamber Of Commerce,
Messrs. Dan Mccarthy and E. l. Gal
vim drove down the river on Thursday
morning, and crossed the ferry at Free
port into Yolo County, for the purpose
of calling upon the farmers along the
bottom lands, and enlisting their ser
vice in sugar beet raising. They de-
voted the day to personal interviews
with twenty of the farmers on the ROAD
between the ferry and the pumping
station adjoining L. B. Isham's farm.
AS a result of their visit, these gentle
men are glad to report that they found
a. cordial willingness on the part OF
every land owner and tenant to de-
vote from one-fifth to one-third OF ms
acres 10 sugar beet raising Specla1
pains were taken to give every man
as full and accurate information on the
subject as possible, and TO answer all
INQUIRIES. Extracts from the Record
Union" including the Stockton letter,
published that very morning, were read
to them. and, also, the report and the
statistics given in the Bee in its issue
of the 18th instant.
THAT farmers in other sections OF
Sacramento and Yolo Counties may
know the deep interest shown py THESE
men whom we met yesterday, insert
the following list of volunteers:
Frank Governor, Jr., acres out OIL
20.
prank Martz. s or 10 acres out of "a
Thomas .O'Brfen, 5 acres out Of 70.
Joseph Silver, s or 8 acres out OF -
emmanuel Morelli, 5 acres out Of ~
s.Joe Dutra. t or > acres out OF 10.
Il /. Manica, 10 or 20 acres out OF
83. "a
M. F. Silver, u or Is acres out OF ~.
"A 6. Silver. 10 or 20 acres out OF 4U-
Joe Prader. u acres out of 46.
-. s. Thomas, { or acres out of -.
"Anton Joseph, l. or - acres out OF
46.
John K. Browne, whose family rec
ord shows seven sons, which can't De
beat every day, said that his boys
would have to do most of the work,
and two of them, standing near by,
promptly accepted the proposition, ana
said they would put in 80 acres out Of
91
IS. B. Rose, 20 or % acres out of 10S.
81. S. King, 2 acres out of IL.
81. D. Samimento, 20 acres out of &c
(perhaps more).
John Soto, 10 acres out of so (per-
haps more).
j. H. Cave, who has lived for forty
five years in the same locality, when he
was a pioneer and had chosen the for
est, said that he had had considerable
experience in beet raising, and he could
fully indorse Mr. Oxnard's statement,
recently made in Sacramento, that the
bottom lands in the Sacramento Valley
would produce from 20 to % tons Of
beets to the acre. Mr.. Cave spoke
warmly of the prospective sugar beet
industry, and While he had divided his
large farm among his married children,
he promised to devote : or 6 acres out
OF 30 or 33 to sugar beet culture.
L. B. Isham would enlist in the SER
vice if his land were in right condition,
but promised , acres out of his 81, and
more if he could see his way clear to
do so.
Here are from 212 to 240 acres
pledged ont of 724 acres or one-third
Of the land.
ITO this number J. L. Monica, who
has responded enthusiastically to the
call and has taken the pains to visit
personally since yesterday afternoon the
farmers north of the Freeport ferry,
has to-day given me the following ad-
ditional list:
Anton Fernandes, 10 acres out of 80.
Anton V. Verlin, 10 or i acres out
of 40.
j. F. Jacinto. 3 acres out of 20.
"Damias Antoni 10 acres out of %.
John Marques, ) acres out of 20.
-. Milo, acres out of 20.
Antonio NJ. Lial, 10 acres out of 40.
Frank Governor. Sr., acres out
of 20.