The Lamar register., 1897-03-20
BEET SUGAR.
A Great Opportunity for American
Farmers
: Editor q tho Gloa,- Domocrat:

IgEakAA over sAANAfsANN t-fAAH w
sugar in 1855. This, placed at low val
uati1n OF so per ton, amounts 10 r3Oo,-
O19.0na. One acre Of beets produces
about $50 pounds Of sugar, as an aver
age ln the above named countries, and
10 some Of them Austria. Germany and
possibly France the average crop per
acre will run 26on pounds. II, therefore,
takes over 4 .0oo.O0O acres Of land TO pro
duce this sugar. In the United States
We consumed in 1886, 2s3O0O0O tons
Of sugar, and produced only about
5000 tons Of beet sugar. At the low
estimate Of twelve tons af beets per acre,
Mt isast one ton Of sugar il produced
from an acre OF land; therefore, ii VIII
require 100000 acres Of land % produce
our present consumption of sugar, which
is GA steady increase. Compare this
With the wheat crop, OF an average OF
fifteen bushels per acre, which does not
give the farmer sl0 per nere, when
twelve tons 81 bsets, the lowest possible
estimate, give him over 80 per acre. Is
Il prndnut 70 continue TO purchase this
sugar from foreign lands when our own
labor can produce it AZ home!
Now, let rs note what was accom-
complislled IA 1856 In the United Statea.
In Natsonyille. CalifoFnia, the Western
Beet Sugar Company, of Mr. SpreclSels,
produced nearly one half OF the beet
sugar OF the United States From l5i,
ega6 tons Of beets tins factory produced
1885 tons % sugar, and paid out about
$4,000 for Geld labor alone on this
crop. without cost OF converting the
b,sets into sugar at the factory. The
Chino factory nf San Beruardino county,
California, the Grand Island and Nor
folk, Nebraska, factories. the Lehi facto-
~ 10 Utmh, the Eddy factory OF New
Mexico. are the factories that produced
ths remaining twenty five thousand tons
u beet sugar in The United States in
their respective capacities that were not
produced at WRtsouyille.
The Chino Sugar Company u Cnlifor-
MIA has contracted FOR 1897 Tor Goo
acres OF beets at Chino ranch, and for
400 acres in Orange county, and over
9lau acres IN Ventura county, making a
total of 1900 acres OF bects. At the
very low average OF only ten tons per
Acre, aggregating not lees than $4,000
tons Of beets to be worked at thia faeio-
-, the sugar produced ut this place VIII
be- OYER 1900 tons Some OF these oeets
will be Transported as far as Loo miles on
the railroads. The Grand Island. Ne
braska. factory worked in 1886, 5000
tons OF beets, and the Norfolk, Nebraska,
establishment 5000 tons. Both OF these
places will increase their beet contracts
this year. Lehi, Utah, produced in 1896
tWO hundred pounds OF sugar per ton OF
beeis. and the farmers wish 70 contract
for 1887 for more beets than the factory
can take care Of. Only 5000 acres will
b contracted for at this place for 1877.
The crop Of 1896 averages thirteen and
one-half tons OF beets per acre, and
E3eo1 tons Of beetR were converted into
sugar at this factory in 1896 and the
faGtury paid almost S9OO.O00 for the
same. The Eddy factory, New Mexico,
in pecos valley, handled about zoo tons
OF bsets per day. Some very high-grade
beets we're produced at this place, and
the company paid as much as 81 per ton,
in accordance with the high sugar con
tents, as per contract. Some OF these
beets anaiyzed Ii TO 20 per cent Of su-
gar This factory will be also enlarged
for 1897.
The feeding of the pulp to cattle and
sheep is q source Of revenue that must
not be overlooked in this industry, as
over IS per cent of the weight OF the
beets after the sugar has been extracted
can be utilized in place OF cud.
The State OF Wisconsin has sugar
factory Of 2T5 tons capacity per day
Virginia has also factory, and at Ala
mitos, Orange county, California, large
new factory is now in the course OF con
strnction for the crop of 1897.
1t remains TO be hoped that with as
sistance Of the present administration
the good work that has come TO stand
still during the past four years Will g
ON with renewed force, and that inside