El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-12
THE CULTURE OF SUGAR BETS in AMERICA.

have q refinery attached to it, and will
turn out its sugar properly barreled and
ready for use, exc pit in cases where
orders are filled for other refiner-
| les.
The selection of the Salinas valley as
q site for this immense structure, is
! but the result of years of experiment
protector. The Watsonville factory,
since it's construction having been sup
piled mainly from the Salinas valley.
necessitated the purchasing OF vast
| tracts of land in that section by Mr..
| Spreckles, the most of which he has
subdivide ed in,o small farms with the
intention of placing on each sub-d1vl-
ture preferred. Mr.. Spreckles' pos
sessions in that section will figure up
| to somewhere in the neighbOrhood OF
40 900 acres, snd his agents are still at
| work endeavOr ng TO obtain more land {.
That he will find no trouble in finding
settlers is evidenced by the fact that at
this writing 40 cottages with their
barns, &c, are being erected on the Sc
lands for the accommodation of people
who have lately come into the state.
In addition to the Spreckles colony"
as it is termed, other people in thst
| section have been instr Inn ntal in es-
tabiishing other colonies, namely ST.
Joseph's colony, composed of German
Cath Olics who have lately arrived from
II inois. This colony is situated near
the town of Salinas, and already com
prises about 30 families, all OF whom
| sre over average in intelligence and
we'll to do financially. The Salvat Oh
Army colony, foun led by Commander
Booth Tucker, near Soledad few days
ago, also promises to bring about good
results to the sugar industry, and will,
no doubt, be the means of determin-
ing whether or not i. is possible to re
deem a man industrially as we'll as re-
Hgiously.
The average yield of beets per acre
in the Salinas valley is said to he from
8 to 10 tons. The beets bring 81. 90
per ton at the factory besides the
tops which are used by the farmers
and which make excellent food for
stock.
The other factory at Hueneme, Ven
tura county, also promises to develop
q rich and fertile section OF this state.
and will be the means of opening up q
country heretofore, but sparsely popu-
lated Thus we see the era of expert
menting in California is not yet at an
erd, on the contrary it has just obtain D.
ed new life, aud within the next de-
cade tn Is state will show such marvel
Gus prog. ess in the line Of agriculture
with its unparalleled resources.
Mr.. Claus Spreckles, who has de-
voted the most of his life to the sugar
industry. both here and in the Ha-
waiian Islands, writing for the San
Francisco Call, says:
"The promise of permauence given
by this valuable industry makes it de-
sirable that everything possible should
be done to safe guard and cherish it S
1 al n
The changing conditions of the trade
:! have re ndered inevita ble'the establish
ment of many new concerns, all OF
! which, however, can find room for
their operations.
| Gan auxiliary business which might,
with advantage, be entered upon at an
early date, is the production of beet
culturists. The best qualities are at
present imported from France and
Germany, where the art of producing,
| by repeated selection, the most perfect
| kind of seeds has long been carried on.
This country could certainly produce
| its own, and thus save, not only the
cost of freight, but the deterioration
! due to the ocean passage.
s'It is also noteworthy that in Ger
many ope-fourth of the entire sugar
production is carried on in co-opera-
| tive factories, the farmers holding q
| considerable number of the sh lres.
The best pc sible results would follow
to all concerned If SINE plan could be
devised by which farmers might sub
scribe for shares in cOmpanv's stock,
for at once IN identity of interest
would be esta blished that could no.
fail to conduce to the welfare of both
parties.
'California is face to face with the
opening of new era In swift revolu-