The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-25
BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY.
Progress Made in This Country Last Year
Described in Government Report.

BEET SUGAR. INDUSTRY.
| Progress Made in This Country Last Year
| Described in n Government Report.
The report Of the Department OF Agriculture
on the progress Of tho beet sugar industry in
the United States during 1893. Just issued
from the Government printing office. records
| the successful production Of he hcets and the
| sugar In nno States and Territories. the results
| of experiment stations in nineteen and pro-
jectcd new or additional factories and plots in
| twenty four. Secretary Wilson. in his letter
! to the President transmitting the report re-
marks that it is seen that the Pacific slope still
! holds the leading place in furnishing areas
suitable for the most successful beet culture.
but almost equally favorable arcas are pre-
scented by Michigan and New York and bya
few other States in the northern and eastern
| regions of the country. 1t has been demon
| strated that where irrigation can be carried
on there are large areas in the arid regions
where beets Of superior excellence can be pro-
duccd." nc says.
! Charles F. SAVIOR. the special agent Of the
| department who carried on the Investigations
directs attention to the fact that the average
gain in sugar consumption in the United
| States during the last twcnty-thrcc years has
been - per cent, while the rate Of increase Of
| population is estimated at only 8 rcr cent am
| nually. The completion OF n mammoth fac
tory at Salinas, Cal. by Claus Srrcckcls. gives
| to this country the largest factory Of the kind
| in the world. Bocts can be supplied to the
sheds In carload lots and the cars cmptied by
trip automatic platform. The cost OF the fac
rols ~ nntro,.r,, wiu 10 vsad snr smoI ,;oi,,.
To supply the 5000 tons of hccts which it will
work up daily into 400 tons OF raw sugar will
require 10000 acres of land. and the concern
| will nay ont for these bnrts about Sl3 ONO n
day Its water supply Of 10000 600 gallons a
day Is to come from art"sian wells One Ore
| COn factory demonstrated its ability to use
100 tons more bcc,s day than it was designed
I T "Is,I',ey nns pe't r9tnpI'S,eu al
Titan factory to ma a, alcohol from the lower
through with IT. The intention Is to manufac-
turc alcohol from this for two months Of the
ca. ".'. 'to' .,'u ~, " nv ''''le
stock feeding enterprise in order to dispose Of
the pulp. and fed last year 100 lambs. Tho
lambs gained ton pounds each in tw"nty-ono
days on this feed. The Secretary Of a cattle
OF uGar b"'ts simply to feed cattle. Illinois,
ffor this purposHH, Mr. SAVIOR suggests that
farmers e, generally should take to raising the
| namely. food for man and least" II" saws thnt
Tor the table there is no more pnlatabc beet Il
rightly Is r %zdsSi n dr H., Ht cb COW for ar
ing hogs and for fattrnng steers and sheep
There is nothing that cxcels it, = = : some
wonderful results have been produced by iccd-
Ing sugar hects. 4 gentleman in Caliiornia is
paros for the market in the shape Of dried
| fruits In the production Of these commudi-
tie, no has a great deal Of waste. which he
| him that he could handle hog. on sier than any
thing else to consume these wastes, but he
wanted something more substantial to feed
| with thom. so between his young nonrr0dur-
ing trees he commenced growing sugar bcets
and feeding tn" sam" in connection with the
waste fruits. His feeding industry grew SO
that would weigh from 800 to 400 pounds cnch.
and no finer specimens could he found They
we're superior IN every way. for tho market.
| without an ounce of grain OF any kind As
understooi II, his ration consisted OF bran,
waste fruits and sugar Le"ts."
!, As for feeding the pulp, the waste product of
Pulp can bn secured at these factories for
from 80 cents to 81 per ton. or course it will
not reach this latter figure until the stock in
pulp for feeding. But where is it that farmer
can buy ton Of really nutritious stock food Tor
a dollar? He should arrange IL 90 that he can
take n load Of hects to the factory and then re-
stored and easily taken care Of. 1t cnn he kept
for three or four years. II desired. without
losing its qualities rs n desirable and nutri-
ti"us food There was "A time when tho
! Pacific slOun used to call uuou the MississiI,ri
valley for her butter. and upOn the Eastern
States and New England for her ch"rS" hut
try California has RAPIDLY forged To IN" front
as n dairy state 4 large mart of this chnuro
has been brought about by the introduction OF
beet pulp MS food for TIA" dairy"
Such properties has the sugar beet that its
leaves. left on the ground. serve nR most proper
and desirable fertilizer Mr. SAyl"r says.