The Delta independent., 1899-04-21
American Sugar Beets.

Auo ueNelOpment IN this new industry
IL astonishing even to those who are in
the ooslness, and to all others a brief
statsGent O; it will prove a revelation.
One beet sugar factory at Rome. y. Y.
hes completed a very successful second
campaiCn. The mill at Bir ingham. \.
Y. bss closed successful first Ca IN paign,
and others are nov projected in that
state. While Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indiana are not booming" beet sugar
quite as industriously as is Michigan
with Its state bountyl. they are deeply
interested Illinois has a large beet
sugar mill now being equipped at Pekin
Tor the ls'o crop, and another wi
doubtless be constructed at Ottawa. Ill.
The proLeer beet sugar factory in
WisconsIn did not run simply because
oe hack OF beets suffi i:iently rich in
quantity and quality for sugar. The
Northvestern Beet Sugar company is
contracting for plant in Merillau. Wis.
for which several thousand acres OF
beotD will be required for the 1899 crop.
In tDsa, South Dakota and certain
so1eipus of Kansas the interest is very
kseA The tSo well known established
6qopsgar factories in Nebraska have
good run. and their acreage fer
= - III probably be double tina, Of any
previous season. A million dollars OF
Bos,oo's moaey is going into a model
beet sugar factory near Am-s. Neb.. in
connection with the Standard Cattle
Co. Some OF the m ,st prominent and
wcalthiest OF Boeton's fnanciers are
Interested in this proposition, which.
because OF the remarkable favorable
locality aud experienced Management.
promises to be one Of the most prof able
OF all the beet sugar enterprises. A
good deal OF New England money that
has recently been made in copper stock
will be invested in the beet sugar indus
try at various western points. In
Colorado a sugar mill OF 500 toas daily
capacity has been contracted for. to be
located ut Grand Junction. in the
western part OF the state. aud another
large mill Is pretty certain 20 be built at
Pueblo. Colorado. Several others are
wanted in that state. The beet sugar
factory at Lehi. Utah. has just con-
pleted it's eight successive campaign
with brilliant success. from both the
NOTWITHSTANDING aud agricultural stand
points. The ne~ mill at O,den. Utah.
has also wound mp its first season. The
beet sugar factory at ldy. n. NJ in the
Pecns valley. is doing fairly well. and
others are contemplated in New Mexico
and Arizona. One or more beet sugar
factory enterprises are being agitstel
Tor in Wyoming, South Dakota. Idaho
and Montana.
ga the Pacific coat this indus ry h ~
assumed large proportions. Tae biggest
'et sugar factory in the world, located
in tue Salinas valley. California. has u
capacity Of BOO tons OF beets per day.
ami with the neighboring factory al
Wdtsonville will consume the product
OF nearly 1900 acres OF bccts each year.
IL fsct. these two mills al ne pay the
farmers upward OF 81 $1,000 each year
for ,his nev crop. The historic sugar
mill at A!varadh. which hgs been run
ming otf and on Tor twenty FIVE years,
has o' late been 50 successful that its
capacity has b,en doubled. an tho same
management is interested in the new
mill u the UIi,n Sigar c.. near ) .nia
Maria. which will have capacity q.
100, tons of beets per day. The great
factory at Chino. San Bernariiua county
Cal. has compl, ted its eighth season
AMI IA contracting FOR thousands ,SscScs
OF heetssvpf tac 1880 crop. having a
cIpacieG II 1000 tons daily. It's 1897
csmpei4n WAS extraordinarily profitable
The Los Alsmitos plant is TO double its
capacity. from 80 to 100 tous Of bce,s
per day cf tWenty-four hours- Perhaps
the most model establishment of its
kind n the world 10 the new 2.oOo ton
plant q Ne Pacific Sugar company at
the ssw tovo q O1nar,i. Ventura
county. Cal Il represents an inves.-
ment q o9onoOO. aud large town is
building up about il. The capacity.
nos loo tons .: bee,s Per day. will be