The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-15
ABOUT BEETSUGAR
Prospects for the Cror
This Season.
In Caitforris the Yield VIII FaI
ShOr - ss wh-ra in the State
n WI be Good.

Discussing the prospects OF the beet
sugar crops of the United States. Will
lett & Gray's latest circular TO hand
says of the American beet-sugar sit
uatiOn as a whole:
Except in California, where excess
sive drought and damage by insects
will cause great shortage of yield. the
present crop prospects are very prom
Using, and especially so when we con-
slider the newneSS of the industry in
many localities. Among these Illinois
is doing remarkably well, because the
industry has there been started care
fully and cOnservatively. In Mchi-
gan, where sugar production has al
ready assumed large proportions, a
considerable acreage will give but poor
results, owing to the lack of experience
among the farmers. To some extent
this also applies to Colorado, but the
rainfall in that State has been we'll
distributed and the beet crop should
show good results. The crop in Min
nesota and to a lesser degree in Ne
braska has experienced some damage
from excessive rains, but is now MAX
ing splendid progress. On the other
drought, namely, New York, Utah.
New Mexico, Washington and Oregon.
The last two are now receiving good
showers, however, which should make
up for the preceding drought In Utah
and New Mexico the drought is nothing
unusual, and where the land is irri-
gated, as it is to great extent, has had
no bad effect. In New York the
drought is at present very serious, but
a good rain would soon set things right
again. Even deducting the losses due
to ineXperience, flood and drought, the
results in all sections will undOubted-
ly prove very satisfactory to all inter
ested.''
With regard to California, Willett &
Gray say:
AS the grinding season approaches
interest increases in the beet crop pros
poets, brief outline of which may be
given as follows: In the most south
ern districts around Los Alamitos and
Chino the prospects are very discour-
aging, and the former locality will not
harvest sufficient beets for over a 10
day run. At Chino conditions are
somewhat better, and with the beets
which will be brought from Oxnard
long run is expected. The harvest is
screduled to begin on the 21st and
slicing on the Goth inst. At OXnard,
where the other factory of the Ameri-
can Beet Sugar Co. is situated, a splen-
did crop is promised. The factory
opened the campaign on the 18th inst,
and not only will have sufficient beets
for first years run with new machin-
cry, but enough over to largely in
crease the supplies at Chino. Together
the two factories will work the prod
uct of $4,000 to 10000 acres, which,
with their Nebraska acreage, should
give the American Beet Sugar Co. over
900 tons of beets for its first cam
paign. Everything in the OXnard fac
tory is working smoothly. The beets
are unusually rich both in sugar con-
tent and purity, and altogether the out
lock is very promising. Going further
north to Betteravia, we find conditions
still holding good. The industry at
this point is an entirely new depart
ure, and consequently poor attention
and ill-adapted soils are accountable
for many acres of poor stand. On the
greater portion of land, however, a
good stand exists and heavy yields of
rich beets are promised. In the
Spreckels country the big mill has just
finished a very successful trial run,
turning out about 500 tons of sugar.
The machinery is now being cleaned
up and put in perfect condition for the
regular campaign, which will be under
way in a week or ten days. Reports
from the north indicate considerable
improvements in the crop outlook, as
the weather during August has been
much cooler than during July and fog
has been more plentiful"