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Show I BEET SUGAR NEWS. y V f Boots and Sugar. B led hnrvott is progressing steadily, H though not yet up nearly to the- full ca- K pin' 1 1 y ol the fnnnern to deliver. On H limit of I ho flcM u verj'gooil yield is be K injj secured, nntt the beets in Hie sheds nt tho factory are oi n good site and rt- tniukably even. There hnvo been practically prac-tically no very Bmall beets harvested from tho Chtno fields, and In looking over the huga piles in the long bins at , the factory one must notice a very uniform uni-form size throughout. Harvesting which during the first years of tho In-e In-e dnstry here, was considerable of an 1 elephant on the farmers' hands, has now 1 been reduced to mich a systematized I condition that it is being done without If any yfivA undue exertion, tho work E moving nlonj steadily and smoothly. I ' T.he unloading apparatus at tho boot I shediis isreatlyimprovedsincelast year, I and now works with tho greatest or- I pcdiliou. It Is but a few minutes' work to unload the largest of tho loads. The 3 wagon is dilvcu to the place where It is 8 desired to dump the load, n cross-beam 1 ' attached to n cablo running through I jjulloyrt to a windlass run by steam S ciigluu, is lowered from above. Hooks I nt regular interval on the crosa-heam I nro caught in tho outer cdgoofthoBtrong ropo net whirli lines tho wagon hot. j Tho engine IsBlnited, the load rises from tho Ixx and rolls in n body over into the bins at the Hide. Five minutes doos tho work, nnd the wagon drives on. Up Intliiunorning the harvest for the Bcaooii Ii.h been UHHUonu. The sugar peicentnge i i the beets are keeping up well, mid hIiow a higher av-or-.igo lli.iu i ever known in France or liMiiiny, or any other rouulry ohtside of ftoulhvrii California We append a few of the analyuis made this week: BUG mi ruiiiTV K. Robertson .... 15. t 81.4 J. L. fiib.'on 1(1.9 86.2 O.M. Crnw 158 81.4 J. H. Cump 163 PO.O A. I.. Ciiviumugh If) 2 85.0 I V. it. Logsdon 15.2 82.5 i t Klmcr Scott 15.7 82.9 5K A.TYouug" "iom 8173- K.M.Day 15,3 852 f C. Shol.in.lcr 10.0 84.3 I V. M. Bristol 10.2 84.7 X W.J. Schneffer 15.8 81.8 V.'OiiBtnfson 15.3 84.8 i (Jeo. C.Moore 15.3 84.8 f I,. II. Young 14.5 84.1 Geo. Sliwher 1U.1 84.0 I Ilrnv&Yount 15.1 84.7 I TimCirroil 17.2 81.1 Tlio first lot of beets from Anaheim ( four cailoads came in last Saturday ' ,( afternoon. They are quite small, and T we nndcrstiiid they have n good sugar content i One might wander for hours through f Hit- mngniilcciit fnetr.iy here nnd still see Ik oiiiethiiig ', eouiethingintcrestlngnt W .cveiyturn. Such a ponderous mass of machinery imiBt bete in to appreciate S ttho'lnimeiiHf industry of which It Is tho F 'jiulsiitlng heart. Tho b-sigcnlisof two I' continents have been drawn on to make fc it perfect In oery part, and It stands R .. timv witliont nBUperior. ff ' The. factory us yet Is not working ncar- ly to its capacity, but tho work Is being I . gradually increased, and will Boon lie In I full blast. Tho machinery is running iMiiouthly and tho new and rather cJtper-mental cJtper-mental ndditioiifinw, reported ns giving (,-ood witWfactlon A splendid grade of i uxlra fino granulated BUP"r Is l,e'n8 made, and run into 100 pound sucks for Milpmcnt. Up to this morning thero has been 1300 of these sacks, or 130,000 pounds', shipped, though there Is much moie stored in tho warchduso awaiting bhipnifiit' At least part of tho sugar will be shipped ship-ped this yca'r In barrels, and for this pur-k pur-k poso n large cooper shop has been built Kfjv (.cuthof tho government warehouse. A V& .rumpteto equipment is In plnco here for .mnkliig from 251) to 305 largo sugar bar-ii bar-ii ids daily. Work will commence toilay ,Mth llvo men, under dlrecton of Wn. Daniels, of San Francisco. |