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Show Hj Btct Suf,ar. PB if' The beet sugar industry in (ho United BBM A" BtAtCH is rntiiillt RltuiiilnK largo pro- BjH portions. The country already lilt BM seven -great licet sugar refineries, Utah BjBJ ninl Virginia having one each, Ncbras BjH kft two mid California three. An Idea jB ol tlio advniice made ill tills Industry BjH may be glenncd from the fact Hint HHj wbilo tlio production six years ngo was PJH 500,000 pounds, in tlio last year it PM reached n totnl o( 15,000,000 pound. BjH Professor llilyard ot tlio California BjH Blato University, In n recent discussion ol the sugar beet culturo in California B states tliat.whllo tlio cost of production docs not exceed (17 nn acre, tlio valnt cf tlio product per aero In that State BjH reaches from (OS to (124. It is not hard BjH to account for tlio rapid roth of the BjBJ industry when its protltablcness U ! taken Into consideration. All tlio in HBK formation bearing on the Subject that has jjccu obtained up io the present BjH timo conclusively shows that tlio per BjH ccutagcof sugar in tho Utalr and Call, fornla beet is tnuch larger than tlinVof HHK tlio beet raised in Kuropcan countries. ! Mining Industry and Tradesman. |
