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Show Pecos Valley Factory. The Argus says that three hundred tons of beets wero in the bins and on the tracks at the factory, Thursday, and every train brought additional contributions contri-butions to swell the total tonnage. Field Superintendent Tierce estimates esti-mates that there yot 210 cars of beets to come before the campaign closes; sixty from the lower valley, south of Eddy, and 150 from the Hagerman aid Roswell districts. The beets continue of the same high order as those received early in the campaign, running high in saccharine sac-charine matter. Yesterday the factory made a most excellent run, handling more beets than any day since commencement com-mencement of operations. Superintendent Superin-tendent Musy states that everything is now in excellent shape for securing the best results, and that from now on the factory will run close to its full capacity. Heretofore operations havo beon handicapped handi-capped by now littinga and slight alternations, alter-nations, from time to time, but now all th.it has been cleared away. Tho following is the reported average of tho beets received at tho factory on Jan. 1 : Density, 8.5 ; Sugar in vol. 10.77 ; Purity, 83.00; Sugar in beet, 17.3ft. |