Show BEET SUGAR IN california the watsonville Wat sonville beet sugar factory at california has tabulated the record of its ten years of operations and the figures speak volumes in favor ot the beet industry beginning with an acreage in 1888 of 2100 acres and increasing to in 1893 and lu 1897 a total production ot tons of beets has been obtained or an average of about 11 tons to the acre which gave to the farmer an average revenue of 50 for each acre of land under cultivation which deducting the cost of harvesting left a profit of 15 to 30 per acre the expense of farming including the labor of the farmer and his family and earns in addition to hired help etc in 1890 it required 87 tons of beeta to make one ton of raw sugar or 96 tona to one of refined sugar in 1897 the proportion was 74 and 81 tor raw and refined bugar respectively in 1890 the dally average of beets worked by the factory was tons in 1897 1075 the capacity having axen increased by the addition of machinery climatic conditions have a most marked effect on the boet crop both tha tonnage and quality for in itta la ISM the averaged v f t T but a over 6 tons per acre requiring ac tons to produce a ton of re flnoy sugar though in 1895 the tonnage was 1061 77 tons producing one ton of granulated sugar in 1896 14 tons per acre was the yield 86 tons making a ton of the marketable article this was the banner year each acre of land producing pounds 0 granulated sugar quoted on the new york market at 4 cents a pound or equivalent to per acre of which went to the farmer comparing those figures with those obtained at the lehl factory in utah it will be found that this section Is to be credited with a bigger tonnage and a higher percentage 0 saccharine matter and though the capacity of the two utah factories is much less than that of the Watson villo factory the prospects are that the combined show ing of the two for the coming decade will excel that of the california establishment lish ment |