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NEW BEET SUGARIES. 



Among the new beet sugaries in contemplation is one for Grand 

 I -land, Sacramento Biver. George D. Boberts intends erecting works 

 for next year's beet crop. Grand Island is safely reclaimed from flood- 

 ing, and its soil produces a reliable crop of twenty tons to the acre, in 

 ali seasons. The growth of the sugar beet is peculiar on these reclaimed 

 marshes. On ordinary lands much of the beet root shows above ground, 

 and the part thus exposed is rich in salts and poor in sugar. In the soil 

 of our marsh lands the beet grows altogether downward, and shows 

 only its leaves above ground. Accordingly the percentage of sugar is 

 higher. Parties contemplating erecting sugaries are counseled to ex- 

 amine the matter of subsoil growth, and make sure that it has the advan- 

 tages claimed. — [Rural Press. 



