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NEW BEET SUGAPJES. 



Among the new beet sugaries in contemplation is one for Grand 

 I -land. Sacramento River. George D. Roberts intends erecting works 

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

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

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

 marshes. On ordinal-}- lands much of the beet root shows above ground, 

 und 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 

 011I3- its leaves above ground. Accordingly the percentage of sugar is 

 higher. Parties contemplating erecting sugarics are counseled to ex- 

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

 tages claimed. — [Rural Press. 



