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of the campaign, longer season for harvesting, longer run of 

 factory, greater yield per acre, greater per cent of saccharine, 

 immunity from frost, immunity from rain at critical periods, 

 and ensilage or ' pitting ' of the beets avoided." 



The land adapted to beet culture in California extends 

 through the interior valleys from Tehama County in the 

 north to San Diego in the south, and along the entire 

 California sea coast, and in the coast valleys — about 

 750,000 acres. 



Constant cropping to beets is injurious to land, but the 

 rotation of crops and slight fertilisation adjust the losses 

 of potash and lime. According to an authority, land 

 sown to wheat after beets will produce a twofold yield. 



The price of the best beet land varies from $100 to 

 $250 per acre, according to its location. 



