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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Production of Beet Sugar. The fol- 

 lowing figures according to the " Pecos 

 Valley Argus " show the growth of the 

 beet-root sugar industry in the United 

 States from its first inception in 1830, 

 when but a few hundred pounds were 

 made, to the present time when 40,000 

 tons are manufactured, and when new 

 factories are being built in all sections 

 of the country. The following beet 

 sugar factories are now in operation: 

 The Western Beet Sugar company, Wat- 

 son ville, California; the Chino Beet 

 Sugar factory, Chino Valley, California; 

 the Alameda Sugar company, Alvarado, 

 California; the Norfolk Beet Sugar com- 

 pany, Norfolk, Nebraska; the Oxnard 

 Beet Sugar company, Grand Island, Neb- 

 raska; the Pecos Valley Beet Sugar 

 company, Eddy, New Mexico; the Utah 

 Sugar company, Lehi, Utah; 0. K. Lap- 

 ham & Co., Staunton, Virginia. New 

 factories are approaching completion, or 

 proposed at places as follows: at Rome, 

 New York, now being moved from Can- 

 ada; at Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin 

 (Wisconsin Beet Sugar company, Mil- 

 waukee, Wisconsin); at Alamitos, Cali- 

 fornia, (the Alamitos Sugar company, 

 Los Angeles, California); at Salinas 

 City, California, proposed by Mr. Claus 

 Spreckels. 



PRODUCTION BY YEARS FROM 1830 TO 1896. 



Wheat's Northern Limit. In Europe 

 the growth of wheat ceases with an im- 

 aginary line connecting Inverness, Scot- 

 land, latitude 58 degrees; Drontheirn, 

 Norway, latitude 64 degrees, and St. 

 Petersburg, Russea, latitude 60 degrees 

 15 minutes. Oats reach a sligntly 

 higher latitude. Barley and rye ascend 

 to latitude 70 degrees but require a 

 favorable aspect and season to produce a 

 crop 



Best Oranges in Florida. Professor 

 E. S. Hubbard, of Florida, lately spoke 

 as follows regarding the most desirable 

 varieties of oranges for cultivation in 

 Florida: 



" Throughout the orange belt gener- 

 ally, the Red Tangerine is probably the 

 most satisfactory of the earlier ripening 

 class of Mandarin oranges; it can be 

 shipped for the Christmas market. 

 Among the round oranges, Contenial, 

 Parson Brown and Nonpareil are the 

 most satisfactory of the early varieties; 

 they have sufficient acid to make them 

 palatable, and are sweet enough to eat 

 when colored enough for shipping. 



For mid-season the Jaffa may be con- 

 sidered the standby. There is quite a 

 long list of mid-season varieties that 

 have little advantage over each other, 

 such as Ruby, Knickerbocker and Aniory. 

 among the bloods, and Prolific and 

 Paper Rind among the St. Michaels. 



Among the late oranges, I know of no 

 superior to Hart's Late; the tree, in my 

 experience, stood the last cold, as well, 

 or better, than any other variety. The 

 Valencia Late is also desirable." 



Uses of Lemons. -A writer in the 

 New York Herald gives the following 

 information regarding the uses of 

 lemons: 



u The hands and nails are kept clean, 

 white, soft and supple by the daily use 

 of lemon instead of soap. It prevents 

 chilblains also. 



Lemon is often used in intermittent 

 fevers, mixed with strong, hot, black 

 coffee, without sugar. By rubbing the 

 part affected with a cut lemon, neuralgia 

 may be cured. It is valuable also to 

 cure warts and to destroy dandruff 011 

 the head, by rubbing the roots of the 

 hair with it. It will alleviate and finally 

 cure coughs and colds and heal diseased 

 lungs, if taken hot on going to bed at 

 night. Its uses are manifold and the 

 more we all employ it internally and 

 externally, the better we shall find our- 

 selves. Lemon juice is useful in remov- 

 ing the tartar from the teeth. 



A doctor in Rome is trying it experi- 

 mentally in malarial fevers with success, 

 but he thinks it will in time supersede 

 quinine." 



