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tion of mother beets and propagation of the best seed, with encouraging results specified. 

 A considerably larger area has been contracted for the '99 crop. Farmers have been well 

 pleased with the results, while the factory has also earned a handsome dividend. Its 

 reports enable the author to make the following comparisons: 



1896 1897 1898 



Acres of beets grown 3,200 2,500 3,200 



Tons of beets produced 43,500 17,500 13,150 



Average yield per acre, tons 13.5 6.75 13.5 



Per cent, of sugar in beets 13.9 12.6 14.5 



Purity of sugar, per cent 82.5 82.0 83.0 



Crude sugar per acre, Ibs 3,753 1,701 3,915 



Refined sugar per acre. Ibs 3,096 1,305 3,549 



Refined sugar per acre obtained, Ibs 2,862 1,355 3,422 



Began making sugar Sept. 15 Sept. 25 Sept. 8 



Finished making sugar Jan 23 Nov. 23 Dec. 28 



Tons of sugar made 4,578 1,858 5,000 



Per cent, sugar extracted 10.6 9.9 11.8 



Lbs sugar extracted per ton of beets 212 198 236 



UNLOADING BEETS AT THE LA GRANDE FACTORY, OREGON 

 The beet sheds are 400 feet long. Factory in background, viewed from southwest. 



The second sugar mill to be established in Utah is the Ogden Sugar Company, 

 whose factory at Ogden made its initial campaign in 1898. The company was not organ- 

 ized until December, '97, but in spite of that late date, succeeded in getting about 2000 

 acres planted in northern Utah, the crop from which has to be hauled from one to 100 

 miles. The manager wrote us November 3, 1898: 



"We are just now in the midst of the 1898 campaign, having worked something 

 like 12,000 tons, and expect to work altogether about 25,000 tons; the highest yield to an 

 acre has been 30 tons, the lowest 7% tons. The per cent, of sugar varies from nine to 20 

 per cent.; the average is about 14 per cent., with an average of 80 per cent, coefficient pur- 

 ity. We pay $4 per ton for beets delivered at factory. The sugar produced is excellent. 

 The campaign began Sept. 27, and we expect it to end early in December. Our valley is 



