60 THE SUGAR INDUSTRY. 



and all the buildings are lighted with electric lights, which is generated on the prem- 

 ises. There are two sugar store warehouses ; one 75x40 feet, the other 125x40 feet, the 

 total capacity of which is 40, 000 bags of sugar. The total weight of machinery is 

 upwards of 1000 tons. 



So prosperous has Lehi become that in 1896 there was not a single delinquent tax- 

 payer. This is a remarkable fact for any town, but especially for a western commu- 

 nity which has more or less "floating" population. But the Lehi people are "stay- 

 ers' ' since the sugar industry is established. 



NEW MEXICO. 



The Pecos Valley Beet Sugar Co established a factory at Eddy, New Mexico, late 

 in 1896, and are planning for a 700->ton plant 75 miles north of that place, to be erected 

 this year. The Eddy plant was late in starting, and from Nov 25 to Jan 1, '97, re- 

 ceived 3706 tons of beets and the total supply was about 18,000 tons. Many farmers 

 irrigated too much and others did not cultivate properly, but in spite of these obsta- 

 cles the first crop averaged about 12 tons per acre on the 1500 acres grown, while some 

 fields, properly worked, made nearly 20 tons per acre, the range in yield running gen- 

 erally from 8 to 16 tons per acre. The sugar content ranged from 14 to 21 per cent and 

 over 80 purity, and the average for the total tonnage will "probably be close to 16 per 

 cent." Enough has been done to indicate that the arid southwest is likely to prove 

 well adapted to the sugar beet. In spite of the unusual winter weather, in spite of a 

 late start in making sugar, and in spite of all the numerous obstacles that beset such 

 an enterprise the first season in a new country, the company report that their * 'most 

 sanguine expectations are being realized." Making every discount possible for the 

 claims of interested parties, it is evident that a brilliant start has been made for the 

 Pecos Valley sugar industry. Seldom, if ever, has an enterprise of this kind in the 

 United States done as well its first year. 



WISCONSIN. 



A sugar factory was erected at Menomonee Falls, Waukesha Co, Wis, about fifteen 

 miles northwest of Milwaukee, in 1896. The enterprise was due to the efforts of Mr 

 K. G. Korn, who has patiently worked for years to develop the enterprise. He is 

 the general manager, having entire charge of designing the factory and building and 

 installing the machinery. He gave his time to the work without pay until the factory 

 was in operation and had the machinery built at machine shops in Milwaukee. On 

 account of the disturbance in financial affairs, the factory was not ready for business 

 until January, '97, but it had nearly 18,000 tons of beets in silos waiting to be manu- 

 factured into sugar, as illustrated and described on Page 61. The campaign closed late 

 in March, '97, with a satisfactory run up to latest reports. The greatest difficulty Mr 

 Korn found was to get farmers to grow the beets, but after an 18-months' canvass he 

 succeeded in getting a ten years' contract for growing 2500 acres of beets from 350 

 farmers within a radius of ten miles of the factory. The contract agrees to pay $4 

 per ton for all beets testing 12 per cent sugar, $5 for those testing 16 per cent, and an 

 annual premium of $50 for the best grown field of beets. An average test from several 

 of the largest crops of '96 show from 12| to 13i per cent sugar, and it is believed that 



