158 ADVERTISEMENTS. 



The " Sugar Bowl" of the Great Southwest 



-IS THE 



RICH VALLEY OF THE RIO PECOS 



IN THE 



COUNTIES OF EDDY AND CHAVES 



-OF- 



MEXICO.^ 



The seventh Beet Sugar factory in the United 

 States was erected at Eddy, New Mexico, in 1896, 

 and made its first " Campaign r beginning Nov. 

 15, 1896, and closing Feb. 15, 1897. 



The content of " Sugar in the beet" of the crop 

 grown in the Eddy and Roswell sections of the valley 

 has proven to be more uniformly high than in any 

 other part of the United States, 



124 separate analyses, chiefly car load lots, 

 showed an average of 17*01 per cent, sugar in 

 beet; 84.1 per cent, purity. 



This remarkable result was accomplished by raw 

 farmprs unacquainted with the culture of beet root, 

 on new land and under very trying circumstances, 

 as the factory was not assured until May, and a 

 majority of the acreage was planted between June 

 1st and August 10th. 



