AMERICAN BEET SUGAR. 15 



[COPY.] 

 FRED J. KIESEL & Co., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN GROCERIES. 



OGDEN, UTAH, Aug. 13, 1897. 

 Los ALAMITOS SUGAR Co., 



Los Alamitos, Cal. 



DEAR SIR : Our first car of sugar came in today, and we desire to congratu- 

 late you upon the finest produce that has ever been turned out in California in the 

 "beet sugar industry. 



We at once mailed out a lot of samples to our most valued customers in order 

 to bring your product before them, and hope it will result in much good, which 

 we trust you will approve of. Will wire our orders direct to you from now on. 

 Again congratulating you upon the success of this enterprise, we remain, 



Yours truly, 



(Signed,) FRED J. KIESEL & Co. 



[COPY.] 



BOSTON, MASS., November 2, '97. 

 J. Ross CLARK, Manager, 



Los Alamitos Sugar Co. 



DEAR SIR : Your favor of 26 ult. received, also the sample of granulated 

 sugar. 



We most heartily congratulate you upon the quality. Not only is it far better 

 than any sample we have seen of German, Austrian or French granulated, but // 

 is the best sample we have seen produced in this country from beets. 



The Revere Sugar Refinery, of Boston, prides itself on making the best granu- 

 lated made in the United States. They never use raw beet sugar, but use only 

 the high grades of centrifugal sugar. Their granulated always commands i-i6c. 

 per pound more than other refiners. 



We have just placed your sugar beside their fine granulated, and it would be 

 hard to say which is the better of the two. Higher praise we cannot give your 

 sugar. We may send for another sample when this is used up. 



Yours truly, 

 (Signed,) GEORGE F. HALL & Co. 



THE FARMER'S SHARE IN THE PROFITS. The writer copies certain state- 

 ments, made in writing to him. They speak for themselves. (Localities and 

 names are omitted for obvious reasons.) 



DEAR SIR : In answer to your inquiry as to what success I have had as a 

 raiser of sugar beets, I will give you an account of my experiences. 



I came here with my family in March, 1891, just four years ago. I was in 

 debt at the time, and we had absolutely nothing to depend on for a living except 

 our own good will to work. I rented 22 acres of beet land, but was unable to do 

 all the work myself on account of want of a good team and implements ; I paid 

 .$2.25 an acre to have some of the plowing done. However, that year saw me 

 clear of all my debts, and I had made a good living and put some funds away for 

 a rainy day, and this after paying one-quarter of the crop for rent. In 1892 I 

 rented the same land, but broke up a few acres of new land, so that I actually 

 planted about 25 acres. My crop gave an average tonnage of 15 tons to the 

 acre with the sugar per cent running from 14 per cent to 18 per cent. I did 



