4 BULLETIN 760, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
that there was a slight tendency on the part of the grower to over- 
estimate.’ 
TapLe I.—Comparison of farmers’ estimates with factory records (crop year 
1916). 
Num- 7 
District. Dera gt | Muar oiacies Tons per acre. Total receipts. 
} 
Farmers’.| Factory. | Farmers’.| Factory. Farmers’. Factory. 
Oxmnard...-:--------------- 11 122. 21 124. 52 10. 94 10. 88 $10, 731. 26 $10, 102. 78 
SHilMS.55¢acc6cbesossoce sa 31 92. 13 90. 16 15. 42 15. 73 8, 044. 71 7, 556. 48 
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUGAR-BEET INDUSTRY 
IN CALIFORNIA. 
As early as 1856 a small beet-sugar factory was built at Ocean 
View near San Francisco, which failed in a few years. In 1869 and 
Fic. 2.—Beet-sugar factory at Alvarado, Cal. It was on this site that the beet- 
sugar industry had its beginning on the Pacific Coast. 
1870 a beet-sugar factory having a capacity of 50 tons was erected 
at Alvarado and was operated under: the name of the California 
Beet Sugar Manufacturing Co. After operating four years it was 
sold to a concern in Santa Cruz County, which failed in 1876. The 
1The Office of Farm Management and the Office of Sugar-Plant Investigations worked 
in cooperation in securing the records. The former office was primarily interested in the 
labor requirements of the crop and farm organization in the sugar-beet areas. The latter 
office was concerned with the methods of growing the crop, as well as with the study of 
the effect of certain pests and diseases upon production. 
Acknowledgment is due to the many farmers through whose liberal contribution of time 
and information this publication has been made possible, and to the sugar-factory officials 
who furnished the figures from the company books for comparison with the farm 
estimates. 
Acknowledgment is also due S. B. Nuckols and James W. Jones, Agriculturists, Office 
of Sugar-Plant Investigations, who assisted in obtaining the field records from the 
growers, 
