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with this poor seed, and the entire establishment was 

 removed to Fi-eeport, Illinois. 



The next factory was established in 1866 at Fond 

 du Lac, Wisconsin, by Bonestel & Otto. It was con- 

 tended that great success was attained with a small 

 capital, and that the soil was well suited to the enter- 

 prise. Strange to say, that in 1870 they removed to 

 California, where the Alvarado Co. was formed. The 

 following year, it, as well as the Sacramento Beet Sugar 

 Co. commenced operations. The first had a capital of 

 $75,000, and the second but |15,U00 was under the 

 direction of a French Count. The latter has not since 

 been heard from. The Alvarado Co. achieved a fair 

 success, but owing to the bad management of several 

 so-called technical directors, bad machinery, and small 

 capital had for a final result the breaking up of the 

 works. In this same State we may mention the Soquel 

 and Isleton factories. These have accomplished but 

 little. 



During 1870 Tyler Beach, Secretary of the Santa 

 Clara Valley Agricultural Society, informed the State 

 that a beet sugar company had been organized at 

 San Jos^ ; shortly after this an enterprise was started 

 by Germans, who formed a company at Black Hawk, 

 Wisconsin. The success was not as great as was ex- 

 pected, on account of the small supply of water at 

 their disposal. 



In 1877 Mr. Joseph Wharton attempted the growth 

 of the beet near Elwood Station, I^. J. ; the soil being 

 principally sand, these experiments were not a success. 



