ADVERTISEMENTS. 157 
A FEW FACTS 
And results by some of our farmers who have raised sugar beets in the district and shipped 
them under contract to the Chino factory, 70 miles distant from the Los Alamitos, shovs 
conclusively that the raising of sugar beets is the most remunerative and paying crop for 
the intelligent and industrious farmer, where in five months from the time of planting he 
Is paid for his crop at prices contracted for before planting, and that three to four crops will 
pay for the land which is being sold at one-half the price of what similar lands bring in 
‘ance and Germany, where the beets are not as rich in sugar by 4 to 6 per cent. 
RESULTS OF SUGAR BEETS RAISED IN THIS DISTRICT. 
Acres Total Tons | Sugarin Amount Amount |Expense per| Profit per 
Planted | Tonnage |per Acre] Beets Received per Acre Acre Acre 
2 25 124 20 | $131.25 $65.62 
44 vel 153 18 385.96 71.35 $14.41 $56.94 
8 110 13% 20 660.81 70.00 12.48 57.52 
40 720 18 16 | 2851.22 71.25 13.64 57.61 
25 428 17 16 | 1829.12 73.16 15.41 57.75 
20 343 174 17 | 1800.72 90.00 15.58 76.42 
9 223 248 18 | 1208.25 184.25 25.98 118.27 
A conservative average tonnage per acre on our lands is 15 and the average sugar in the 
beets 16 per cent. The price paid for- beets by the company is $3.25 for 12 per cent. beets 
and 25c per ton for each 1 per cent. of sugar additional, thus the average price per ton of 
beets would be $4.25 per ton. 
At 16 tons per aCresw ins icde sisw ee ve see cect s tee cee e ee eo ee ees 
Cost of production per acre 
Net per acre at these conservative figures...........:eeeeeee+ $43.75 
THE TOWNSITE. 
In about the center of the tract is located the new town of Los Alamitos, laid out 
October, 1896, and the Los Alamitos sugar factory, now nearing completion, which will 
work up during this year’s campaign 40,000 tons of sugar beets and 30,000 tons annually 
thereafter, for which, including help and other materials used in the manufacture of sugar, 
the factory will expend each year from $550,000 to $600,000. 
The average size of lots in the townsite is 50 x 150 feet. 
All the streets are 80 feet wide, the sidewalks 12 feet, the alleys 15 feet. 
The purest of artesian water under good pressure is piped in the alley of each lot. 
PRICES of town lots range from $75 to $550, according to location. The regular 
terms are one-third cash, the balance on or before one and two years, with interest at the 
rate of 8 per cent. per annum on deferred payments. : 
The government harbor and Southern California’s seaport, San Pedro, is but 14 miles 
distant, and the Southern Pacific Railway, which has built a $5000 depot at Los Alamitos, 
its present terminus, will connect with San Pedro. ? 
These lands and lots are in the hands of first owners,who are not holding for speculative 
purposes, but are desirous of having them improved and sugar beets raised on the lands. 
Unsold lands are leased to actual prospective buyers at a low rental or upon shares. 
Correspondence from those desiring to buy or rent land for the most profitable crop 
“Sugar Beet Culture,” or buy lots in the new and promising town of Los Alamitos, is 
solicited, and will receive prompt and careful attention. Address 
BIXBY LAND COMPANY, 
310-12 BYRNE BUILDING, 
FRANK J. CAPITAIN, e ° 
Secretary. Los Angeles, California. 
