158 ADVERTISEMENTS. 
The “Sugar Bowl” ote Great Southwest 
—IS THE— 
RICH VALLEY OF THE RIO PECOS 
COUNTIES OF EDDY AND CHAVES 
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S#NEW MEXICO.« 
The seventh Beet Sugar factory in the United 
States was erected at Eddy, New Mexico, in 1896, 
and made its first “Campaign” 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.J per cent. purity. 
This remarkable result was accomplished by raw 
farmers 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 
Ist and August 10th. 
