,*> KMT-TRQPTC CALTFOJIXTA. 
cjieii hv the polari-vopft rcallv obtained by , upon the coefficient of purity and the “cor-! censes, is quite another matter, upon which 
working prevre* depend* upon tlie percent 1 reetm-ss of manufacture,” but omit, or fail : 1 have made and am still making, careful 
Bite of salt ami other impurities contained , to state, in what manner or to what extent | investigations. For these and for lliu con- 
in the beet, that prevent crystaMixation.' it effects the extraction of sugar indicated elusions arid recommendations based 
An application of tlu si- well known rules by the polariseope. * * * * | thereon, I hold myself responsible to the 
by us and the omission l-y you, explains * .****« * : proper authorities and to the public. 
the discrepancy. j that portion of vour letter to Mr. Ns- 
Respectfully your*, denn, also to me, in which you insinuate 
StaWOA un Siviin MaXUV’o Co- that we (lid not send you n Ihir sample of 
By E. H. {)vuu, Gen. Sup’t. tho fifty tons of dried bento, 1 would, if I 
A further correspondence between Pod. | f»«ld consistently, gladly pass by ltnno 
llilgard and Supi. I Iyer, bordering on 1 
tonalities but giving no further light 
Respectfully, 
Ero. \Y. Hir.oAiin. 
the subject, we omit, only' giving (he fol- , 
lowing extracts. Prof, lldgaril. ill a letter j 
to Mr. Nadeau, Nov. X, says: 
According to two determinations, the i 
sample brought by you contains ittS 0 per 
cent, of sugar in Hie nudrird cmidition: nr, 1 
assuming them to contain Id per rent, ni ; 
moisture, 46,(1 when perfectly dried. 
d, for o' I had not the written evidence 
^ before me I would not believe that you 
would attempt to sustain your erroneous 
position In-such « doubtful inotlg of defense 
* • ' ♦ * t * • < 
Now, sir, in uuncliiaion, permit me tossy 
that. I hope you will consider it y.-jur duty 
as the h'-ad of the Deportment of Agricul¬ 
ture nf this Suite, if you believe, ns vuui 
letters would setup (t> infer, that we, either 
giicrahiu. 
WHAT WILL YOU READ? 
Cll BA I' KRAUIN'O 1'OR 18X1, 
American Agriculturist.. 
Semi Tropic Cal.. 
41 50 
. 1 50 
Wij send both one year for. 
Rural Now Yorker and premium. 
Serai-Tropic Oal. 
needy orlM. i "yum >mi 
Not long sinca I received'from the Alva J through ignorance 01 design, are not fur- 
rado Sugar (Jo., also, a Mmplr of dried nislting Mr. Nadeau reliable Information in 
beets, said to b.i those worked hv them, j r "gard to his beets, that ou will investi- 
and to hue yielded only abou t’JO percent gate tliia matter to tin* bottom. Over forty Rcgulai 
of sugar. Bv my assay, mado on a day | bins of his beets are in the storehouses in We acrid both for, 
when a Norther nm blow in®, the sugar ' tl) v vicinity of our migac works, and \v j _ 
percentage was found to be 23 8, aubat.-in | w iH aflord ymi.nr anyone you may delegate ] Scientific American... 
tidily ngrecittg with their statement. i,J *‘tv»*tigaii; the matter, every opportun- Semi-Tropic Cal. 
At the same time tlwy writ two sample. 1 - I By * 1 ' olj r power to dn so. Our laboratory \ 
of fresh beets obtained from you, as stilted, and migarhouee and all the labor, both! Regular price 
and in tins, also, tlu-ir statement of i 
made by them agrees substantially, 
of course, impossible fur n 
*»y 
n demonstrate that you can extract within 
1 |ht vent, of wliat you any these beets j 
ntain in good marketable sugar, we will 
which sample represents correctly your I p*y JTou nr your representative MOO a dav 
fifty tons. A inienmeopic cxnniiuoilnii 
your sample, a* well a* that arm from Alva 
rado, shown plainly enough n wide difTer 
CHOI* botVONii tho two. About half of the 
Alvarado sample wmaist* of shreds of n 
brown tint, tough and tint cjipnlile of bring 
broken by bending; while all of your sum 
pie consists of pieer-s that call be readily 
broken, am) are while on the fracture; 
while their surface ia covered with small 
sugar ciyMala,of which but few are seen ou 
the Alvarado sample. 
i Should any that slow i.r imperfect dry 
iinr or a rain ur heavy driazlu on the .Jrn‘,1 
beets before- packing might Imvecuuo d the 
trouble, but tliere arc other cause* tl.ui 
might have caused the same 
As to tile question of fact 
average sugar percentage of 
lot, 1, of course, can determine nothing. , N/i'le. 
1 tie fresh beets assayed bv 
tt drying, about such » sample 
Regular price. 
loi the time omploved, and 
i, ,i 1 ■ .m e bciiu ooiu tor.. 
*R ,,I,U n» further corn pi iu.au on, lint, u 
this attempt is made and does not succeed, p,„.ifi c Rural Press 
** '■ ""I',I for .11 *X|»,n- ; s,„„- I roii'tc C.I 
m.s incurred by us in mailing the expen- 
n . 
I Regular price. 50 
| We *ond both for one year for. a 50 
.. 43 
00 
,. 4’4 
00 
. 42 
50 
. 1 
50 
00 
. 43 
00 
. 43 
50 
50 
70 
. 3 
70 
00 
50 
50 
50 
.44 
00 
50 
Respectfully yours, 
Stamiaim. 8I I.aii M v'g Co., 
By K. H. Rvbb, (icn. Supt, 
I’MVItUslI v OP Caukobxia, i 
C ol. 1 . 1(0 a op Ao III, Ul.Tt'HK, I 
UbBKKlkv, Nov, Ii«, JH80. ) 
F. II. Jjyei. Alvarado—Sir; Y,mr com- 
inuiiieutimi of the 1 Krh in.-t. i_, received. 
\oo are hihoring under a iniMake in 
I We will send the Skmi-Tuopic Calipou 
j ma and either of the following publicatioiu 
j for one year for the prioe named opposite: 
Harper’s Magazine 
! Harper’s Bazar... 
Harper’s Weekly 
' appearance 
*4 50 
4 50 
4 50 
4 50 
•1 50 
4 50 
It 50 
3 00 
ad- 
. *“”wiug miner a mistake in imag •—t*'■ ^ ••■ imv. 
uiMig, that ;ia Profeasur of Agriculture i„ I ^rfbner's Magazine. 
the otatc Univmsitv, f nm under any uhli ' 1 ‘ r “" lv '-'‘"be's Weekly. 
•■the true | gatmn bi di-teriiiiue whether your sttiitpl, i All «‘tio Monthly. 
- hfty ton with tweuiyoihi per cent, of sugar, or Mr■.! ^‘Jivator and Country (icntlennn. 
n a with twice that amount, repre Farmer. 
• M paitic.ula, fifty-ton lot. You! All subscriptions miiat bn paid 
handed me, if everything were piopmly j you can, Iml'l tL-p^b|,« 7 i^m 8 j“or,Tt! ^ ll "* by ,n " U ° f J*«ra.m*|| < y. 
whatever in the mailer I d.-dine to take Grii, Jfn.K, Publisher, 
any part in the quaetli)!, In-yund the stale I N "- >. Baker Block, Boa Angt-lcs. 
■omit rd facts us found by me, and |«id .. . . 
down in the lei In t„ Mr Nadeau Cd which A " b'Hdv pbion., auuliaalVoniea, Holly- 
>mv. copy. Thai r.I.itvineij't . oinain. ,, V: " m, ‘ l “'sy Bily, Dice,,, 
no insinuation of nuy kind, although it ' , l l’ l, """ ms i Ac-■ indeed, all Hint will 
slews an irroconeiluble eoniriidiction in the i 0,1 ^ U "' ''" r wi,ll,-rs i ahoultl be planted in 
specimen* furnished, From ibis Mr. Na- • a l Ut “ , " , ‘ 11 pOKWiBle, to get a good start in 
deau and yourself must draw vour own e.,n- 1 kJ ,r,n K- 
olusiuns. -- 
The general ipiestiori of the rtualitv of , l " :o l" I1 K eonatniilly bufora poultry, 
. *" y<«Ha»t .bi .-ir. grown in California, of the Imwb'iliiv o' "^"mmoud, ib wastuful, os it ch.ga 
-o me you admit that ,1,,.- amount „( of drying then thu open ai. ami ma o i ', U ‘ r and keeps the, seu.lohiiur 
obtainable or uxtracUble depend* | fin:,urio^ugar ^ * *>” .. . S 
conducted 
In ■ letter from Supt. Dyer to I' 
llilgard, Nov, l#th, he say«; 
•in teats of hi 
We Lave made 
and reported tk 
tbs beets <^u 
which k 
extractable sugar. YuU have a 
letter U> Genneit that they c-m 
half sugar. Now to tfie com mi 
Ifitarence would be it,at that 
wenriy so of luarkviai.le sugar. 
tained from these dried beets 
Jiild be ob | 
