. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 4 bulletijst 760, u. s. departme:nt of agricultuee. that there was a slight tendency on the part of the grower to over- estimate.^ Table I.—Comparison of farmers' estimates tvith factory records {crop year 1916). District. Num- ber of farms. Number of acres in beets. Tons per acre. Total receipts. Oxnard. Farmers'. 122. 21 Factory. 124. .52 Farmers'. Factory. Farmers'. 810, 8, Factory. $10, 7, HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUGAR-BEET INDUSTRY IN CA
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 4 bulletijst 760, u. s. departme:nt of agricultuee. that there was a slight tendency on the part of the grower to over- estimate.^ Table I.—Comparison of farmers' estimates tvith factory records {crop year 1916). District. Num- ber of farms. Number of acres in beets. Tons per acre. Total receipts. Oxnard. Farmers'. 122. 21 Factory. 124. .52 Farmers'. Factory. Farmers'. 810, 8, Factory. $10, 7, 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. Fig. 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 18T6. The 1 The 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 fann 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 Please not
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