Pacific service magazine . Cotton field in Tehama County. Irrigated by water pumped by electric motors fromthe Sacramento river and wells. stage, as yet, but that those behind thisand other enterprises of its kind feel con-fident of its success may be gathered fromthe fact that there are three cotton ginsalready established in this section of North-ern California, one at Maxwell, one atChico and the third at Oroville. The factory of the Sacramento ValleySugar Company, located at Hamilton City,Glenn County, is one of the largest indus-trial factories of Northern California. Theplant has an idea
Pacific service magazine . Cotton field in Tehama County. Irrigated by water pumped by electric motors fromthe Sacramento river and wells. stage, as yet, but that those behind thisand other enterprises of its kind feel con-fident of its success may be gathered fromthe fact that there are three cotton ginsalready established in this section of North-ern California, one at Maxwell, one atChico and the third at Oroville. The factory of the Sacramento ValleySugar Company, located at Hamilton City,Glenn County, is one of the largest indus-trial factories of Northern California. Theplant has an ideal location near the cen-ter of the northern part of the SacramentoValley where the soil is well adapted tothe growing of sugar beets. The harvesting of beets usually beginsabout the middle of August and extendsto almost the first of November. Theplant runs continually from the time itopens until the beets have all been har-. Sacramento Valley Sugar Company, Hamilton City, Glenn County vested. After the beets are delivered tothe factory, the process of converting theminto sugar requires four distinct first is known as the diffusion, wherethe sugar is extracted from the beets; thenext step is the carbonation where the ex-tract or juice is treated for filtration, whichis the next process; then the evaporation,while the last is the crystallization, afterwhich the sugar is sacked and ready forthe market. The by-product from the beet is knownas pulp and is an excellent feed for cattleor can be used as a fertilizer. Approximately 400 horsepower in elec-trical motors has been installed in thisplant. Pacific Service also provides irri-gation for the growing beets by operatingnumerous pumping plants located along theSacramento river. Altogether, then, theuses of electricity in thestretch of country reach-ing down the west side ofthe Sacramento valley andfollowing, generally, thecourse of the Sacramen
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