56S ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



though hardly " international," was still a success, and doubt- 

 less did much to promote the interests of dairying in gen- 

 eral, and, with the rest, the improvement in butter- and 

 cheese-making which is needed to promote their profitable 

 export to Europe. 



THE SUGAR-BEET INDUSTRY. 



The Sugar-Beet Enterprise in Maine. 



The American Cultivator, noticing the success of the first 

 attempt at the production of beet-sngar in Maine, where, as 

 will be remembered, it has received pecuniary support from 

 the State, says : " It has remained for a few enterprising pi- 

 oneers in the beet-sugar industry in Maine, headed by that 

 indefatigable beet-su^ar maker Ernest Thomas Gennert, to 

 achieve a most decided success during the past season in the 

 Pine-tree State. Sugar-beets have been raised in Maine, 

 some individual cultivators having produced fifteen, and even 

 twenty, tons to the acre ; they have been found to average 

 in saccharine matter higher than beets grown in Germany or 

 France. Practical and efficient machinery has been erected 

 at moderate cost, and first-quality granulated sugar has been 

 produced from these beets, demonstrating beyond a question 

 that sugar-beet raising may be made a remunerative occupa- 

 tion for many New England farmers, and that beet-sugar 

 refineries may be made paying investments in this section 

 of the country if under skilful management. No difficulty 

 presented itself that has not been surmounted, no drawback 

 occurred that may not be easily overcome. Within the brief 

 period of about six months Mr. Gennert has shown the world 

 that he could buy sugar-beet seed in Germany in the spring, 

 ship it to the State of Maine, stimulate the raising of beets, 

 establish a refinery, and astonish the people of New England 

 with the finest sugar of home production refined in Novem- 

 ber of the same year." 



According to the Maine State Press, the works of the 

 Maine Beet-sugar Company had on October 30 turned out 

 94,000 pounds of granulated sugar. The large value of the 

 pulp for cattle-feeding adds to the prospect of success in the 

 Eastern States. 



