COST OF MAKING BEET-SUGAR. 395 



of sugar per ton of two thousand pounds of roots are ob- 

 tained in well-managed establishments : considering twenty 

 tons the attainable yield of roots per acre, from twenty-eight 

 hundred to three thousand pounds of sugar may be secured 

 by established modes of manufacture. 



In Germany the total expenses — the manufacturing cost 

 and the taxes on the beet-root included — for the production 

 of the sugar from one acre are stated to amount to from a 

 hundred and thirty-two to a hundred and thirty-three dol- 

 lars : in France, where the sugar produced is taxed, they 

 amount to from a hundred and sixty to a hundred and sixty- 

 two dollars per acre. 



The expenses in the two countries are divided among the 

 different operations in the following proportion : — 



In Germany : — 



Per cent. 



Manure 14.48 



Cultivation of beets 11.20 



Taxes on sugar . . . • . . .34.82 

 Manufacturing expenses 39.40 



In France : — 



Per cent. 

 Manure and cultivation of beets .... 24.40 



Taxes on sugar 31.59 



Manufacturing expenses 44.01 



As the raising of a first-class sugar-beet on a large scale 

 has been accomplished in our vicinity — see Flint's Twenty- 

 seventh Annual Report for the year 1879, second part, pp. 

 47-52 — and elsewhere in our State, at a less cost, even in a 

 first trial, than charged in Europe, it seems but reasonable to 

 assume, that, in the absence of any home taxation, the 

 manufacture of beet-sugar can be made in our State a remu- 

 nerative industrial enterprise as soon as our farmers feel 

 confident that the crop will pay them satisfactory returns. 



BEET-SUGAR MOLASSES. 



The molasses obtained from the sugar-beet is not fit for 

 household consumption on account of its unpleasant saline 

 taste. It is fermented, in most cases, for the production of 

 alcohol, and rarely fed to live-stock, as its continued use, 

 even in small quantities, is not considered safe, from its 

 effect on the digestive organs. 



