﻿COMMISSIONEK 
  OF 
  AGRICULTURE. 
  81 
  

  

  sion 
  into 
  sugar. 
  Tliey 
  manufactured 
  and 
  sold, 
  according 
  to 
  re- 
  

   ports 
  on 
  file 
  in 
  tliis 
  Department, 
  2,289,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  sugar, 
  

   receiving 
  from 
  the 
  State, 
  under 
  the 
  law, 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  $22,890. 
  

  

  The 
  Home 
  factory 
  received 
  this 
  year 
  9,510 
  tons 
  of 
  beets, 
  the 
  net 
  

   quantity 
  after 
  the 
  State 
  weighman 
  had 
  made 
  dockages 
  for 
  adher- 
  

   ing 
  soil, 
  etc., 
  from 
  which 
  1,245,565 
  pounds 
  of 
  sugar 
  was 
  

   made, 
  and 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  State 
  $12,455.65. 
  They 
  made 
  

   contracts 
  with 
  710 
  farmers, 
  651 
  of 
  whom 
  made 
  delivery 
  

   of 
  beets, 
  59 
  failing 
  to 
  ship 
  any 
  at 
  all. 
  A 
  part 
  of 
  these 
  59 
  

   were 
  growers 
  that 
  contracted 
  for 
  small 
  plats 
  and 
  changed 
  

   their 
  minds 
  about 
  raising 
  the 
  beets, 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  sow 
  the 
  

   seed. 
  Others 
  reported 
  that 
  the 
  seed 
  did 
  not 
  come 
  up 
  well 
  and 
  

   their 
  plants 
  were 
  so 
  scattered 
  that 
  they 
  plowed 
  them 
  up. 
  Others 
  

   still 
  reported 
  that 
  the 
  dry 
  weather 
  interfered 
  with 
  their 
  crop 
  to 
  

   such 
  extent 
  that 
  the 
  beets 
  were 
  too 
  small 
  to 
  ship 
  to 
  the 
  factory. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  dry 
  weather 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  summer 
  is 
  attributed 
  an 
  average 
  

   shrinkage 
  of 
  from 
  20 
  to 
  30 
  per 
  cent, 
  in 
  their 
  tonnage. 
  Other- 
  

   wise 
  the 
  net 
  tonnage 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  between 
  12,000 
  and 
  13,000 
  

   tons, 
  if 
  the 
  season 
  had 
  been 
  an 
  average 
  one 
  as 
  to 
  quantity 
  of 
  rain- 
  

   fall 
  through 
  the 
  summer 
  and 
  early 
  fall 
  months. 
  Last 
  year 
  the 
  

   average 
  content 
  in 
  the 
  beets 
  was 
  11.62, 
  and 
  so 
  far 
  this 
  year 
  12.54; 
  

   .92 
  higher 
  average 
  sugar 
  content 
  than 
  last 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  factories 
  find 
  no 
  trouble 
  in 
  disposing 
  of 
  the 
  finished 
  product 
  

   at 
  a 
  profitable 
  price, 
  and 
  the 
  quality 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  sugar 
  made 
  

   from 
  sugar 
  beets 
  grown 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  ranks 
  with 
  the 
  finest 
  quality 
  

   of 
  cane 
  sugar. 
  

  

  Difference 
  of 
  opinion 
  arose 
  between 
  the 
  factories 
  and 
  the 
  beet 
  

   growers 
  as 
  to 
  whether 
  the 
  intent 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  was 
  that 
  $5 
  per 
  ton 
  

   should 
  be 
  paid 
  for 
  beets 
  at 
  the 
  factory 
  or 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  shipment. 
  

   The 
  law 
  was 
  amended 
  by 
  the 
  last 
  Legislature 
  apparently 
  to 
  the 
  

   satisfaction 
  of 
  all 
  parties 
  concerned, 
  by 
  allowing 
  the 
  place 
  to 
  be 
  

   agreed 
  on 
  by 
  the 
  beet 
  grower 
  and 
  factory. 
  

  

  A 
  com'posite 
  sample 
  of 
  sugar 
  manufactured 
  each 
  day 
  this 
  season 
  

   at 
  the 
  two 
  factories 
  in 
  operation 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  Chemist 
  

   Wheeler 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  for 
  analysis, 
  to 
  ascertain 
  if 
  crystalliza- 
  

   tion 
  reached 
  the 
  quality 
  designated 
  by 
  section 
  72 
  of 
  chapter 
  500 
  

  

  