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of two hundred acres of land at a rental of three dollars per acre, pay- 

 ment to be made in stock. Mr. Wiferhng, superintendent of the works 



at Chatsworth, Illinois, gave the following statement, based on experi- 

 ence at Chatsworth, of the daily cost of running a factory capable of 

 nsiug fifty tons of beets per day : 



Beets, fifty tons .s2{H) 00 



Coal, twenty tons .SO 00 



Labor of one hundred hands 100 00 



Grease, tallow, &c 4 00 



Lights 2 00 



Shovels, brooms, &c 1 55 



Lime 8 00 



Acids, «S:c 9 00 



Loss on bone-black, 250 ponn<l8 10 00 



Belting : 2 00 



Filtering-cloths ;5 00 



Rnbber, lead, heuip, &c., for packing i 25 



Changiug, repairing, &c ." It) 00 



Stationery, &c., in office '2 00 



Coke ". 1 00 



Sinking fund for wear, &c i'A] 60 



Interest on capital tMi 60 



Salaries 20 00 



Insurance 20 00 



Barrels 20 00 



Incidentals 25 00 



652 00 



Fifty tons of beets will yield at least ten per cent, of boiled juice and 

 the product will be as follows : 



Coifee-sugar (A,) 4,000 pounds, at 15 cents $600 00 



Coflee-sugar (C,) 1,000 pounds, at 1?> c^nts i:?0 00 



Yellow sugar, 500 pounds, at 11 cents 55 00 



Molasses, 3,000 pounds, at 2 cents GO 00 



Pulp for feeding 15 00 



Total income 860 00 



Expenses 652 00 



Net profit daily 203 00 



Mr. Wiferling stated that tests had proved the soil at Fond du Lac 

 to be free from the salts, &c., which have prevented the granulation of 

 sugar at other points. 



At a subsequent meeting, S. D. Carpenter gave the following estimate 

 of the cost of establishing a factory capable of working up seventy-ftve 

 tons, or one hundred and fifty thousand pounds of beets every twenty- 

 four hours : 



Building ^, 000 00 



Pulping and power department 6, 100 00 



Scum department 400 00 



Defecation department .• 1, 100 00 



Carbonation department 2, 425 00 



Evaporation department 9, 300 00 



Filteration department 2,725 00 



Bone-black department 1, 000 00 



Ciystallization department 3, 725 00 



Piping, vats, tools, &c , 3, 400 00 



Total cost of factory 35, 175 00 



Add for 30,000 pounds of bone-black 1, 500 00 



Total 36,675 00 



