DIGEST OF STATE EEPORTS. 511 



Twenty-five tons of beets, at $4 per ton $100 00 



Fuel, 13^ cords of wood, at $3 per cord 40 00 



Wages for 65 hands, at §1 per day 65 00 



Salaries (per one year, divided by 60 days— short season) 40 00 



Various items, including conamissions and insurances 158 00 



Total expenses per day 401 00 



The superintendent states that these unsatisfactory results are 

 chargeable, first, to non-maturity of beets ; second, to the inferior qual- 

 ity of the factory ; third, insufficiency of supply to keep even this small 

 establishment running the full season; and, fourth, the low price of 

 sugar. Still, it has been demonstrated that the business will succeed if 

 the above conditions can be changed. Two of these conditions — in- 

 crease in capacity of factory and a full supply of beets to keep it 

 going the full season — are no doubt within the control of the company. 



The economy of increasing the capacity of the factory to the work- 

 ing of 50 tons of beets per day will appear from the following tabular 

 statement, which is based upon precisely the same conditions as to 

 quality of beets, period of working, and price of products: 



198,000 pounds A sugar, at 12i cents §24,750 00 



30,000 pounds B sugar, at Ui cents 3,542 00 



40,000 pounds raw sugar, at 9 cents 3,600 00 



144,000 pounds crude molasses, at 1 cent 1,440 00 



Total valuation.... 33,332 00 



Proceeds per day 880 00 



The cost of manufacturing per day is given as follows : 



Beets, 50 tons, at $4 $200 00 



Fuel, 2U cords, at $3 64 00 



Wages, 8"5 iiands, at $1 85 00 



Salaries, 60 days 40 00 



Various items, classed as " sundries" 226 00 



Total expenses per day 615 00 



Total cash proceeds per day ., 880 00 



Net profits per day 265 00 



Estimating the proceeds and expenses of a business involving these 

 same conditions, as to quality of material and price of products, (but 

 with a deduction in the items of sundries,) for a full period of five 

 mouths, the superintendent gives the net profits of the factory at $294 

 per day. 



