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CULTUKE OP THE SUGAR BEET. 



DETAIL OF PRODUCTS FROM ONE TON (2,200 POUNDS) OF BEETS. 



* Per quintal of 220 pounds. 

 RECAPITULATION. 



[In this statement is not included the interest upon the joint capital, this capital being variable 

 according as the works are old or mew.] 



The cost of working iD the United States may vary somewhat from 

 the figures we have given, but it is not probable that the variation will 

 be very great ; while the cost of labor is greater, fuel and other ma- 

 terials required are much cheaper, so that they counterbalance each 

 other. We may, therefore, estimate the cost of extraction of sugar from 

 the roots (the purchase price not considered) at about $3 per ton. 



