42 BEET-ROOT SUGAR AND 



Administration and salaries, .... 200 



Lighting, 50 



General expenses, insurance, .... 250 



Lime, metals, rasp blades, repairs, &c., 845 



6 >75 

 From this is to be deducted, say 



200 tons pulp (a, $2.50, .... 500 



30 " molasses fa) $.22, . . . 66o='i,i6o 



Leaving, as total cost of working 1,000 



tons beets, $5>59O 



The cost per pound of sugar produced varies in 

 accordance with the percentage of yield, as shown in 

 the following table : 



Yield. Sugar. Cost per pound. 



6 per cent. 134,440 Ibs. 4.15 cts. 



7 " 156.800 " 3.56 " 



8 " 179,200 " 3.10 " 



In one establishment that I visited in France, I asked 

 in writing of the proprietor, to whom I had letters 

 that warranted me in doing so, his percentage of sugar 

 and molasses, and the cost of manufacturing. 



This gentleman had been very successful, kept his 

 accounts with great accuracy, and, as he manufactured 

 by the old process, I selected him as a good represen 

 tative of the old system, and asked him many ques 

 tions, which he answered with great courtesy and in 

 the fullest and most satisfactory manner. His yield 

 of juice was eighty per cent, of the beets worked ; 

 his percentage of sugar was 6.85, and of molasses 

 2.75 per cent, of the juice. 



