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ducts of our national industry. "With cheap labor, I 

 believe it might to-day be manufactured with profit in 

 the rich, deep valleys of California, and perhaps in 

 those of Utah and Colorado as well. On the whole, 

 however, I cannot deem the prospect encouraging for 

 the American promoters of the manufacture of Beet 

 Sugar. 



But when we shall have deepened essentially the 

 soil of our arable acres, fertilized it abundantly, and 

 cured it by faithful cultivation of its vicious addic- 

 tion to weed-growing, I believe we shall devote mil- 

 lions of those acres to the growth of Beets for cattle- 

 food, and, having learned how to harvest as well as 

 till them mainly by machinery, with little help from 

 hand labor, we shall produce them with eminent 

 profit and satisfaction to the grower. On soil fully 

 two feet deep, thoroughly underdrained and amply 

 fertilized, I believe we shall often produce one thous- 

 and bushels of Beets- to the acre ; and so much accept- 

 able and valuable food for cattle can- hardly be ob- 

 tained from an acre in any other form. 



So with regard to Carrots. I have never achieved 

 eminent success in growing these, nor Beets ; mainly 

 because the soil on which I attempted to grow them 

 was not adapted to, or rather not yet in condition for, 

 such culture. But, should I live a few years longer, 

 until my reclaimed swamp shall have become thor- 

 oughly sweetened and civilized, I mean to grow on 

 some part thereof 1,000 bushels of Carrots per acre, 



