CULTIVATION OF THE BEET. 



from twelve cents per ton in 1840 to three dollars and 

 fifty-six cents in 1865. 



TABLE 



Showing approximately the Quantities of Beets used 

 in the Manufactories of the Zollverein, the Prod- 

 ucts extracted, and Rate of Taxation, from 1840-1 

 to 1865-6. 



The average yield of sugar for the past eight years 

 has been over eight per cent., and of molasses about 

 2.40 ; but this includes, of course, the results of all the 

 poorly managed establishments, many of which are 

 worked by the old process. I have visited several 

 establishments where the yield of sugar averaged 

 nine per cent., and of molasses two and a half to three 

 per cent., throughout the season. 



In France, too, where the whole average yield is 

 perhaps rather less than seven per cent, of sugar, I 



