CULTIVATION OF THE BEET. 



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from ten to twelve per cent, of the weight of the 

 molasses in the following salts, in the proportions 

 given below : 



Per cent. 

 Carbonate of potash, ........ 40.33 



Sulphate of potash, ......... 2.46 



Hydrochlorate of potash, ....... 22.10 



Soda, .............. 34.14 



Sulphur and divers matters, ....... 97 



100.00 

 The potash and the soda are extracted at a cost not 



exceeding three and a half cents per pound. 



The following table shows the average prices, ex- 



clusive of duties, of No. 12 raw sugar in Paris from 



1816 to 1828: 



i Si 6 i2 T ^ cents. 1823 Sy 6 ^ cents. 



1817 H-& " 1824 "IO& 



1818 i2 T V " 1825 



1819 H-& " 1826 



1820 io T 8 <y " 1827 



1821 io T 8 <5. " 1828 



1822 7^ " 



From 1828 to 1854 tne P r i ce gradually fell, and the 

 following table shows the average prices from 1854 

 to 1865: 



1854 5 T 8 ^- cents. 1860 6 T V cents. 



1855 6 " 1861 5 T ^ " 



1856 6^ " 1862 



1857 7A " l86 3 



1858 sA " 1864 



1859 6 T V " 1865 



