78 BEET-ROOT SUGAR. 



With a proper rotation of crops the production of 

 that amount of sugar involves the cultivation of 

 4,000,000 acres of land, of which 1,000,000 would be 

 in beets, the base of the system. It would give em- 

 ployment the year round, in the fields and in the mills, 

 to more than 125,000 men, women, and children. It 

 would require $100,000,000 to be expended in build- 

 ings and machinery. It would disburse annually 

 $100,000,000 for labor and materials. It would re- 

 quire each year more than 1,500,000 tons of coal. It 

 would fatten every year 400,000 head of cattle, or 

 4^000,000 sheep. 



There is hardly an interest that it would injure, 

 while it would be difficult to find one that would con- 

 fer so many, so great, and so general advantages upon 

 the country. It is destined to become one of the most 

 important branches of national industry. 



