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equal to N. Y. Ref. B.), which was the product of an unknown 

 quantity of beet roots, as I found they had not kept any rec- 

 ord of the quantity brought from the pits to the factory. 

 The pulp was not watered in the centrifugals, so as to save 

 evaporation. The juice was boiled blank, and placed in 

 large tanks to crystallize. This course was mainly taken to 

 economize the use of steam. The first product granulated in 

 twenty-four hours and the second in three days, so as to go 

 in centrifugal machines. I could see nothing of the third 

 product. I very much regret that the Messrs. Gennert could 

 not give me an accurate account of the cost of cultivating 

 their beets; the estimate, as I have already said, was less 

 than four dollars per ton. It is also to be regretted that no 

 account of the weight of beets taken to the factory was kept, 

 although any calculation made on that basis would be un- 

 fair, considering the irregular operations of the factory and 

 the deterioration in the saccharine properties of the roots 

 from long delay in working. 



Notwithstanding all the difficulties the Messrs. Gennert 

 have encountered (most of which, however, were avoidable 

 and should have been foreseen), I found that they manifest 

 no feeling of discouragement, and I fully anticipate their suc- 

 cess another season. The result of my investigations, added 

 to my previous knowledge of the subject, more than ever con- 

 firms my belief in the speedy and successful development of 

 this branch of agricultural industry. And this feeling is al- 

 ready widely entertained through the West, where suitable 

 lands and abundance of fuel can be had at low prices, in the 

 immediate vicinity of a ready market for all products of the 

 manufactory. 



In conclusion I will say, that I know of nothing to prevent 

 an individual or company, possessed of a knowledge of the 

 subject, making this a business of large profits from the be- 

 ginning. 



Very truly yours, 

 (Signed,) R. W. BENDER. 



NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 1867. 



