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1000 tons of beets @ 8r).00 $5,000 



Labor 2,000 



Other expeuscs 1,200 



Total $8,500 



Receipts. 



ICO.OOO lbs. sugar @ 10 cents .^16,000 



7200 gallons molasses @ 25 cents 1,800 



200 tons pulp @ S4 800 



Total .$18,600 



leaving a profit of over one hundred per cent, on the manu- 

 facture, reckoning the sugar to be worth only ten cents per 

 pound. But supposing such a quantity could be raised as to 

 bring the price of raw sugar down to eight cents per pound, 

 there would still be a profit of over fifty per cent, on the invest- 

 ment of the manufacturer. Certainly this branch of industry 

 cannot remain long unoccupied. 



We copy the remarks of Mr. E. B. Grant, upon the influence 

 of tlie beet sugar culture, and then proceed to describe its culti- 

 vation. 



"The effects produced upon agriculture in Europe, by the 

 cultivation of beets, for sugar and alcohol, have been astound- 

 ing, and the importance of the interest is now everywhere 

 acknowledged. In the cane sugar countries, upon the territory 

 surrounding a sugar establishment, no crop is to be seen but 

 the cane, while the cattle and sheep are few. In the beet sugar 

 districts, on the contrary, the fields are covered with the great- 

 est diversity of crops, among which are, wheat, oats, rye, corn, 

 barley, rape, flax, tobacco, and all the cultivated grasses. 

 Every field is cultivated, close up to the roadside, and the 

 stables are filled with fine cattle, sheep, horses, and swine. No 

 farmer needs to be told which system is the best and most 

 p'Uduring. 



" The amount of beets raised in France in 1865, could not 



