THE NYKJOBING SUGAR FACTORY 



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Ploughing 2 acres at 7s. 6d. per acre (a low 



figure) ..... 

 Cultivating and harrowing 

 Drilling and rolling 

 Horse and hand hoeing . 

 Forty loads of farmyard manure at 2s. 

 8 cwt. Fison's mangold manure at 7s. 

 2 cwt. of nitrate of soda at 10s. 

 Rent and rates 



Lifting crop .... 

 Carting to station . . 

 Carriage to Lowestoft . 



Total 



By 12 tons 9 cwt. of sugar-beet at 17s. per 

 ton (the price paid by the importer) 



Loss on the crop 



o 15 

 o 10 



10 



5 

 o 



16 

 o 



10 



3 

 o 

 6 



22 15 2 

 10 n 8 



** 3 6 



As I have said, however, this particular crop for 

 the reasons given above was a bad one. Let us 

 suppose, therefore, that in a normal year and on 

 suitable soil it were doubled, and amounted to 24 tons 

 18 cwt. Even then there would be a considerable 

 loss, seeing that the cost of lifting, carting, and 

 carriage would also presumably be doubled. Even 

 at the price realised by Mr. Tesdorpf, which, as will 

 be seen later, is 1, 3s. 6d. the ton, according to my 

 calculations there would still be a loss. 



The inference appears to be that unless we can 

 largely reduce the cost of the cultivation of sugar-beet, 

 and by owning factories co-operatively earn a share 

 of the great profits of those factories, and further have 

 the advantage of the refuse as a cattle food, sugar- 

 beet production is not likely to prove a profitable 

 venture in my part of the world. It must be under- 

 stood, however, that I advance this conclusion in the 



