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Manufacture of Sugar from the Beet. 



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cure perfectly. When it is time to carry it 

 in, slip a knife under and cut the standnic: 

 hill; pitch the whole shock into the cart ; and 

 being- loose and easily handled, by bringing 

 the top of the shock into your lap, it will be 

 easily liusked. A great deal of trouble will 

 be saved, in this way. Do not, as is often done, 

 carry out your corn and make your shocks upon 

 the grass land, as in this case the air will not 

 circulate treely under the shock, and therefore 

 neither the corn nor the fodder will dry perfect- 

 ly. The most intelligent farmers in the state 

 estimate generally the value of the corn fod- 

 der on an acre of corn yielding forty bushels to 

 the acre, well cured and saved, as equivalent 

 for the feeding of any stock, to a ton of Eng- 

 lish hay. Not a lew rate it even higher than 

 tills. — New-Ensland Farmer. 



Oil t!ic Manxifactiirc of Sugar from tlie 

 Beet. 



To the Editor of the Fanners' Cabinet. 



Sir, — The tiine has at length arrived for the 

 resuscitation of the Beet Sugar cause, and it 

 only requires the energies of some strong- 

 minded individual to call it back to life and 

 vigor — not tliat it has ever shown s. symptom 

 of decay — it has only slimjbcred, to recover 

 from the effects of that over-excitement, 

 which it experienced on its first introduction 

 to public notice; and a period of three years 

 has been requisite to enable it to recover its 

 natural state of equilibrium. It has now 

 only to hope that it might go forth on its own 

 merits, under the management of some one 

 competent to draw forth its energies; with a 

 capital sufficient to sustain it, and time al- 

 lowed to carry out the operations, beginning 

 with the cultivation of the root, and ending 

 with the manufacture of the sugar therefrom. 

 The way is plain, the success certain ; it only 

 deprecates over-nursing, and a too hasty ex- 

 pectation of final results ; courting, in the 

 mean time, the closest scrutiny, and rigid ex- 

 amination on scientific principles. 



The time which has elapsed, has afforded 

 ample opportunities for experiments, and these 

 have strengthened the hypothesis, that sugar, 

 equal to that from the cane, can be made from 

 tlie beet, not only to profit, but with manifest 

 advantage to the agriculture and husbandry 

 of the country; as aL-o, 1o the system of feed- 

 ing cattle and sheep lor slaughter; while, for 

 the dairy, it is universally admitted tliat the 

 sugar beet is a crop, superior to every other, 

 both as to quantity and quality; many of the 

 crops, the present year, averaging tliirty tons 

 per acre; the value being superior to corn, as 

 food for cows. 



As this is the proper season to commence 

 operations in earnest, permit me to sketch a 

 plan, which only requires to be acted upon 



with vigor, to prove a source of great profit, 

 to those who have sufficient capital to invest 

 in the undertaking. 



1. Not less than from one to three hundred 

 acres of beets to be cultivated the next sea- 

 son, in a light and suitable soil near the city, 

 from whence manure can be obtained in quan- 

 tity, with short carriage. The land shcu!d 

 immediately be ploughed very deep, and left 

 so to lie until the spring; and during winter, 

 tlie dung should be carted to the land, and 

 be placed in large heaps, preparatory for u. e 

 in the spring; and as soon as the se;ison will 

 permit, the land should again be ploughed, 

 and prepared for an early spring sowing. 

 March and April being the best months ; and 

 while growing, the crop should be Vv'ell at- 

 tended and kept clean. 



2. During the winter and next summer, 

 there will be time sufficient for the prepara- 

 tion of machinery, and the erection of suita- 

 ble buildings, both for the sugar house and 

 fattening establishments, and also for fixing 

 the different apparatus, so as to be in the most 

 perfect order by early autumn, when the 

 crushing might be commenced in September, 

 and be continued through the winter : and 

 as soon as the land is cleared of the crop, it 

 should be ploughed very deep and be thrown 

 into high ridges, with plenty of water fur- 

 rows; and on the same land, beets should 

 again be sown in the spring, after proper stir- 

 ring and working. This system miglit be 

 pursued for any length of time, with the cer- 

 tainty of obtaining larger crops, with one 

 half the trouble of cleaning, for the beet is 

 a meliorating crop, and may be sown many 

 years in succession on the same soil, with 

 less and less labor in the cultivation; the land 

 having become clear of W'eeds, and a greater 

 depth of staple being added to it, by deep 

 ploughing before winter. In the report, pub- 

 lished by the " Beet bugar Society of Phila- 

 delphia," there is an account of a field, which 

 was preparing for a sixteenth crop of beets 

 in succe^sion ; several of these crops had been 

 grown for seed, but for these onhjhad nuinure 

 been applied; and yet, the fertility of that 

 field had ever been on the increase. 



3. I w^ould strenuously urge, that the bu- 

 siness be taken up as one of profit and lass, 

 and not as an experiment; and that it be en- 

 tered upon with re^ourccs, such as arc con- 

 sidered sufficient for establishing any other 

 concern of e(|ual magnitude. Every one 

 knows and admits, that the making of sugar 

 is a business that can never fail — that must 

 be carried on — the appetite for it is still in- 

 creasing, " growino- with our growth and 

 strengtiiening with our strength," mid the 

 consumption will keep pace with tln> produc- 

 tion, until the end of time, for every one is a 

 consumer of sugar, in tome shape or other; 



