LIB EAR F 



INTRODUCTION. 



The idea of introducing the manufacture of beet- 

 root sugar into Canada, has during the last few 

 years, deeply moved the Canadian public,and assur- 

 edly nothing should more attract the attention of am 

 essentially agricultural people. 



Not only would its manufacture be a source of 

 profit to those engaged in it and a boon for the work- 

 ing classes, but the general cultivation of the sugar 

 beet would necessarily introduce most desirable im- 

 provements in the agricultural system of the country. 



In publishing this small work, I wish to convey 

 in the first part of it^ information to farmers as to 

 the manner best calculated to succeed in cultivating 

 this plant, and in the second part I will explain the 

 principles upon which the sugar is made. 



In writing it,I endeavored specially to make my- 

 self understood by all who are able to read. 



It is now by experience incontestably shown that 

 the soil of Canada is favorable to the culture of th 

 sugar beet. The numerous experiments made im 

 various parts of the country have sufficiently show* 

 that with a good system of cultivation 15 or 20 ton* 

 of beets per acre or 600 to 800 bushels, the ton com- 



