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THE SUGAR INDUSTRY. 



a plant could work 30 tons of beets per day, using all roots furnished. Every gallon 

 of pure alcohol obtained corresponds to a certain per cent of sugar in the beet. Then, 

 after the farmers had learned how to grow beets, the purchase of beet-sugar machin- 

 ery could follow." This suggestion is not practical at the present time, if indeed, 

 it ever was. In the first place, analyses will determine the sugar content, and sec- 

 ondly, such a distillery would not pay. The tax on alcohol is too high and it requires 

 a very large amount of grain to give to alcohol from beets the necessary life. 

 Besides, the whisky trust would interfere with the sale of such a product. The 

 thing has been tried with molasses from Grand Island at the Columbia distillery in 

 South Omaha. It was found there was no money in it. Mr Thomas R. Cutler, man- 

 ager of the Utah sugar company, informs us that he has investigated this matter thor- 

 oughly in both American and foreign countries, and has concluded that in the United 

 States it would be unprofitable. 



The beets and other essentials satisfactorily provided for, the one vital question 

 becomes: Willfarmerscontractforaseriesofyearsto grow 2500 to 10,000 acres of 

 sugar beets for the factory, depending upon its size, at an average of say $4 per ton 

 delivered at factory, with the full benefit that may come from whatever state or 

 national aid may be extended to the industry? The locality that is able to offer the 

 best guarantee of this kind is the one that (other things being equal) will prove most 

 attractive to any who may be seeking investment in sugar factories. 



To conduct all this work to the best advantage, a local organization is desirable. 

 For this purpose let all interested unite in forming a local branch of the American 



* THE STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS, 



Where located, name and postofflce address of the director or person in charge. 



ALABAMA Auburn : College Sta- 

 tion; W. L. Broun. Uniontown: 

 Canebrake Station ; H. Benton. 



ARIZONA -Tucson : W. S. Devol. 



ARKANSAS Fayetteville; R. L. 

 Bennett. 



CALIFORNIA Berkeley: E. W. 

 Hiluard. 



COLOHADO-Fort Collins: Alston 

 Ellis. 



CONNECTICUT- NewHaven : State 

 station; S. W. Johnson. Storrs: 

 Storrs Station ; "W. O. Atwater. 



DELAWARE-Newark : A. T. Neale. 



FLORIDA Lake City: O. Clute. 



GEORGIA- Experiment: R. J. 

 Redding. 



IDAHO Moscow: C. P. Fox. 



ILLINOIS Urbana: E. Davenport. 



iNDiANA-Lafayette : C. S. Plumb. 



IOWA Ames: James Wilson. 



KANSAS-Manhattan : G. T. Fair- 

 child. 



KENTUCKY Lexington : M. A. 

 Scovell. 



LOUISIANA Audubon Park, New 

 Orleans: Sugar Station. Baton 

 Rouge: State Station. Cal- 

 houn : North Louisiana Station ; 

 W. C. Stubbs 



MAINE Orono: C. D. Woods. 



MARYLAND College Park : R. H. 

 Miller. 



MASSACHUSETTS Amherst: H. 

 H. Goodell. 



MiCHiGAN-Agricultural College: 

 C. L). Smith. 



MINNESOTA St Anthony Park: 

 W. M. Liggett. 



MISSISSIPPI Agricultural col- 

 lege: S. M.Tracy. 



MISSOURI Columbia : H. J. Wa- 

 ters. 



MONTANA Bo zem an : S. M. 

 Emery. 



NEBRASKA-Lincoln : G. E. Mac- 

 Lean. 



NEVADA Rene: J. E. Stubbs. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE Durham : C. 

 S. Murkland. 



NEW jERSEY-New Brunswick : 

 E. B. Voorhees. 



NEW MEXICO Mesllla Park: C. 

 T. Jordan. 



NEW YORK Geneva: State Sta- 

 tion; W. H. Jordan. Ithaca: 

 Cornell University Station; I. 

 P. Roberts. 



NORTH CAROLINA -Raleigh : H. 

 B. Battle. 



NORTH DAKOTA Fargo : J. H. 



Worst. 



OHIO Wooster: C. E. Thome. 

 OKLAHOMA Still water: G. E. 



Morrow. 



OREGON Corvallis: H. B. Miller. 

 PENNSYLVANIA State College: 



H. P. Armsby. 

 RHODE ISLAND Kingston : C. O. 



Flagg. 



SOUTH CAROLINA Clemson Col- 

 lege: E. B. Craighead. 

 SOUTH DAKOTA Brookings: J. 



H. Shepard. 

 TENNESSEE Knoxville: O. F. 



Vanderford. 

 TEXAS-College Station: J. H. 



Connell. 



UTAH-Logan: L. Foster. 

 VERMONT Burlington: J. L. 



Hills. 

 VIRGINIA Blacksburg : J. M. Mc- 



Bryde. 

 WASHINGTON Pullman : E. A. 



Bryan. 

 WEST VIRGINIA Morgan town: 



J. A. Myers. 

 WISCONSIN M a d i s o n : W. A. 



Henry. 

 WYOMING Laramie: F.P.Graves. 



