THE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY. 



were 19 Ibs of crown and 81 Ibs of trimmed beets. H 



station concludes that, when freshly harvested and not withered: 



Nitro- 

 gen 



Pounds 

 1 ton of whole plants (roots, crowns and 



leaves) contains 7.98 



1 ton of leaves contains 12.80 



1 ton of beets (roots and crowns) contains 6.17 



1 ton of leaves contains 12.80 



1 ton of crowns contains 8.CO 



1 ton of crownless beets contains 5.60 



Factory by-products. 



1 ton of extracted cossettes*, or beet pulp 1.82 



1 ton of molasses* 21.40 



1 ton of lime-cake* 2.48 



Now, if the leaves are left in the ground or fed to stock, and the crowns are fed 

 to stock and the manure put back on the land, the soil is robbed only of the plant food 

 in the crownless beets say 4 to 6 Ibs of nitrogen, 5 to 8 Ibs of potash and 2 to 3 Ibs of 

 phosphoric acid for every ton of trimmed beets removed. 



* The extracted cossettes, molasses and lime-cake were received from the Rome 

 beet sugar factory. The extracted cossettes, or beet pulp, is a by-product of the diffusion 

 tanks. The molasses is a by-product of the centrifugal machines. The lime-cake is a 

 by-product of the carbonation tanks. The lime-cake contained 25.96 per cent, of lime 

 (CaO). 



NOTE. The pounds per ton of any of the above stated plant-foods, divided by 20 will 

 give the per cent of that plant-food in the material, thus : 7.98 Ibs. nitrogen -r 20 = 399 

 per cent of nitrogen in whole plant, or 0.399 of 1 Ib. of nitrogen in 100 Ibs. of the whole plant. 



PROPOSED SUGAR FACTORY AT CARO, MICH. 



Arrangements have about been completed for the erection of a beet sugar factory at Caro, Tus- 

 cola county, Michigan. This will be the second sugar factory in this slate, the other being at Bay 

 City, forty miles from Caro. It has been demonstrated that the soil of Tuscola county is well adapted 

 for raising sugar beets, containing a high percentage of saccharine matter, and that the fanners are 

 perfectly willing to make contracts for producing a certain tonnage. The proposed factory will be 

 over 400 feet long and 200 wide, covering somewhat less than two acres of ground. The beet sheds will 

 occupy a like area. The factory will cost when completed $500,000, and will work up 500 tons of beets 

 per day. Over 50,000 tons will be needed for one season's run, and the farmers will be paid $200,000 for 

 raising and delivering this amount. 



