NO. 3. 



THE FARMERS' CABINET. 



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help; but simply with that of his family. I 

 will quote the particular instance of a farmer 

 in the northern part of France, (near Valen- 

 cienness,) who has received a medal from the 

 Royal at d Central Agricultural Society, for 

 havrng establislied on his farm one of the first 

 small beet sugar manutiictories, where he 

 makes daily, without any assistance, but that 

 of his family, 100 pounds of sugar fit for 

 family use without further preparation. The 

 whole house room consecrated to that pur- 

 pose, is a room 16 feet square, and a cabinet 

 10 feet by 12. 



Now, sir, you can undoubtedly appreciate 

 at once oil the advantages that a farmer can 

 reap in cultivating and manufacturing the 

 sugar beet. It will be greater yet for those 

 who have, as in the north of Pennsylvania 

 and New York, the maple sugar. The mak- 

 ing of beet sugar may begin in October, and 

 end commonly in March; it is just at the mo- 

 ment when the maple sugar is more com- 

 monly made; so that the same implements 

 will answer for both manufactures, and the 

 farmer will have employ for his family during 

 the months when they have most leisure. 



The Royal and Central Agricultural Socie. 

 ty have just offered several handsome premi- 

 ums, for whoever will communicate within 

 this year the best methods for manufacturing 

 the beet sugar on small farms. This has 

 given me the idea of not waiting for my ar- 

 rival in America, for recommending imme- 

 diately the cultivation of the beet, so that ex- 

 periments may be made this fall and winter, 

 by employing some of the best systems dis- 

 covered here, and such as the inventive ge- 

 nius of Americans will not fail to discover. 



I remain, my dear sir, with sincere regard, 

 yours, 



Le Ray De Chaumont. 



Beet §iigar. 



The immense benefits to be expected from 

 introducing the Sugar Beet into the United 

 States, had for a considerable time, occupied 

 the attention of James Ronaldson, Esq. : 

 when in the month of January last he was 

 introduced to Mr. James Pedder, who had 

 been long known to John Vaughan, Esq., who 

 with Mr. Jacob Snider, Jun., now took a 

 lively interest in the concern, and after sev- 

 eral interviews it was determined to despatch 

 Mr. Pedder to France,wilh the view of obtain- 

 ing accurate information on all subjects, con 

 nected with the culture of Beet and the uses 

 to which it is applied. The responsibility 

 and expense of this undertaking were as- 

 sumed by Messrs. Ronaldson, Vaughan and 

 Snider, in the confidentbelief that they would 

 he sustained by their countrymen in this 



laudable undertaking. It was important that 

 Mr. Pedder should be despatched immedi- 

 ately in order to witness the process of 

 making Sugar in France, and to send out 

 seed in time to be planted in the Unit-ed 

 States the present season. Mr. Pedder left 

 Philadelphia on the bth day of February and 

 his mission has been attended with the most 

 gratifying success, nearly 6001bs. of seed 

 having already been received, and portions of 

 it distributed through various parts of the 

 country. Several patriotic individuals have 

 made contributions towards defraying the 

 expenses of this undertaking in sums of from 

 ten to fifty dollars each. But the amount 

 yet received is inadequate to the expenditure. 

 An association has been formed, of which 

 James Ronaldson is President; John Vaugh- 

 an, Vice President, and James Snider, Jun., 

 Secretary and Treasurer. The object of this 

 society is to collect and disseminate informa- 

 tion for the benefit of the community gener- 

 ally without any view to pecuniary emolu- 

 ment. 



Bcaittifnl Extract. 



We most cheerfully present our patrons 

 with the following beautiful and eloquent ex- 

 tract from Mr. Biddle's Address to the Phila- 

 delphia Society for promoting Agriculture, — 

 we sincerely hope it may be carefully perused 

 by all our readers, but more especially by that 

 class for which it is designed. 



" If I have failed to prove," says Mr. Bid- 

 die, "that the pursuits of agriculture may be 

 as lucrative as other employments, it will be 

 an easier task to vindicate their pleasures and 

 their importance. I need not dwell on that 

 retirement, one of the purest enjoyments of 

 this life, and the best preparation for the fu- 

 ture, on those healthy occupations, on that 

 calmness of mind, on that high spirit of man- 

 liness and independence, which naturally be- 

 long to that condition. These are attractions 

 which must have deep roots in the human 

 heart, since they have in all times fascinated 

 at once the imagination, and won the judg- 

 ment of men. But I may be allowed to say, 

 that, in this nation, agriculture is probably 

 destined to attain its highest honors, and that 

 the country life of America ought to possess 

 peculiar attractions. The pure and splendid 

 institutions of this people have embodied the 

 brightest dreams of those high spirits, who in 

 other times and in other lands, have lamented 

 or struggled against oppression; they have 

 realized the fine conceptions which specula- 

 tive men have imagined, which wise men 

 have planned, or brave men vainly perished 

 in attempting to establish. Their influence 

 in reclaiming the lost dignity of man, and 

 inspiring the lofliest feelings of personal in- 



