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THE FARMERS CABINET. 



TOi,. 



either the secretary or treasurer of " The Beet ; remarks, and have onJy inuulged in them fi 



^ugar Society i)f Pennsylvania," at Philadelphia. 

 They need not set forth particularly the various 

 .processes in tlie manufacture of sugar from this 

 easily cultivated vegetable. 'I'he taking up and 

 clearing the roots, rasping them, pressing the 

 pulp, dcssication, evaporation, clarification and 

 concentration, are all laid down with such ad- 

 mirable fulness in the reports and proceedings 

 of the said society, as to supersede any other 

 allusion thereto. They can be procured by any 



the universal gratification it is believed wc 

 be afforded, to witness the profitable product 

 and manufacture of silk and sugar introdu 

 into the state. They feel that at no dist 

 period, the silk and sugar of the north, ■ 

 equal the cotton and rice of the south ; and t 

 an exchange of these useful and ornamei 

 articles, among the associated sisters of the c 

 federacy, will constitute a very important brai 

 j of trade, and serve to equalize the prospe 

 of the nation, and render more firm and sta 



individual who should desire them, it is pre 



Fumed, of any of the association. The soil best | the bond of our Union, so essential to 

 suited to the growth of the beet, the mode of : I preservation of national freedom, 

 cultivation, the lime of sowing the seed, the li The committee have been exclusively actua 

 period and manner of gathering and protecting : in the preparation of this compilation, by a de 



the crop, which cotne legitimately within the 

 interests of the cultivator of the soil, are begin- 

 ning to attract very general attention and will 

 soon be well understood. More than enough is 

 known in relation to this subject, to satisfy the 

 most scrupulous, that this business in all its 

 branches is highly proiitable. The average 

 yield of the beet, in well selected locations in 

 our state, would be about forty thousand pounds 

 per acre a year, which would be worth, if the 

 manufacture thereof is carried on, after deducting 

 the expenses of cultivation, about sixty dollars, 

 'i'hese forty thousand pounds of beet will yield 

 about three thousand pounds of sugar. The 

 cost of the manufacture of sugar, will be about 

 four cents the pound, leaving all above that sum, 

 for which it can be sold, nctt profit. The cost 

 of machinery necessary to produce one hundred 

 thousand pounds of sugar, annually, would not 

 exceed five thousand dollars ; and yet in the 

 neighborhood of Arras, in France, there is an 

 indiv'dual, who chiejhj by means of the ordinary 

 domestic utensils, in a room fourteen feet square, 

 absolutely made good sugar. The experiments 

 which have been made in this country, have 

 satisfied the enteprising individuals, who have 

 examined the subject, that a larger per cent, of 

 good granulated sugar, from the beet, has been 

 obtained in this country than in France; and 

 that the Silesian beets which have been grown 

 here, have been very large, and more productive 

 than ordinary beets. This result cannot fail to 

 be received with the highest gratification, when 

 it is remembered, that the sugar manufactured 

 from the beet in France last year, amounted to 

 eighty millions of pounds — one third more than 

 was procured from the cane during the same 

 period, in our own country. 



The committee have seen samples of beet 

 eugar, not surpassed in beauty or richness. The 

 refuse of the sugar house, the cakes, are given 

 to cattle and sheep, and are esteemed excellent 

 food. The molasses, when mixed with water 

 and poured on chopped straw, is devoured vo- 

 raciously by horses as well as cattle and sheep. 

 This species of food, is not only good for fat- 

 tening cattle for market, but very fine for the 

 dairy. 



The committee, liowevcr, forbear to extend 



to awaken public interest to the considerat 

 of the very interesting and important subji 

 confided to them, and trust they have discharj 

 their duty, as fully performed, as their vai 

 duties would permit, if they shall succeed 

 drawing public attention to these two branc 

 of industry ; by which thousands of our fell 

 citizens might acquire subsistence and wea 

 and greatly promote the common weal. 



'J'hey herewith submit two bills, provid 

 protection and encouragement to those subje 



\ and in conclusion, would refer to similar en; 



i ments in all the northern states, in relatior 

 silk, and to the success which has attended th 

 legislative provisions, and to the thriving i 

 flourishing manufactories of sugar abroad, e 

 earnestly and respectfully say to their fell 

 members and common constituents,^© thou c 

 do Ulcewise. 



All which is submitted, bv order of committ 

 G. P.' MOLLESON. 



Cha r m 



Cultivation of Spring Wlieni 



Extract of a iRtter from the Hon. James iM'CiLL 

 Rusliford, Allegany Co., N. Y. 



In answer to your inquiries with refjard 

 my experiments and experience in the culti 

 of Spring Wheat, I have the pleasure of se 

 ing- they have both been very satisfacto 

 Previous to 1833, I had not for fifteen ye! 

 sown any of that kind of wheat; when I w 

 induced to sow two acres with tliree bu?h( 

 of seed. The product of these two act 

 was seventy bushels of wheat. In 1834 r 

 winter wheat was very badly frozen out; 

 went on and harrowed in Sprinof Wheat 

 soon as the frost Iiad left the pjrouiid. Twel 

 acres of tiiis wheat produced two liundr 

 and seventy-six bushels, or twenty thr 

 busliels per acre. Another piece of five acr 

 produced one hundred and forty-nine and 

 half bushels, or thirty bushels to the act 

 Anotlier piece sown on wheat stubble, pr 

 duced twenty-two bushels to the acre. 



Ijast sprinij I sowed ten acres of wher 

 stubble, which was ploughed once in N 



