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on sugar $50.75. The expenses in the two countries are 

 divided among the different operations in the following pro- 

 portion : — 



In Germany :* 



Manure, 14.48 per cent. 



Cultivation of beets, . . . 11.20 " 

 Taxes on sugar, . . . .34.82 " 

 Manufacturing expenses, . . . 39.40 " 



In France : 



Manure and cultivation of beets, . 24,40 per cent. 



Taxes on sugar, .... 31.59 " 



Manufacturing expenses, . . . 44.01 " 



Taking the produce of an American acre as equal to from 

 23,000 to 23,500 pounds, and presuming an average percentage 

 of sugar in the beets of from 11 to 12 per cent, allowing 

 at the same time 80 per cent of juice, which contains but 9.6 

 per cent of the sugar in the beets, and calculating, finally, but 

 6.5 per cent of crystallized sugar as obtainable from 100 

 pounds of beets, an American acre would yield 1,500 pounds, 

 which at seven cents per poundf would amount to $105. 

 The molasses obtained from the sugar-beet is not fit for house- 

 hold consumption on account of its unpleasant saline taste. 

 It is fermented in most cases for the production of alcohol, and 

 rarely fed to live stock, as its continued use, even in small 

 quantities, is not considered safe, from its effect on the digestive 

 organs. Its value as food is about one-half that of good hay, 

 and its effect is similar to that of oil-cake. 1.8 pounds of 

 molasses per day mixed with clover hay or even straw has 

 increased the yield of milk. Sometimes the molasses is mixed 

 with caustic lime or the carbonate, and composted for manure. 



* Recent reliable private communications coming; from different sections of Germany 

 state the expenses for the production of sugar-beet roots, when in the pits, in one case at 

 $46 and in another at $59.50 per acre. Land rent in butli cases was equal and 

 amounted to $12.50 per acre; manure in the first case amounted to nearly one-half, 

 in the second case to but one-third of all expenses. The price of labor caused the 

 difference. 



t To assume a higher value is unsafe, considering the unsettled views concerning the 

 degree of protection which our sugar industry may claim. 



