5S THE SUGAR BEET. 



consequently conclude that this root will give better 

 present and future results than any other crop ; will 

 return to the ground a greater amount of the salts, 

 etc., extracted than will any other plant ; will increase 

 the future yield and quaHty of the resulting grains 

 (wheat, barley, etc.) ; the cattle and general feeding 

 stock for miles around will concentrate at that given 

 point, thus rendering a previously non-feeding country 

 most prosperous. 



Of all the community the one deriving the greatest 

 benefit from the introduction of the beet sugar is the 

 farmer. In America, like all other countries, the man who 

 tills the soil has occupation for but half the year, this 

 ending at the very time the beet harvest commences ; the 

 consequence is, many of the inhabitants of the country, 

 not able to find sufiicient occupation during the winter 

 months, will leave for the time being, to seek employ- 

 ment in the cities, where they unfortunately but too 

 often remain. Now, compare this with what Avould 

 occur with the cultivation of the beet. The weeding is 

 done by the children during their vacation, this being a 

 healthful exercise. The factories working dui'ing the 

 winter give an intellectual employment to all inter- 

 ested, as they acquire notions of chemistry, mechanics, 

 etc., which they would not otherwise have possessed. 

 Under these latter circumstances the farming popula- 

 tion will increase yearly. 



In travelling through Europe one cannot but observe 

 the amount of labor bestowed upon the soil to obtain 



