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cess.* One remark however, that hardly admits of dis- 

 pute is, that as far as experiments have gone the more 

 northern the latitude in which this plant is placed the more 

 completely it succeeds. The north of France other things 

 equal has been found more congenial to the beet than the 

 south ; German}^ Prussia and Sileria, where this Manu- 

 facture had its origin, produce a root more productive in 

 sugar than that of France, and there is every reason to be- 

 lieve that Russia is among the highly favored Countries, 

 for the culture of the sugar beet; although the experi- 

 ments made with us are very limited, yet I have little doubt 

 that they will bear me out in the belief that many of our 

 states, New England especially, will not prove inferior to 

 Russia for this eminently important object. In support of 

 the opinion that cold climates are peculiarly favorable to 

 the beet culture; it should be observed that the beets on 

 which Achard made his experiments in Silesia in the very 

 infancy of the discovery, and consequently, with a very- 

 imperfect process, gave a result equal to the maximum of 

 what has ever been obtained in France under the most fa- 

 vorable circumstances and that too without the aid of animal 

 carbon, whilst it is doubtful whether in that kingdom 

 the production of sugar from the beet could even now 

 be profitably carried on by a large portion of the manu- 

 facturers without that all important agent. In 1824 Rus- 

 sia already possessed a number of successful undertakings 

 of the kind, and several Russians of distinction visited 

 France in 182.5 with a view of obtaining the necessary in- 

 formation, to extend these on a more improved S3'stem ; 

 Prince Gargarin, Col. Mieshart and M. Poltoroskow were 

 among the number and all declared, that with bad machin- 



♦ The meado-ws of the Connecticut offer probably some of the 

 finest soil in the United Slates for this culture. 



