PRODUCTS OP A BEET SUGAR MANUFACTORY. 349 



ARTICLE IL 



On the Secondary Products. 



The operations upon 10,000 lbs. of beets per day pro- 

 duce, 



In mash, ^AH^ lbs. 



In molasses, about 280 



The trimmings of 10,000 lbs. . 2,226 



ARTICLE III. 

 On the Value of the Products* 



84 iCi.ogrammes (187 lbs.) of good 



refined sugar, at 2 francs 5 centimes 



per kilogramme, 210 francs 



30 kilogrammes (60 lbs.) of middling 



sugar, at 2 francs 25 centimes per 



kilogramme, 67 50 



Total, 277 francs 50 

 To give a value to the secondary products of the opera- 

 tion upon 10,000 lbs. of beet roots, it is necessary to de- 

 duce it from the price which they bear in commerce, or 

 from that of the articles, the places of which they supply. 



1. I have estimated the weight of the trimmings of 

 10,000 lbs. of beet roots to be 2,000 lbs. ; but these trim- 

 mings contain nearly ^ their weight in earth, and are fit 

 only for feeding swine ; they will supply the nourishment 

 for twenty-five or thirty of these animals during the time 

 that the operations upon the beets are continued. The 

 value of the trimmings may be fixed at two francs and fifty 

 centimes. 



2. The product in mash is far more valuable ; this sub- 

 stance forms excellent food for animals, especially horned 

 cattle : cows and sheep that are fed upon it give large 

 quantities of milk. 



The mash contains about ^^^ of the nutritive principle 

 of the beets, since only water and about -j^ of sugar or 

 molasses can be extracted from them. 

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