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5. For pit coal, 700 



6. For whites of eggs, .... 100 



7. For pipe clay, 50 



Total, 2,900 francs. 



To these expenses must be added the following : 



1. Interest of the funds employed in 



furnishing the manufactory, .... 1,200 francs. 



2. For repairing and replacing uten- 

 sils of all sorts, 1,500 



3. For purchasing bags, strainers, 



and other small matters, 700 



3,400 francs. 

 Thus the actual amount of expenses of all 



kinds attendant upon working 1,200,000 



lbs. of beets, amounts to 25,550 franas. 



I have already proved the product per day 



to be 322 francs ; this would give, for one 



hundred days of effective labor, . . . 32,200 



This allows to the manufactory a profit of 6,650 frs. 



The calculations are exact, and deduced from the results 

 of a well-conducted process. A variation from them can 

 only be produced by local situations. , But experienced 

 agriculturists will perceive, that I have placed certain 

 expenses at the highest rate, whilst some of the receipts 

 are estimated at the lowest. There are but few sections 

 of France, where pit coal is as dear as it is in Touraine, 

 where my establishment is situated. There would be, 

 almost everywhere else, a considerable saving in this arti- 

 cle. I have rated the value of the mash only at 12 francs 

 per 1,000 pounds, although it is very nearly as valuable 

 for feeding animals as an equal weight of dry fodder. I 

 have estimated the price of the roots at 10 francs per 

 1000; but this is more than they would cost a landholder, 

 especially if he should sow corn immediately after the 

 beets are dug. I have set no price on the leaves of the 

 beets, and yet these will furnish food for the animals of 

 the farm from the middle of August till the end of Octo- 

 ber. 



But, whatever profits this manufacture is capable of 

 affording, it must always be remembered that a want of skill 

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