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1. I'>t'''-estt>rtl,e funds em. 

 J>l'>ye.l in lun,islm,5 i|,e M.«n- 



II factory ^ 



.- /' 1,200 fiaiifs. 



i'. r 01' rp',,aiiin^' nnil replac- 

 !»g uteiiv.i,^ of 1.11 sorts, 1,;00 



•'• f'or piircliasin!; Iia^is, strai- 

 '',ers, anil other siniill matters, 700 



Al'GIST 31, 1S3G. 



3,400 francs. 



Thus tlir actual amount of ex- 

 penses of all kinds .•iltcndant 

 upon working' 1,21)0,000 llis. 

 of heits, amounts to 25,550 francs. 



I liav.' already provi'il tlm pro- 

 duct per day to he 322 francs; 

 this woidd give, for one hun- 

 dred days (if effietive lahur, 32,200 



This al'ows to the manufactory 



a profit of 6,Go0 francs. 



The calculations are exact, and deduced from 

 the results of a w.'ll conducted process. A varia 

 Uoo from them can ouly be produced liy local sit- 

 uations. But experienced aifriculturists will per- 

 ceive, that i have placed certain expenses at the 

 highest rate, whilst some of the receipts are esti- 

 mated at the lowest. There are but few sections 

 of Prance, where pit coal is as dear as it is in Tou- 

 raiiie, where rny establishment is situated. There 

 ■.voiild be, almost everywhere else, a consideralde 

 saving in this article. I have rated the value of 

 the mash only at 12 francs per 1,000 pounds, al- 

 though it is very nearly as valuable feu- feeding 

 animals as an equal weight of dry fodder. I have 

 estimated the jirice of the roots at 10 francs per 

 3,000; but this is ii^ore than they would cost a 

 iaiidliolder, es|iecially if liesliould sow corn im- 

 mediately 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 October. 



But, whatevi-r i)rofits this maiiiifactiira is capa- 

 ble of affording, it must always be remembered 

 that a wnni of skill in the operations, or iiegli»euce 

 irr the preservation of the roots, must occasion 

 some losses in an undertaking, which, even at tlie 

 low price at which I have estimated sugar, | roni- 

 tscs suificient remuneration in the liaiids of an in- 

 tciligent man. . 



CfENERAL CO.NSIDF.RATIOINS. 



From twelve years experience I have learne<l, 

 . in the first place, that the sugar extracted froin 

 beets differs from that c,f the sugar-caiu; neither 

 in color, taste, nor crystallization : and, in the sec- 

 ond place, that the manufacture of this kind of 

 sugar can compete advantageously with that of 

 the sugar-cane, «hcu the priie of" this last is in 

 commerce one franc and twenty centimes jicrdemi- 

 kilogramtne. 



These facts being established and acknowledg- 

 ed, it may be .-isked whethei the manufacture ol 

 beet sugar vvouhl ]h'. advantageous to agricu'ture. 



'J he cultivation of beets will not prevent the pro- 

 dnclion of a single kernel of wheat, since this may 

 be madean intenneiliatc crop, and the .sowing Jf 

 it commenced as soon as the beets shall he (Fikt. 

 Tlie crops of corn are better upon these lands tl^-m 

 upon others, because the beets have divided ami 

 loosened the earth, and the weeding have cleared 

 it of strange ]j ants. 



The operations Ufion 10,000 |.ounds of beets 

 per day, place at the d'siiosal of an agriculturist 

 about l,25t kilogrammes of mash, wliieh is the 

 best kinil of food for horned cattle. 



The working of the beets being performed in 

 winter, furnishes employment to the men and cat- 

 tic of a fare>, at a season when they are too often 

 condemned to idleness. 



Finally, if the manufacture of sugar from beets 

 should be carried to such an extent as to furnish 

 a supply for all France, agriculture would receive 

 from it the value of more than 80,000,000 francs 

 per annum. 



'I he |)rosperity of an estab'isliment of this kind, 

 depemis upon its being connected with rm-al la- 

 bors. This kind of manufactory is out of place 

 in town, because I'.uyiug heels is much more ex- 

 pensive than raising them, the mash cannot he 

 rendered productive, la or and fuel are more ex- 

 pensive, and there is not, as upon a farm, a snpiily 

 of labtu- both of men and animals. 



But can this manufacture be reconciled with 

 the interests of our e(donies ? 



Beft re the revolution, this would h.Tve been a 

 difficult question to answer. Then, our colonies 

 not only sup|,lied our own wants, but furnished 

 an overplus worth a:)out 80,000,000, which we ex- 

 ported to foreign countries particularly to those 

 of the north of Europe. From these we received 

 in exchange tind)er, inui, copper, hemp, tallow, 

 tar, &r. The loss of our principal colonies has 

 caused this iniportmit trade to pass into other 

 hauil.s, and lliose colonies that remain to us<loiiot 

 furnish sugiu- enough for the ccnsiimption of our 

 own country. 



J he government has, at this time, two ends to 

 attain, one of which is, the advancing of the wel- 

 fare of our colonies, and the other, the encourage, 

 inent of the manufacture of beet sugar. Both 

 would be accomplisheil by [ roliihiting the impor- 

 tation of foreign sugars. When this is done the 

 sugar of our colonies will find an advantageous 

 market, and the manufactories of beet sugar will 

 increase in number. 



Supposing the wants of Franco should be sup- 

 p ied by the sugtu' from lieets, — could w,; ;.^i ihuu 

 resume our commerce with foreign nations, by 

 means of oin- colonial sugar.' France would, tit 

 the same time, be safe from the danger of priva- 

 tion, and from those variations in price ivhieh are 

 produced by a maritime war. 



It is a fact, that if the government do not inter, 

 est itself seriously in this important siibject, neith- 

 er the colonies nor the manufactories will ever 

 acquire a great degree of prosperity ; and one of 

 th; finest discoveries of modern times will he lost 

 to France. 



The Pear Tree — '! he disease, termed blight, 

 which six or eight years ago, as also in 1802 to 

 1808, d.stroyed many of our pear trees, is again, 

 we learn, making its appear.mce. Wo have been 

 of ojiinion that the evil arisi's ftom a minute insect, 

 which preys U|)on the inner hark. An insect oi' 

 this kind, almost iuiperc;'ptible to th<; naked eve, 

 has bien known to destroy forests of the lardi in 

 Germany. Our opin on has been much strength- 

 ened by a conversatiim with Aaron 'I horp, ICsq., 

 who tiudiiig his trees aflected has made trial of va- 

 rious applications, without success, until he has 

 li)uud he thinks, an efiectual cure, in spirits of tur- 

 pentine, lie applies it on and alxMit the diseased 

 part, in its unadulterated state, with a brush. 



Worth Rimemberiing.— We have been io 

 formed, by a gentleman who has had practical 

 proof of its success, of a new mode of ke,.pi„„ 

 Iru.ts fresh for the table, as grapes plums, &c a 

 long time after they have been gathered It 'is 

 simple to alternate them in layers with cotton bat 

 ting, m dean .stone jars, and to place then, in a 

 chamber secure from frost. The .liscovery was 

 accidental. A servant in the fi.mily of w'iHi^n, 

 Morey, of Union Vil age, \Nashi4,on cJ!;" 

 about to v.su her friends secured a quantity of 

 plums m this way, to preserve them until her re 

 turn. They were fi.und to have kept in excel 

 lentcondiiion, long after the fruit had disa,>„ear- 

 ed in the garden. From the hint thus afibrded, 

 Mr ft.orey, Mr Holmes, and oMe or two neidd-ors 

 laid down griipes in this manner last fall ',„H 

 they enjoyed the luxury .f ,r,sh, fine fruit thr'o'ugh 

 the winter, until the early part of Marcl,._c»7i 

 valor. >-"iii- 



Ci-RRANT Jelly.- I,, reply ,„ our correspon- 

 >\eia Delia, who dates at Brookville, Va , we -ive 

 the fo, owing directions for making this jelly 

 Place the currants in a stone pot, without water 

 I'UMhe pot mto a kettle of wafer, and simmer o.'- 

 hod the water tdl the currants settle into a mass 

 ! his IS merely to express the juice readily, which 

 being done, strain it through a woolen cloth and 

 I ut It into a clean kettle, and a.ld one pou.i'd of 

 sugar to every pint of jui,.e. Let it heat tno.Ier- 

 atey, imfl the scum nas ri.sen and is taken off • 

 and when somewhat coohd, turn into tumblers' 

 cover them with white paper, putictured with a 

 im,, and set the glasses un.ler cover where the 

 sun may shme upon them. Jelly thus „,ade will 

 not ferment. 



S.LK CULTttRE ,N Kentcckv.- Extract of a 



Ketu'u'k" °'" °'"' """•■■""" "' ^""^"'^' 



"1, as well as many others in our state are en 

 Sagmg in the culture of silk." Some silk has been 

 ratsed m our state for 12 or 14 year.s, fron> the na- 

 tive mulberry, which is very abundant, and makes 

 silk of goo.l tp.ality. 1 have fiom 2,5 to 30 ( CO 

 I'lmits of the white ntulberry growing fronithe 

 seed sown last spring. They are very fiourishin-. 

 and I have no <loubt hut wi I do well in our ell' 

 mate. I shall procure a fi:w thousand of the Mo 

 n.s multicauhs this fall and tiexl sprine, and exi 

 tend my native mulberries to .several tl„msand= 

 believu.g, Iroin some little ex| erien.-e and obser 

 vation that as good silk can and has been made 

 from that tree as we ordinarily see hi the market. 

 I sha I feed from 4 to 600,000 worms next year on 

 the native mulberry, which is the best evidence 1 

 can give of my -confidence of its answering every 

 leirpose, ami making si, k of good quality."!! Gtn 

 Fanner. 



Remarkable fact for the Key Stone State 

 — ■I he number of sheep in Pennsylvania amount- 

 ed m 1310, to no more than ah. ut92,000, of which 

 two thirds belonged to Washington County. ]n 

 that county there are now 700,000 nearly all of 

 approved breed and yielding 1,925,000 i oun.ls per 

 annum. 



Five hundred and fortyseven thousand volumes 

 of hooks were printed in the United Slates the 

 last year, exclusive of repeated editions and an 

 immense number of pamjdilets. 



