(26) 



Column 1 shows the advance which has been made in the 

 industry since 183G. Columns 4 and 5 show the tax which 

 has been levied and the amounts which have been realized 

 by the Government. The average yield of an acre in Ger- 

 many is 11.7 tons. The tax paid upon this quantity is $45. 

 This amount would be a great offset to the greater cost of 

 cultivation in this country. No data can be found to estab- 

 lish at what price beets may be raised here. Estimates 

 have been given, which vary all the way from sixt3'-four 

 cents to four dollars a ton. The average of the results of 

 the experience of eighteen persons is two dollars and forty- 

 two cents per ton. (See "Scientific American," April Hd, 

 1869.) These estimates, I think, should not be relied on, 

 as the cost would probably reach three dollars per ton ; 

 there are also no sufficient data to show the amount of beet 

 roots which can be raised to acre in this country. 



The following tables will elucidate these points as regards 

 Germany, France and Russia. These estimates were made 

 some j'ears ago, but will serve to give a general idea of the 

 amount raised per acre : 



COST OF PRODUCTION AND THE DIVISION OP EXPENSES INCITKRED 

 PER ACRE. 



GERMANY. FRANCE. RUSSIA. 



Rent and manure $ 18.73 ) $ 38.31 $ 12.39 



Cost of production 14.28) 12.39 



Tax 42.30 49.58 13.52 



Cost of manufacture 50.47 69.11 50.70 



$ 125.78 $ 157.00 $ 89.00 



Tons of beets per acre 11.6 17.9 9.2 



Per cent, sugar extracted — 8. 6. 6. 

 Pounds sugar extracted per 



acre 2,078 2,403 1.236 



By reference to column 6 of preceding table it will be 

 seen that the amount of sugar extracted is nine and one- 



