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of cultivation. The amount of beets produced, the per. 

 cent, of saccharine matter, &c., and the total cost should be 

 carefully noted. If it was desired, the raw sugar could be 

 extracted, although this is not essential, as the subject has 

 been so well studied abroad that the amount of sugar ob- 

 tainable from a beet of a certain quality could be very 

 closely estimated. From these experiments the amount 

 and cost of raising the beet could be fairly calculated ; if 

 the results should be satisfactory, the land could be pur- 

 chased and the manufactory built. The experiment would 

 not be expensive, as the crop of beets could be sold and go 

 far to repay the outlay. It is of course not probable that as 

 satisfactory results as are figured will be obtained for several 

 jears, but there seems to be little doubt that Government 

 ^nd State aid might be obtained. Already in Canada they 

 liave offered $7,000 a year and exemption from taxes for 

 ten years to the first manufacturer. In Maine the same in- 

 ducements are offered, one cent a pound until the amount 

 reaches $7,000 ; with that surety capital would run small 

 risk in making the venture." 



I have no doubt at all that such experiments as Mr. 

 Humphrey proposes will be undertaken, and why shall not 

 Korth Carolina prove so alluring a field that they will be 

 undertaken here? 



THE SUGAR BEET IN NORTH CAROLINA. 



It was without doubt an easy conclusion to reach that 

 somewhere within the ample borders of the " Old North 

 State" the sugar beet — or indeed almost any other plant — 

 might find itself at home, and prosper, embracing as she 

 does nearly every variety of climate, and infinite diversity 

 ■of soil, with an average temperature corresponding with 

 that of the best beet growing portions of Europe. 



