36 THE SUGAR BEET. 



accordance with their actual value for sugar manufac- 

 ture. The consequence of this was and is that the 

 yield per acre in roots is not as great as in other coun- 

 tries (Russia being excepted), as here the beets are 

 raised for their sugar alone. 



The system of taxation also is most excellent, this 

 is on the green roots. The amount is constant, it be- 

 ing on a supposed yield of eight per cent, in sugar. It 

 seems at first not just that this tax should be the same 

 for soils where the percentage of sugar and yield is 

 greater than on others where the circumstances are 

 unfavorable. Evidently, on the contrary, the conse- 

 quence of this method is that the beets are of a better 

 quality than in other countries, owing to the special 

 attention given by the farmers to the subject, and an 

 increase of over two per cent, in the yield of sugar is 

 obtained. 



We would call attention to the fact that in 1850 the 

 production of sugar was 1,066,979 cwt., and in 1864 this 

 was 3,413,214, or more than three times as much. This 

 increase is greater for a given time than is to be found in 

 any other country in Europe, Austi'ia excepted ; at the 

 present day it surpasses that of France. The factories 

 are in great numbers near Magdeburg. Of the most 

 important in Germany may be mentioned that of 

 Waghaeusel, near Carlsruhe, 3500 men, women, and 

 children finding employment; also that of M. Sclmetzen- 

 back, in Grallicia, where 82,000,000 lbs. of sugar are 

 yearly manufactured. As a general thing the sugar 

 made in the Zollverein is of a fine quality. 



