204 Sugar Beet Industry In Norfolk. [June, 



necessary, however, to proceed slowly, so as not to put too 

 much strain on the labour question without due preparation. 



The terms offered by Mr. Cohen for this year are understood 

 to be approximately as follow : — 



(1) A guarantee of £3 per acre net profit, if the land be 

 approved after inspection by experts. 



(2) Cultivation expenses not to exceed a total of £g per 

 acre. Seed supplied and drilled free. 



(3) Expert supervision, instruction, and assistance provided 

 during growing and harvesting. 



(4) Produce accepted this year at 185. 6d. per ton net,* free 

 on rail, wharf, or quay, pending the erection of a factory in 

 this county. 



(5) Contracts offered for years 191 2, 1913, 1914 at £1 is.6d. 

 at factory, or accepted on rail same price minus carriage to 

 factory. 



(6) Dried sugar pulp guaranteed to contain 30 per cent, 

 sugar at a price not to exceed £6 10s. per ton at factory, 

 and growers this year to have it supplied them, imported, 

 at the same price free on rail Harwich. 



Directions for Cultivation. — The land has now all been 

 inspected, and a few cultural directions have been issued, 

 both for this year and for future years, as the contracts have 

 come in very well for 1912-13-14. 



The general recommendations are : — The land to be 

 manured in the case of heavy or light clay soil in October, 

 November, and December with farmyard manure at a rate 

 not exceeding 30 tons per acre. In the case of light and sandy 

 soils the manure is to be applied in March, preferably a fort- 

 night or so before sowing the seed. In both cases the manure 

 is to be ploughed in to a depth of 12 or 13 inches. 



The land, if clean, will then only require harrowing and 

 getting to a fine tilth, and rolling down is necessary; if at all 

 foul, it must, however, be thoroughly cleaned. Then it is to 

 be drilled, after which the light harrows follow, and it is left 

 rolled down. 



As soon as the young plants appear in the rows the weeder 



* The net weight will be fixed by taking a sample of half-a-cwt. out of a lot of 

 six tons, which sample will be cleaned. The difference ascertained by such cleaning 

 will be considered as tare, and calculated per ton. The average tare will be deducted 

 over the whole lot offered for delivery. 



