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THE PRODUCTION OF BEET SUGAR IN 

 A CONTINENTAL FACTORY. 



R. N. Dowling, N.D.A. 



Agricultural Adviser to the National Sugar-Beet Association. 



A factory generally starts its "campaign" or season, as 

 soon as the beets are ripe enough. This is often as early as 

 the middle of September on the Continent ; and to induce 

 farmers to send their roots earlier or later than the majority, it is 

 not unusual for a factory to offer a rather higher price, as it 

 is very necessary that the supply should be regulated. This 

 question is only vital where very sharp frosts are experienced 

 before Christmas. Badly frosted beets can be worked up if 

 taken before the thaw sets in, but after this they become 

 " woolly " and soft, through the bursting of the cells, and are 

 then liable to give trouble in the factory. 



Delivery, Weighing and Sampling of Roots. — The delivery 

 of the "roots" takes place by road, rail, or water. The 

 wagons or railway trucks are weighed over a weighbridge 

 both before and after unloading, and it is the usual custom 

 for sample quantities of about one to two bushels to be taken 

 from the wagons of each farmer for a few days at the beginning 

 and at intervals during the "campaign." These are weighed, 

 washed and reweighed, in order to ascertain the amount of 

 " tare " to be deducted, which usually amounts to from 10 to 

 20 per cent. Sample roots are also analysed for their sugar 

 content by means of the polarimeter. 



