the Progress of English Agriculture. 845 = 579 
The experience of Messrs. Lawes and Gilbert, myself, and Climate 
4iers, has thus clearly proved that the climate and soils of Eng- f ivomable to 
hd are by no means unfavourable to sugar-beet culture, and that j^^Uoot"^ 
:Dts as rich in sugar as in France and Germany can be grown 
. this country. If, however, the manufacturer depends for the 
:pply of his roots upon the farmers in the neighbourhood of 
13 factory, the latter, probably, will not find it answer his pur- 
jse to grow small crops, rich in sugar, if he can get no more 
1\n 1/. per ton at the factory. 1/. a ton may appear a good 
] ice, and to yield a good profit to a farmer who grows from 18 
.l20 tons of roots per acre. Probably, however, he will have 
1 pay 55. per ton on an average for cartage to the factory, 
1 ving 155. per ton clear. 
If, like many a continental beet-grower, a farmer has not suf- 
iient capital to fatten a good number of beasts, or no good 
I jket to dispose profitably of his fat stock, it would no doubt 
aswer his purpose very well to sell sugar-beets at 155. per ton 
rt. In many parts of the Continent where no ready and profit- 
sle sale for fat stock exists, and capital is not so abundant as 
i England, the manufacturers of beetroot sugar and the dis- 
t ers find little difficulty in inducing farmers to grow the neces- 
sy quantity of sugar-beets to keep the factory at full work ; but 
i most parts of England farmers find it profitable not only to 
cisume the food raised on the farm, but to buy additional food 
f the fattening-stock, and they can always obtain a much 
t ter price for well-fattened meat than can be realised on the 
( atinent. 
The fact is, a ton of sugar-beets, of average quality, is worth Selling beet- 
nre to the farmer for fattening purposes than 155. a ton. On loots unprofit- 
fiiis, therefore, on which not sufficient food can be raised to j^^j^ farraers 
list the requirements of the fattening-stock, and where consider- 
ae sums of money are spent in the purchase of oilcake, meal, 
al other dry food, farmers cannot be expected to sell beets at 
1 a ton, and cart the roots at their own expense to the factory. 
7/teese Factories. — Since the establishment of the first cheese cheese 
fi:ory at Derby in 1870, some twenty factories have sprung up factories, 
iifive different counties in England, capable of dealing with 
tl milk of about 6000 cows. The time has therefore come 
wan the factory movement may be acknowledged as a success. 
Eperience has fully satisfied the expectations of those who first 
ii'oduced the American factory system into England, and no 
d bt that system of making cheese will extend from year to year 
iithe dairy districts. In most places where cheese factories 
b e been erected, the kind of cheese produced is Cheddar, 
he factory system is peculiarly well adapted to the making 
-Cheddar cheese, for direct investigations into the chemistry 
