COMMUNICATIONS—BEET SUGAR MAKING. 
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We planted last year, about 230 acres of beets. As men¬ 
tioned above, tbe crop yielded four and one-half tons to the 
acre, or a total of 1035 tons •— not enough in the aggregate to 
keep the establishment running more than two months, 
instead of the full season, which should not be reckoned at less 
than five months. 
Nevertheless, the results have been better than we had 
dared to hope, in consideration of the quality of the beets. 
Yield and Valuation of 1,035 tons, or 2,070,000 pounds beets. 
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Sold, 450 bbls.of 220lbs. each,or99,000 lbs.'A sugar, at 12^ cts., $12,375 
Sold, 79_do.do.15,400 lbs. B sugar, at 11% cts., 1,771 
Uusold,100... .do.200... .do.20,000 lbs. raw. .do.. 9 cts., 1,800 
Totals.134,400 lbs. sugar.$15,946 
Add 72,350 lbs. molasses, worth. 7^3 
Total valuation of saccharine product.$16,669 
Estimating the capacity of the factory at 25 tons per day, 
and dividing the total number of days into the total amount 
of the above valuation of the products of the business, 
we have a total income per diem of $402, or, in round 
numbers, $400. 
The expenses of the establishment in working out these re¬ 
sults, though normal in respect to the capacity of the factory, 
amount to a much larger sum, relatively, than would be nec¬ 
essary if the capacity was twice as great. Stated accurately, 
they were as follows: 
Expenses op Manufacture per Day. 
Twenty five tons of beets at $4 00. 
Fuel—13 1-3 cords of wood at $1 00. 
Wages for sixty-five hands, at $1 00. 
Salaries (per one year, divided by sixty days, the short season) ... 
Sundries, as; 
Grease and tallow... $2 50 
Lights, etc. 
Lime and muriatic acid. 
Charcoal or coke. 
Packing, rubber, etc ... 
Belting. 
Filtering cloths. 
Brooms, shovels, etc ... 
Loss on bone black. 
Barrels . 
Stationery, etc., in office 
1 50 
5 00 
1 00 
1 90 
3 00 
2 00 
1 00 
5 00 
8 00 
2 00 
$100 00 
40 00 
65 00 
40 00 
