352 WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Commission for selling. 4 00 . 
Changing and repairing. 10 00 . 
Wear and tear of machinery.. 45 00 . 
Interest on capital... 45 00 . 
Insurance for one year. 10 00 . 
Incidentals. 10 00 . 
- 156 00 
Total expenses.$401 00 
Or in round numbers, $400 per day. The pulp and tops of 
beets for feeding cannot be brought into the account, as the 
farmers took them back without paying for them, 
It thus appears that only the expenses have been covered. 
Some of these, as wear and tear, changing and repairing, insu¬ 
rance, etc , have not been paid. 
As already suggested, these unsatisfactory results are charge¬ 
able to the following causes : 
1. Non-maturity of the beets. 
2. The inferior capacity of the factory. 
3. Insufficiency of supply to keep even this small estab¬ 
lishment running the full season. 
4. The low price of sugar. 
Still, it has been demonstrated that the business will suc¬ 
ceed if the above conditions can be made favorable. 
Two of these conditions — increase in the capacity of 
the factory, and a full supply of beets to keep it going — are 
controllable, if we can but secure the requisite means. But, 
unhappily, the last three years have been very hard on the 
farmers and money is scarce. 
The only way, at present, to bring the business up to a pay¬ 
ing point appears to be for each farmer interested to furnish 
the beets, fuel and labor without cost to the company, and 
then share pro rata in the proceeds. Substantially this plan 
was adopted at our last meeting, held January 8th, 1872 ; be¬ 
sides which, the stock capital of the company is to be doub¬ 
led, and seven acres of beets per share are to be planted, 
instead of five. 
The economy of increasing the capacity of the factory to the 
working of 50 tons of beets per day will appear from the fol- 
