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lowing tabular statement, which is based upon precisely the 
same conditions as to quality of beets, period of working, and 
price of products : 
CASH PROCEEDS OF FACTORY WORKING UP 50 TONS PER DAY. 
198,000 lbs “ A ” sugar, @1234 cents.$24, 750 00 
30, 000 lbs “ B ” sugar, @1134 ceuts. 3,542 00 
40,000 lbs raw sugar, @9 cents. . 3,600 00 
144,700 lbs crude molasses, @1 cent. 1,446 00 
Total valuation..$33,338 00 
Proceeds per day. 880 00 
COST OF MANUFACTURING PER DAY. 
Beets, 50 tons, @$4.00.. $200 00 
Fuel, 2134 cords, @$3.00. 64 00 
Wages, 85 hands, @$1.00. 85 00 
Salaries (60 days).... .. 40 00 
Sundries, as: 
Greese and tallow.... $3 00 . 
Lights, etc. 1 50 . 
Lime and muriatic acid. 10 00 . 
Charcoal and coke... 2 00 . 
Packing, ecc. 1 50 . 
Belting. 3 50 . 
Filtering cloths. 2 50 . 
Brooms, shovels, etc. . 1 00 . 
Loss on bone-black. 10 00 . 
Barrels. 16 00 . 
Stationery, etc., in office. 2 00 . 
Commission ... 8 00 . 
Insurance. 15 00 . 
Changing and repairs. 10 00 . 
Wear and tear... 65 00 . 
Interest on capital. 65 00 . 
Incidentals. 10 00 . 
- $226 00 
Total expenses per day. $615 00 
Total cash proceeds. 804 00 
Net profits per day. $189 00 
If now, we make an estimate of the proceeds and expenses 
of a business involving these same conditions as to quality of 
material and price of products, but running through a full 
season of five months, the result will be yet more convincing 
and satisfactory. Let us see: 
CASn PROCEEDS OF A FIFTY TON FACTORY RUNNING WHOLE SEASON. 
Reckoning twenty-six days as a month, the number of tons of beets, at 
fifty tons per day, that could be worked up in 130 days is 6, 500; tho yield 
of which would be as follows: 
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