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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
621,700 pounds A sugar, at 12*4 cents.$77,712 50 
96,700 pounds B sugar, at 1134 cents. 11,120 50 
125,600 pounds raw sugar, at 9 cents. . 11,304 00 
455, 000 pounds molasses at 1 cent. 4,550 00 
Total proceeds, 130 days.$104,687 00 
Proceeds per day. 805 00 
Cost op Production, per Day. 
Beets, 50 tons, at $4 00 .$200 00 
Fuel, 2134 cords, at $3 00. 64 00 
Wages, 85 hands, at $1 00 . 85 00 
Salaries (divided by 130 days). 20 00 
Sundries, as: 
Grease and tallow.$3 00 . 
Lights, etc^. 1 50 . 
Lime and muriatic acid. 10 00 . 
Charcoal and coke. 2 00 . 
Packing, etc.'.. 1 50 . 
Belting. 3 50 . 
Filtering cloths. 2 50 . 
Brooms, shovels, etc .. 1 00 . 
Loss on bone-black. 10 00 . 
Barrels. 16 00 . 
Stationery (divided by 130days). ... 1 00 . 
Commission. 8 00 . 
Insurance (divided by 130 days). 7 00 . 
Changing and repairing (divided by 130 days). 5 00 . 
Wear and tear.do. 30 00 . 
Interest on capital .do. 30 00 . 
Incidentals.do. .... 5 00 . 
- 137 00 
Total expenses per day. $506 00 
Income, per day. 800 00 
Net profits, per day... $294 00 
It thus appears that the business can be made to pay by 
regular running with average consumption of 50 tons daily, for 
the season. 
So important an industrial branch should be encouraged by 
the state government, as it a public benefit; forcing the farmer 
to cultivate bis soil, regularly employing a great many hands 
during the summer and winter, and keeping the money that 
would otherwise be paid for imported sugar in the country. 
The old king of Prussia, Frederick II, as well as Napoleon I, 
carefully protected and fostered this branch of industry be¬ 
cause of its great utility to the country. Certainly both of 
them were sharp-eyed. 
W. WEFERLINGr, 
Supt. First Sauk County Beet-Sugar Co. 
Black Hawk, Wis., February, 1872. 
