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working up over seventy-five tons, or one hundred and fifty 
thousand pounds of beets every twenty-four hours. 
Building]. $5,000 00 
Pulping and power department. 6,100 00 
Scum department.,. 400 00 
Defection department. 1,100 00 
Carbonation department. 2,425 00 
Evaporation department. 9,300 00 
Filtration department. 2,725 00 
Bone-black department. 1,000 00 
Crystalization department. 3,726 00 
Piping, vats, tools, &c. 8,400 00 
Total cost of factory. $36,176 00 
Add for 30,000 pounds of bone-black. 1,600 00 
Total. $37,676 00 
‘‘ Mr. Carpenter estimated the annual expenses, including 
ten per cent, interest on outlay, at $48,967 50, to which he 
added twenty per cent, for insurance and incidentals, making 
a total of $58,761. He also gave the following as a lair esti¬ 
mate of the probable yearly income : 
Sugar, 1,200,000 pounds, at 12 cents.$144,000 00 
Pulp for feeding cattle, 2,700,000 pounds. 2,700 00 
Molasses, 6,000 gallons, at 35 cents. 1,760 00 
Residues, as’fertiiizers. 1,000 00 
Total. 149,460 00 
CULTIVATION OF RAPE. 
Tew persons outside of Fond du Lac county are aware of 
the extent to which the cultivation of the rape has been car¬ 
ried in that section. Indeed it is said that there are but two 
or three localities in the United States where it is cultivated 
at all. 
In Belgium, France, and Germany, it is grown extensively; 
and in view of its easy cultivation, the convenience and economy 
of its cultivation, and the value of the product, it is surprising 
that it has received so little attention in this country. 
Ag. Tb,—3. , 
