Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-09-28
No. zee. Vol. TX. Sept. g. 1886.

inert of Valencienes, department of the
North, has anticipated this appeal. In
the building of his farm he has established
his factory, whichis composed of but two
departments one of them seventeen feet
square, and the other Of seven feet square,
English. His machinery for fabricating
is placed in the first apartment, and Con-
bsists-lst, of rasp turned with crank
by hand-2d, of hand press, (both OF
wood, Sd, three small iron kettles, each
one sufficient to contain twenty-five to
thirty gallons, English T. 4th three filter
ers ofthe same capacity ofthe kettles.
In the other apartment are two ket-
ties Of copper, of about the capacity of
twenty gallons each, English -oneused
for evaporation, the other for crystalizing.
In the same small apartment are ranged
molds for the reception of sugar. The
price Of all these fixtures or apparatus is
not above one hundred and seventy-fre
dollars.
1.-The manufacture of brown sugar at
this establishment is fifty killogrammes,
or one hundred and ten pounds (English)
of brown sugar per day.
"M Lecerf, who possessed only the
little property where his works are locat-
ed, devotes himselfto it with the aid of his
family alone; and far from desiring to
make mystery of his instrumentsaand
the process, he is eager to communicate
them to his countrymen. The sugar
which comes from this factory has been,
by one ofthe most celebrated refners, M.
Lebaud, acknowledged to be of perfect
quality.'
From the foregoing it will be seen that
every farmer may, with trihing expense,
furnish himself with the necessary ma
chinery for manufacturing his own sugar.
But though it may be practicable, yet, at
present, it may not be desirable for every
farmer to attempt it. There is some lit
tie expense attending the construction of
sugar works, even on a small scale, which
every farmer may not wish to incur, and
there is also great degree Of skill which
they may not be disposed to acquire until
they have more confidence in the success
and profit of new project. The best
method therefore, to introduce this new
branch of business is for individuals or
companies to erect sugar works in towns
and villages, at convenient distances from
each other, and purchase from the farm
ers their crop of beets as they are gather
ed in the field. Most farmers will cult
vate the root, if they are assured of a mar,
ket, when bat few will attempt it, if they
1 are compelled TO extract the sugar them
i selves.
A portion of most farms is adapted tt
the cultivation of the sugar beet, though
soils of the greatest depth is more pecu
liar1y so. Sand soils formed by alluvi
ons and deposits of rivers are considered
/ the most favorable, and we know Of m
lands in the eastern and middle states bet
ter adapted to the culture of roots of al
kinds than the alluvial meadows in tn,
valley of the Connecticut, Many of tn,
varieties of the beet have been cultivate,
in great perfection, particularly in tn
town of WetherSfeld, where the only diff
fculty experienced has been their grow
ing to large for culinary purposes
With respect to the profit that may b,
made from an acre Of good land devoted
to the culture ofthe sugar beet, it may b.
stated without mourning the charge Of ex
aggeration, or the hazard of contradiction
that it will not fall short of $3.50. Blu
we are not disposed to let our readers resi-
their faith ON our mere assertion; but
prefer giving them the data on which ou1
opinion is based. These we have from
an intelligent and scientific gentleman
who has given the sub ect thorough in
vestigation, and who has also some practi-
cal knowledge in relation to it. He as
sumes as the basis of his statement the fact,
that 1000 bushel Is can be raised on an acre
and in this he is corroborated by gentle
men who have cultivated the root. Sir
teen hundred bushels have been raised on
an acre; but it was an extraordinary crop
! He next assumes that bushel will weigh
60 lbs. and in this estimate he cannot be
materially mistaken. Numerous expert
ments have proved that the root Yields Z
per cent of sugar, 3 per cent. of molasses:
and rs per cent OF cake. Calling the SUI
gar worth cts pound, the molasses 3
cts. which is considerably below the mar
ket price, and the cake as much by the
pound as the beet, which is the fact, the
account OF the product of an acre, 10000
lbs. viii stand thus:
1900 lbs. Sugar, at cts S294,oo
1900 lbs. Molasses, at 3 cts $500
$4,000 lbs. Cake, at a mills, 5000
S4Oe,OO
Expense Of cultivating the
root and extracting the sugar, lO8,O0
Nett profit, $4,000
In ascertaining the nett profit in the
| foregoing statement, it will be seen we