Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-09-03

| Yesterday passed off with no signs of agit-
alton. 1Cinclnnati Gazette.
/ BEET SUGAR.
/ Though most farmers are slow to believe
they can make as much sugar, and of as good
a quality, from an acre of land in New En-
gland in beet as planter can from an acre
in the West Indies in cane; yet such is the
fact, as established by the most accurate ex-
i perimcnts. In our last number we made CO.
lpious extracts from the correspondence Of
Mr.. Pedder, the agent of the Sugar Beet So
iciety of Philadelphia, showing its practicable
jIty in this country, and urging its ntroduc-
! ton, a great national object. We have
since seen several specimens of sugar, man
ufactured by him and sent home for exhibi-
!, ton, which will not suffer in comparison with
the best West India, or New Orleans sugar
| in market.
From the letters of Mr.. Pedder it may be
, inferred, that the process of extracting the
sugar from the root is an expensive opera
ton, requiring the aid Of complex and costly
J machinery. and an investment of capital be-
/ yond the means of ordinary tarmers,-but
such is neither the fact nor the idea he means
i, to communi cate- IT is trne in RI" large 80
gar establishments IN France, expensive ma
chinery and fixtures are employed, which
doubtless facilitate their operations, and
I yield Il liberal return for the money invested
in their construction; but they are not indis-
+ pensabe to the successful! pursuit of the bu-
, slness, or even adapted to the circumstances
2 and wants of a farmer who merely manufac-
l lures his own sugar. Farm establishments
: are already in profitable operation in France,
e and the Royal and Central Society of Agri-
!. culture have offered premiums for models OF
the most simple and cheap machinery for the
e use of small farmers. A silver medal has al.
d ready beer awarded by the committee to NJ
s Jean Joseph Lecerf of Valenciennes, of the
e department of the North. This gentleman
II is the farmer referred to by Mr.. Pcdder, as
It ga curious man residing in one of the back
n streets, who had made sugar will. machinery
r; of his own invention, and almost by the la
1. Dor of his own hands,"
r Every farmer, may, with triling expense
IT furnish himself with the necessary machincr,
,e for manufacturing his own sugar. But thoug
m it may be practicable, yet, at present, it ma
Mt not be desirable for every farmer to attemp
~ the construction of sugar works, even on
IS small scale, which every farmer may not wis
to incur, and there is also degree of ski
re which they may not be disposed to acquiI
nv until they have more confidence In the SUI
to cess and profit of a new project. The be:
no. method, therefore, to introduce tins me-
nj branch of business. is for individuals or con
hv panies to erect sugar works in towns and vi
as lagos, at convenient distances from each otl
la err, and purchase of the farmers their crop ,
out beets as they are gathered in the field. Mo
1T farmers will cultivate the root if they are a
m sured of a market, when bu. few will attem
no it, if they are compelled to extract the sug
ess themselves.
rne- Il Of iS ode tod To
lar cultivation of the sugar beet though soils
rip the greatest depth IS more peculiarly SO. Sa
to dy soils formed by alluvions and depostes
-es: rivers are considered the most favorable. a
we know of no lands in the eastern and II
die states better adapted to the culture
ook roots OF all kinds than the alluvial meade
we'd in the valley of the Connecticut. Many
the varieties of the beet have been cultiva,
gin IN great perfection, particularly in the toy
all OF Wethersheld. where the only difficulty
led, perienced has been their growing too la,
an for culinary purposes.
side With respect to the profit that may
that made from an acre of good land devoted
the the culture of the sugar beet it may be
was ted without mourning the charge of exage
alton. or the hazard OF contradiction, tina
but will not fall short of $3.50. But we are
res disposed to let our readers rest their faith
the our mere assertion: but prefer giving IN
men the data on which cur opinion is based. Tn
ex-f we have from an intelligent and scient
the gentleman. who has given the subject a II
time Eough investigation and who has also SC
form practical knowledge in relation to it.
use assumes as the basis of his statement
IS to fact that 1000 bushels can be raised on
zensi acre, and in this he is coroborated by gen
, the men who have cultivated the root. Sixt
Long hundred bushels have been raised on an az
e IA put ii was an extraordinary crop. He Il
rday. assumes that a b,ishel will weigh so lbs.
2 the in this estimate he cannot be mate rally
was taken. Numerous experiments nave pro