Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1836-08-26

market, when but few will attempt it, if
they are compelled TO extract the sugar
themselves.
A portion of most farms is adapted to
the cultivation CT the sugar beet, though
soils ofthe greatest depth is more peculiarly
so. Sandy soils formed by alluvions and
deposites Of rivers are considered the most
favorable. aud we know of no lands in the
eastern and middle states, better adapted
to the culture Of roots of all kinds than the
alluvial meadows in the valley of the Con
neclicut. Many of the varieties of the
beet have been cultivated in great perfec-
ton. particularly in the town of Wethers
field, where the only difficulty experienced
has been their growing too large for cult
nary purposes.
With respect to the profit that may be
made from an acre of good land devoted
to the culture of the sugar beet, it may be
stated without ncuring the charge of ex
aggeration, or the hazard of contradiction,
that It will not fall short Of $50. But We
are not disposed 10 let our readers rest
their faith on mere assertion; but prefer
giving them the data on which Cur opinion
Is based. These we have from an inteli
gent and scientific gentleman, who has Civ.
en- the subject a thorough investigation,
and who has also some practical knowledge
in relation TO it. He assumes as the basis
Of his statement, the fact that 1000 bushels
can be raised on an acre, and in this he
is corroborated by gentlemen who have
cultivated the root. Sirteen hundred bush.
els have been raised on an acre; but it was
an extraordinary crop. He next assumes
that bushel will weigh 60 pounds, aud in
this estimate he cannot be materially mis-
taken. Numerous experiments have prov
ed that the root yields 7 per cent of sugar
3 per cent Of mollasses, and 25 per cent o.
cake. Calling the sugar worth 7 cents q
pound. the molasses 3 cents, which is con.
sderably below the market price, and the
cake as much by the pound as the beet
which is the fact, the account of the pro
due, Of an acre, 10000, pounds will stant
thus:
42oO lbs. Sugar at 7 cts. S294.OO
800 lbs MoIa sses. at ; cts. $500
$4,000 lbs. Cake, at a mills, 5000
$4,000
Expense Of cullivating the root
and extracting the sugar, 1903 100
Nettproft. $4,000
In ascerlaning the nett profit in TIT
foregoing statement, it will be seen W,
have deducted $lOa, for the expense ofcu'
tlva,ing the sugar. This is very liberia
allowance, and probably, something hk
double the amount of the actual cost. o
the expense Of cul'vn'ing the root ever,
farmer can make accurate calculations TO
himself, aud with regard 10 the cost o
manufacturing the sugar. it will depcn
materially upon the cost of fuel consumed
in the process of evaporation and machine
~ and fixtures employed. In sections U
the country where fuel is scarce and con
sequently high. it cannot exceed the deduc
ton we have made; and in places wher
it is procured at cheap rates it will ia
much below our estimate.
We have other statements of profit
which, together with the process of manu-
featuring. we intend to give hereafter, an
in the mean time would ask farmers /
throw away one half Of the nett profit i
our statement, which will bring them I
our starting point, $50. and then loo
about and see If they can devote a porto
of their land to a more profitable crop
always excepting the culture of silk.