Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-07-16
BEET SUGAR.


The Commercial Herald, Of Phila-
delphia, contains interesting informa-
ton on this manufacture from Mr..
pedder, now in France, as the agent
Of the '1Beet Sugar Society" Of Phil
adelphia. Mr.. p. says if the hollow
and halfrotten varieties Of mangel
produce, in that climate nine
per cent of Saccharine, then is Amer
lea a Gold Name.
The oxen and sheep feed and grow
very fat upon tie refuse dry cake Of
the beet.
At the most celebrated manufacto-
~ in the world, which is at Arras,
he found steam consumed to the a.
mour. of 100 horse power, which
crushed the tons of the beets and e.
the juice complete in "a
hours. The different steps Of the
process, washing, rasping, pressing,
desiccating, clarifying and two eva
poratings, consuming only 10 hours.
The owner has also invented j drill
to sow three or FIVE rows if required,
whereby a most extensive cultivation
is prosecuted with facility. He also
has constructed a magazine whereby
the refuse cake is preserved fresh for
nine months. He expects this year
at his two works to make three mill
ions Of pounds good brown sugar, ev-
cry possible expense included being
only 44-7 sous per pound. The re-
timing the sugar to loaf should not be
mixed Up with establishments like
the above. The soil in the ne,ghbor-
hood where the beet is raised is a red
|oan, and the land is greatly enrich
ed by it for future crops Of every
ki4d,x.
FIFTY pounds of the cake mixed
ID. Of 81 cake are sufficient
for the keeping Of ten sheep for q day,
given to them, 50 that 100 pounds
Of beets, value % cts. give 6 ID. Su-
gar, 4 lbs. Molasses, and IS lbs. Cake,
and sufficient food for fatting S large
sheep per day.
A manufacturer at Famars, makes
a fine white powdered sugar directly
from the beet. There are now sixty
four sugar manufactures at Valen-
ciennes. The residuum of the sugar
houses makes an excellent manure
for the crops of young clover. Al
one of the manufactures in Valen.
ciennes the machinery crushes IS,
600 lbs. and evaporates and crysta.
Lies all the juice in Is hours.-From
100 lbs. Of beet are obtained IS Of
juice. The brewer purchases the re-
fuse Of the beet root for I franc pei
100 lbs. and sells the pressed cake al
S cents half bushel. In a good sea
son the beet yields 10 per cent ol
saccharine, 6 Of crystallized sugar,
Of molasses and / of molasses in the
cake.
There was one establishment Mr.
Pedder visited, where the Machinery
was made after a cheap fashion, BY
the ingenious proprietor, and driven
by horses, yielding 100000 lbs. sugar
in 6 month-the horses feeding or
the refuse. Mr.. p. has taken draw
ings for American farmers. but it !.
useless, as steam certainly will eveI
be preferred by our countrymen.
All the continent are preparing te
manufacture their own sugar from
beet. This will go vastly toward.
diminishing the slave trade in the
West India islands. There is being
erected at Valenciennes, a refinery
which will make 2 millions Of pound:
of loaf sugar a year.
The land must be healthy, not .
wet sub-soil, as 1t would cause the
finest crops to decay during the win
ter.
A number of our most respectable
citizens are earnestly engaged in ar
effort to introduce the cultivation O.
the French Beet INTO this country
with the object Of manufacturing SUI
gar from the plant The process is
said to be simple, while it is confdent
" affirmed that our soil is admirably
suited to the Beet. AS the sub.
iect possesses more than ordinary in.
terest for agriculturists, we sha.. in
our next endeavor to give all the in.
formation in relation to it that has
yet transpired. We had an oppor.
tunity a day or two since of examin.
ing some specimens of beet sugar as
manufactured IN France. It wss white
hard, and very similar in taste to loaf q
refined sugar. Some ofthose who have
Maid coosiderzh le attention Tn the sinh