Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-04-13
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viii ultimately amount I" something in IT,
country. David l., Chld. E-q. of Boston
who has recently been through France aud
Germany investigating the merits OF this :
business, made some Interesting statements
to an asscmbage Of our citizens last week.
uc il saupume of the success of The busl-
ness in this vicinity, ptcdlca,lng his "p'n-
IONS upon the prosperity winch has follow
ed its introduction INTO France. The man.
ner IN which It's manufacture has extended
there Is justly surprising, In 1885, 'here
were bu, eighty establishments IN the En'
ure. 10 1897, less than ten years ohcr
ward. the number had increased TO $40
|, is believed by many gentlemen VINO are
familiar with the details OF the business.
tia, It can be manufactured with nearly
the same ease after some experience, with
WHICH maple Sugar is now made IN our
forests. There is nothing necessarily |
! complicated or mysterious about it. The
ocels will grow in any .oll, but OF course
are more thrifty and saccharlue in q rich
| uum.
Mr.. Child stated tina, in France, he
knew of one instance where the sol, was 50
puor As 10 yield only FIVE or ten bushels of
Wheat per acre. sawed down to Sugar
Beet, and produce larger yield, than any
other use to which 1t could possibly be- put.
Eees noutlsh the soll rather than exhau-,
It, The Beets are usually sOyD IN drills.
the sol, beng frs, plnwed deep So that the
root may easily extend down. rather than
branch on, or expand aud become coarse
grained and bulky. II is customary to
plant them IN drills so wide apart.
that The horse plough can run between
rhrm. Mr.. Chld stated that l6 tons I"
the acre was considered abou, an average
crop N France at So 90 per ton, but 80
'ons have been raised IN this town s. 90
having been paid for them. NJ crop Gu"
produce more money than the Sugar Beet.
Concerning the value of the Beet for
feeding Cattle offer the JUICE is expressed.
there is but one opinion. and thai is wholly
III ~ favor The pnmace is considered al
most MS valuable as the original beet, am
mails ca',ng It with avdlty and i, can b.
preserved with great ease for fodder the
vnar round. TIE leaves, prInr to he time
III" Bee's are pulled, furnish n rich aud
abundant ioddcr for Ca,tle aud they are
Diced IN F'anc" aud PM aside for future
a. hike hay. Bu, the manner "f OBJ a,nnp
he 20 and aii"rward the Sugar. Is per
laps more complicated there than it need
b" IN this country. 1t ls believed that the
ordinary CIDER MIL and Press would be-
amrie ~ ex'tac',ng III" JUICE, wnh such
chn"ges ~ moditra,h,n- a. experience
, htt" wound seem - uqnite. The sinpl.
, m an, by whico Sugar Is ob'ancd from,
the sap "t the maple. with such new pro.
re->r- a the c,vSral'zing might demand
upon experiment, we duub' not, would
, make guod beet Sugar. A. all hazards,
travellers enum"rate many INSTANCES, - nor.
poor people IN France were muknu Ia.
Sugar by the supple process of oollpr il
over their own Fne
IL IS appren rnded that the chespness o
'ao'r IN France will prevent a successful
4" competition 10 this country. But it shout,
II b. rem cnbnred he industry of French
o mar is quite different lhlag from thar o
l. Yankee. One may be sugu'arly volubl
G rx'reni,lcs. but the other has more irol
muscle and interchangeable energy to bc-lov
npon his operations. II Is admitted b
those who have had both in their employ
). rha, three Frenchman n,r not more tina
u an equal ma CHI for two Yankees. Cer'a'
, i, is, the habits of industry or the phy-Ica
, v,gor of The former places hun in po-ltlo
mucn INFERIOR w the 'hItcT, giving 'hP pre-
o"nd"rance entirely in behalf o' New Eng
n, land industry. A, all lizards, we cannr
10 TOO strongly urge upon our farmers I" d
y, .nmo'h hing by way of experiment with Bee
vi Sugar northampton Courier.
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I. A deep, rich loan is The best b'
" any SOIL hat can be made mellow, viii OF
" ,wer well. A very dry -ol does M, we
:, ~ large beots, bu' sweet and nmriclo,
noes. The soll should b. fre" from stone
w. and we'll pulverIsed 10 a good drph. tn