Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-02-28
three months. it cuts l.O0o. 900 Kilograms
equal To 093 ions

stove, or Kiln, 10 feet long by feel
high, during ID hours dries 9 900 pounds Of
bee's, and consumes 420 pounds Of charcoal
Three stoves or kilns would dry all that
would he cut with the above machine Mr.
). reduces the dry beet to n coarse powder
and slows this away in casks or bins, sprink-
ling it with lime. La this manner il will
keep perfectly good "A long time. When il
is wanted Tor manufacture, IA small quantity
| oil water is added 10 il, which produces sweet
| water, which IS easily eyapora,ed by Roth's
apparatus, without my other preparation. =
The first disqualification produces what is
| called ga good fourth" which, after u sec.
| ond disqualification, makes common sugar
The advantages of this meih.d are such
that bccis in 1897 (less rich than former
years. yielded per cent of sugar, inste adj
Vi five per cent. which was the highest by
The old process.
A great desilcratum il now obtained of
max ing refined sugar Ivy the aid OF pressure
IN three days, without change Of the
mouths. In the old mode il required three
weeks.
The researches of young chemist Of
Toulouse promise great advantages. He
has invented new sacchromeier, by which
he can discover TO n fihieth part, the richness
OF the saccharinc matter in heets, and all
other substances containing crysia!liza5le SUI
gar. AS remarked before, 100 mounds of
beets contain 10 pounds Of sugar allow ing
| per cent. for waste, Q per cent remains -
10 dry the beet and extract the sugar does
not cost over 10 francs add To this the cost
OF lhe beet, - francs--22 francs; making
90 pounds of sugar cost 81 5000 or five
cents per pound; add for refining and other
contingencies 80 per cent, and excellent re-
hned French sugar costs only Z cents a
pound.
To perfect the present inventions, the
French Government has offered premiums
to discover the best method OF drying the
beet, extracting the sugar. converting raw
sugar into refined, without changing the
moulds; also for the best sacchromeIer
What greater encouragement is needed,
u these discoveries can be brought to this
country? How desirable is II that there
should he an agricultural bureau added TO
some department of the Government to
watch over these interests. No country has
neglected the laboring classes who till the
ground so much as our own; but will nut
enlarge on this point, Tor Congress seem dis
posed TO take up the matter, end will,
trust, do something corresponding to the
magnitude OF the subject.
When we consider that our rich lands
yield twenty tons of beets per acre, equal to
40, 900 lbs, and that nine per cent. would
give $500 lbs. OF sugar, leaving valuable
residuum Tor agricultural purposes, we must
congratulate those whose means have SO
long denied them the full enjoyment OF one
OF the greatest luXuries Of life, and congrat-
uiate our country, too, on such additional
means OF making us independent,
Since writing the foregoing, have learn
ell that Mr. Charles l.. FIeschmann, nat
ura!iZed citizen of the United States, and
for the las, two years a resident OF this city,
has in preparation paper on tins subject,
showing the present state oil the manufac-
| ture Of beet sugar on the continent, hich
viii! soon he laid before the Pub lis Mr..
| Fleischmann is a native OF Bavaria He
was educated in The Royal and Polyiechnical
school at Schlessheim near vi uniCb, and in
consequence OF his attainmen.s, was on his
graduating, appointed Inspector OF the Pub
lie Domain, and director of the estates oil
Count Seinsham, which comprise twenty
tour villages. Should any company be
formed III this country, for The cultivation OF
the beet, and The manufacture of sugar, |
know no one so admirably fitted by his eAu.
cation and experience, for the service OF
such an association; and say this, less
from personal regard and respect which
entertain Tor Mr.. Fie;schmaun, than from
the earnest wish | feel for the early and
successful introduction, on an extensive
scale, Of this new source of national wealth
into orr country. With great regard
III. l.. ELLIS WORTH