, 1863-01-29

by more elaborate and scientific pro-
cnss have been pronounced Il by our
most Intelligent .rcfiners to he OF superior
quality, and veil granu1ated, and worth to-
day ten cents per. pound Tbs beet Is pro-
nonnced by Intelligent Germans, familiar
to be fully equal to the best quality produced
in Germany or France under the most favor
able circumstances.
The production Of sugar from beets has
now come to be a leading interest iu several
European countries. The lands adapted to
md the crop is SO profitable that it warrants
the most elaborate system Of culture The
improvements In the quality object and in
the process Of manufacture has been sogreat,
that the yield within the LAST thirty years has
increased from three to eleven per cent. Since
France Aas become the most important crop In
the Empire. In 1851, 148, 600 tons we're raised
in that country;hgainst 1900 tons in>18SO In
Belgium the crop In 1861 was 16, COO tons.' In
Germany a very large amount was produced;
the aggregate for Europe exceeding, In 1901,
10000 tons, worth more than &C, ,6o, 900.
In our oTn country the culture Of the beet
is beginning to attrhct great interest and stten-
ton. The Agricultural 6ocietios Of Iowa and:
Illinois have already, taken action In the mat
ter, in which they have been vigorously Sec
conded BY the Illinois Central Railroad Com
PanJ, which has. offered to transport, free Of
chaIge to the manufacturers, all the beets
cher. Enoug b has been accomplished to DEM
onstrate that superior sugarcan reproduced
and that the per Ccntage Of sacchaTfne mattet
III the American beet exceeds that In the Euro.
pean, as might be expected from the greater
heat and moisture Of our climate. The Pres
already concluded an arrangement With =
German firm to. establish 9 refinery on his
firm at Chatswortb, Ill, the buildings and ma
chinery for which will be- In reAdiuess. for
work the coming season. The contractors
Wil employ fifteen hundred ACRES Of land in
In the production Of beet sugur we hare all
the adrantage:of the experience Of. European
manufacturers. In the ohtset of the culture
in Franco: 1t was stimulated blythe Govern
ment by the most prodigul bounties. It has
Gus revenue Is derived from it. It Is so pro:
htable that the annual rental Of lands devoted
to it In France exceeds four times the price
now asked for the soil Of the best prairie
lands: In France the beet is cultivated en-
soon as the plant gained root, the whole cul-
tpre would be done by Mbor-saying imple-.
u1exts.,, The product Of this country, the past
year; averaged from f1fteedto twenty-five TONS
to the acre, at cost Of not oFer one dollar the
ton. The only element Of cost Of the manu-
NkU4 EA ~ l4i4C3 Al4eVlFEAt 10 tAAt
Of refining. But, With the well known skill,
Of our retIners, and the extraordinary success
which has attenned their efforts, there can be
no doubt that this will be equally striking
when applied to the clarifying Of beet as Of
cane sugar. :.
introduction Of the sugar beet into this coun-
try can hardly be estimated. Sugar already
stands next to manufactures of wool in our
imports, and is rery: rapidIy becoming the
first: We pay nearly $40, ,ooo, 900 annually for
foreign sugars alone. II We can place our
selves, as the French hare already done, in a
position of Independence Of Foreigners, we
can keep at home the 80, ,oo0, 600 IN gold and
silver, which balance against us has COM
PEELED us to export, to mike good our ac-
count in the great London clearinghouse.
We hope the New Agricultural Commission
will devote a portion Of the appropriation
made to 1t BY Congress for-the purpose Of col
important subject. It is crop peculiarly
adapted to our Northern States, from the
abundant moisture and heat Of our climate
two indispensable conditions Of successful
culture.