The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-02
sugarbeet and Beet.urnr.
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Finds n further than io-asv.
The discovery Of manufacturing sugar.
/ H1-H tne -oetG rHtgar3s' goes back j. time
Nhleh gave little or no hope Tor the improve
ment Of that invention r5v the society =
vas IL the time when ''the great Frsdericlrr'
SAL on Frussia's throne, thns o-e Of his sub-
lecls iound out what 81 excellent rlaterisl
s sle common beet E,MangoldEurzsl l-until
! then only raised for an esculent-eontaiped
Tor making sugar. The great Frederic-
however, was too much engaged in war.
iare, IN disei Pliaing his people, through his
! army, and n pursuits Of terature and CO
/ srts. So be found no time TO encoursgs ~
Invention, which then slumbered foS fftv
yeafs' nnAiiy was taken up in France. bv
one Aehara, snd ITS manufacture 2erseyered
an until II has become The sugar now in use
y, ~ y faISs' germany, Belgium and switzer-
land- There are to-day no cauesugsr fact
res IN any OF these countries, while beet
/ sugar Is made there TO such an extent that
mlnions o. hands are employed bv il. and
mat u has become 60 low in D. ice Is 10 ena-
pie the poorest man 10 use sugar, which
heretofore, aud not more than sWenty Years
/ ago was considered q luxury, only attaina-
PIE ior the rich classes Of popu alton. While
the manufacture Of beetsugar was In its IN
fancy a discovery was imade which now
seems almost indispensable for il; refer 10
the discovery Of discoloration with animal
/ charcoal, which enables the Manufacture
/ % produce an article from the beet. the mn
rity OF which cannot be surpassed BY suv
/ product Of eanesugar. Further progress IN
/ chemistry and in construction OF rnscbine-
ries have brought the manufacture of beet
sugar 70 completeness which is thought
| cannot be surpassed.
No other branch Of industry hsss NO.
widely extended influence upon All Relations
I Of commercial intercourse, than has been
! The manufacture Of beet sugar. Tie Tato mn
| tcrlat Is product Of The home soil. giving
/ employ ment in its culture TO a considerable
number Of laborers. The buildings and
! machinery required, put in motion multi
| tude OF various powers and open a well psv-
ing field to their activity. A great sum Of
money Is required IN the general manage
/ ment which directly and Indirectly distr
l butes itself amongst laborerB and mechsn-
les Of every description; besides that, tbs
business connected with the beet sugar man
4 ufacture creates "vaiues'' Of many kinds.
/ Tor not only the manufactured article is
/ ''value," but also all those requirements
necessary for the production oft are oval
/ ues," which are brought into existence by
/ the process through which the article has 10
/ 60 in its manufacture: Soprincipallv; fossil
/ fuel, metals, wood, leather, linen, wool,
paper, animal coal, fats, chemicals, &c
&c How many Thousand fold labor is nee
essary 20 the production Of all that which
/ belongs 70 a sugar factory? And how many
hands are employed there useful and well
paid, where Otherwise little or no oecupa-
ton would be for themi
Well may Il be 10 mention here that the
industry in reference is a means to forward
the culture Of the land; which can easily be
proved, for the beets, which are Consumed
in making sugar at the factories are g produce
OF agriculture, requiring particular care and
attention; which produce, il it shall prosper
/ best possibility, expects considerably cui-
tivated and well titled soil. He who does
not think it necessary 20 take peculiar
| pains in raising the beet, need not be as
tonished If the result does not appear sat
isiastory and profitable enough. Now it Is
well ktown that a careful tilling OF the soil
not only benefits the fruit 70 which il was
given Directly but also the succeeding
| fruits obtain Their respective parts Of the
benefit and produce mote bouutifully for It.
/ II, now, on a larger farm, beeis have
1 been raised for some time in a rational
manner, il the industrious and iutelli-
gent farmer besides that does all that
he can 10 his farm IN order to make il
capable OF producing, it can certainly not
I fail 20 bring that farm gradually 10 an ex-
ce lent state Of culture. The acre is the
most thankful and surest debtor for the
capital OF intelligence, labor, time and in-
directly mouey invested by the intelligent
| farmer in filling Of the same. So the acre
viii prove itself thankful m the highest de-
gree 70 ttrf farmer who cxhausts ell bis
agricultural knowledge in raising the sugar
beet.
How lasting beneficial it would prove for
the Southern States, and, in first c0nsidera-
ton, for Tennessee 70 encourage and inau- |
gurste this new branch Of agriculture snd
Manufacture how intensely and intimately |
this would affect all social relations Of this |
State To prove that, ! need only refer |
20 ABOVE shown facts as TO the number of |
hands useiully employed, to the capital |
involved, sna the numerous productions |
Of home-oil necessary in a sugar factory. |
will try to lay before the public a series /
OF articles giving debates on tue 70 loving /
subjects: %, hoice Of the Soil,' sthe Beet
and its Culture" "Its Anatomical Struc-
turc," ats various substances,'' fSaccha- /
rOmetrv," which is the knowledge Of ascer- /
tanning the amount of sugar contained in |
the sscchnriac solution sugar, its kinds, /
qualities, and plant from which ID is pro- /
duced, 4" "Tho Mcdaniel parts of the Su- |
gnr-manuiacture, /" 'The Chemical paris of !
the same" Statistical com parison," etc /
will close this introduction in mentioning |
what an excellent material for faitening |
stock Of all kinds, prime pally cattle, |
sheep, and hogs, is the refuse OF the Sugar
beet