The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-11

BEET During the winter Of 1861
=, Wlluam II. Osborn, president OF the IL
,,noas central railway. and William IL.
neicner ofthe Chicago sugar refinery, I'M
por.e1 from Europe several hundred
pounds Of beet seeds Of the sugar produc-
ing varieties, which they disturbed rra.uit-
Dusty among the farmers Of tie North
west, with view Of encouraging its Gull
lure and ascertaining the adaptabilitv of
the sou and climate Of the Northwest to its
proc ucton, and Of noting the effee. Of the
pecuilsrities Of the soil OF different locali-
aes; Mr.. Belche- tested the bee.s grown
IN dlterent portions Of Illinois. Wisconsin
and Eastern Iowa, and in all Instances OBJ
famed the most gratifying results. so that
.ne entire adaptShility Of the soil and cli-
1nate o. these states to the cultivation OF the
sugar producing beet, and the success Of
every intelligent effort TO produce sugar in
paJlng Quantities from it,it is placed be-
yond all question.
Aside from this, there has been one grand
experiment in this state, conducted at an
expense OF ~. 600, of which. however, it is
an ampossibility 70 obtain any results from
the interested parties. The parties are 7.
6ennert and brothers OF New York CITY.
VINO, a1ser visiting Europe, and giving the
mater their personal examination, located
~ az o ,h Livingston county, Illinois,
on tne line OF the Peoria and Oauawka
railrosd, some hundred miles from Chica-
50. Purchasing at this place 1900 acres Of
lsnd. and erecting refinery $50 feet long
ana 1UO feet wide. and the main building
~ 1eet high, supplied with all the appli-
ancsa Ior making sugar. these gentlemen
prepared 10 test the matter upon grand
scale. DurinAtke fall Of 1863 ard The fell
OF 1853 and the Spring 1864, 100 acres Of
lana were prepared. and planted with seed
II, ~ themselves from Europe.
Inc season was unfavorable, owing to The
OK cesslve drought, and yet the yield Of
Oeets was believed to be about ~ ton per
acre. Mr.. Belcher oS the Chigak6 sugar re-
nnery, ana1yzed some Of the beets, and
iound them 10 contain twelve and one-half
per cent. Of crystalizable cane sugar, and
mating that Of this twelve and one-half
per cent, Of cystalizable sugar eight per
cent. could be extracted, and that is by NO
means an lnproba bic estimate-the yield
OF sugar would be over twenty-five hun
dreu pounds per acre. The beets were
harvested, the Juice extracted, tho syrup
ooiied TO a certain consistency and sent 10
the -. Louis refinery fo- future treatment.
ana the public are not informed Of the COST
OF raising the bee:s or the yield Of actual
working. But, from The pains taken to
c"uceal the result, there can be no doubt
but IT was one Of eEsinen. success. Esti-
mating that, instead OF yielding eight per
cent Of the twelve and one-half per cent OF
sugar contained, the beets yielded only six
ana one-half per cent, bu: a .rif1e over
one-half OF the sugar contained, and their
arrangements .Eust have been very i'm per-
feet if;hey did no: succeed in extracting
two thousand pounds 70 The acre. worth
five hundred dollars; in other words, the
one hundred acres yielded product worth
nfty thousand dollars Chicago Tribune.