The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-03-09
Beet Sugar.

During the winter Of 1862, William
II. Osborn, president Of the Illiuoi. Cen.
trail Railway, and William H. Belcher, Of
the Chicago sugar refinery, Imported from
Europe several hundred pounds Of beet
seeds Of the gar.producing varieties,
which they distributed grasuitously q.
mong tho farmers Of the Northwest, with
view Of encouraging its culture aud
ascertaiuiug the adaptability Of the soil
and climate of the Northwest to its pro
duction, and Of noting the effect Of the
peculiarities of the soil Of different local.
tiles. Mr.. Belcher tested the bcets
grown in different portions of Illinois,
Wisconsin and Eastern Iowa, and in all
instances obtained the most gratifying
results, so that the entire adaptability OF
the soil and climate Of these States to
the cultivation Of the sugar producing
beet, and the success Of every intelligent
effort to procure sugar in paying quanti.
ties from it, is placed beyond all qucs-
tion.
Aside from this, there has been one
grand experiment in this state conduct.
ed at an expense of $4,000, of which,
however, it is al impossibility to obtain
any results from the interested parties.
The parties are T. Gennert and brothers
of New York City, who, after visiting
Europe, and giving the matter their per.
sonal examination, located at Chatsworth,
Livingston CO., Illinois, on the liue Of
the Peoria and Oquawka railroad, some
hundred miles from Chicago. PurcLas.
ing at this place 1000 acres of land, and
erecting refinery $50 feet long and 100
feet vide, and the main building so feet
high, supplied with all the appliances
for making sugar, these gentlemen pre-.
pared to test the matter upon a grand
scale. Durisg the fall Of 1862 aud the
fall Of 1868 and the spring Of 1864, 100
acres Of land were prepared, aud planted
with seed imported by themselves from
EuroF The season was uufavorable,
owing to a-s excessive drought and ye,
4be-yiJd-af fsc.r~sv.~ k<.i s1,sl.ts., se
the Chicago sugar refinery, analysed some
of the beets, and found them to contain
twelve aud one half per cent. Of crystal.
liable cane sugar, and 81 per cent. of
soluble impurities. Estimating that Of
this l23 per cent. of crystalizable sugar
eight per cent could be extracted, and
that 10 by no means an improbable esti-
mate-the yield Of sugar would bc over
twenty five hundred pounds per acre
The beets were harvested. the juice ex
tracted, the syrup boiled to a certain con.
sistency and sent to the St. Louis refine.
ry for future treatment, aud public are
not Informed Of the cost of raising the
beets or the yield of actual workiog.-
But, from the pains taken to conceal the
result, there can be no doubt but it was
one Of eminent success Estimating that,
instead of yielding eight per cent, of the
twelve and one.half per cent. of sugar
contained, the beets yielded only six aud
one.half per cent, but trifle over one
half Of the sugar contained and their
arrangements must have been very im-
perfect if they did not succeed in ex-
tracing that quautity-and the yield
would be two thousand pounds to the
acre, worth Eve hundred dollars; in other
words the one hundred acres yielded a
product worth fifty thousand dollars
Chicago Journal.