Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-04-08

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sugar ought - suggest ;esson to US.
|, shows Us how wholly we are dePeaden.
upon other countries tsr supply Of this
srca: staple.
We use in theUuited States upwards
Of four h-a3rsdtlousqnd tors Of sugar
yearly, three hurried snl 6fy thousand
tons Of which Sc imported, There IS st
present 20 lesseliug Of the supply, but
the bare possibility Of next seasons sup
ply Of sugar frsn Cuba being cut of or
account Of III. roubles II tina. Island, IS
sufficient to se.d ~ the price p per cent,
In a single week. II the prospect Of con-
tiuued war in Cuba should be reslzed,
the price Of sugars IS likely to be still
more largely increased. and in ease of'he
cessation Of oul foreign commerce, should
we become involved in war with any for
eign power, iearly our whole supply
would be cut ri, and prices must advanc"
wholly bevond BE reach Of al but the
wealthy classes This would be ma
tional calamiu greater than the less o.
suy1le.>assDrticle of impo.>auoI.-
1t would sffoc: every citizen.
We know OF but one way to insure
ourselves against such possibility, and
tia. is to raise our own sugars This
we are abundantly able to do. We do
not refer now to our capacity for the pro-
duction of cana sugsr, hat to our far
greater capacity for tie production Of SUI
gar from the Sugar Beet
In recent com plete and valuable wrrk
on Firm management. farm crops, &c,
ientitled-''How to Take the Farm Pay
and pubn.hhed by Zeigler, McCurdy
& c., of Philadelphia and Chicago,) is
a most excellent chapter on the cultiva-
ton and management Of Beets for sugar,
from which we make the following ex-
tract:
The production Of beet sugar, through
out the world, is now about six hundred
and fifty Thousand tons, or one-fourth OF
the whole production of sugar. We have
millions Of acres adapted to the cuitiva-
ton of sugar beet. We have the best Ia
Dor saving machinery of any country on
the globe, and there is no good reason
why we should not produce million tons
Of sugar annually, within ten years. In
accordance with the practical aim of tins
work, we shall endeavor to show that it
is TO our pecuniary, and especially to our
agricultural interests, to do 50
The cost Of raising the beet cannot
under judicious cultivation exceed three
dollars per ton, and we think TINT they
can be raised for two dollars per ton. But
taking the highest estimate. of three dol
lars per ton, there is left a large margin
for profit, as one ton of bets Will yield
from one hundred and forty to one hun
dred and eighty pounds Of refined sugar !;
about fifty pounds Of molasses suitable for
distillation, five hundred pounds ofloavts,
an excellent green fodder ana E - hun
bred pounds o. pulp, worth one thlFd as
much as good hay. But this IS not a! :;
the beet crop cleans ana prepares the son;
and, in y rotation, Is one OF tue best fre-
cedcrs Of any grain crop. The yield OF
beots, per acre, varies from seventeen to
torty-tWo tons. we TANK that WIN our
improved methodS' an average 3., S'e'' y
' ~ s'"7 ~ tLa ion, aro~.a! ia Of
twenty tons ner acre At FIVE dollars pcr
ton, is ons hundred dollars deduetlng
the highest estimate Of the cost ofProdoo-
ton, three dollars per 'on' caves ''' y
dollars per acre Gear Pr'n' % tne la''nF' :
thirty tons per acre, costing two dollars
per toh' we nave ''l' PISS my p WY
.' ,T ors At nrsssnt bnt fe w maui
factories Of beet sugar in this country,
but they would spring up on every SIDE
crops ana MADE 'na' fn'.l1',on mo" w. !"
1ss = -'N' a. ,l ,r;+b soma con;ta,ist 10
snnn)v him with beets, and market VIII
be at once created. 1t is for farmersto
agl;ate this matter, IN their dalIY eo M.
saIon' III 'nT I, 'S',S - t 'Dr NO 81,
ums of their chosen aericulturalj Journals
The manufacture must be exceedingly
profitable
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