Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-09
THE RISE IN SUGAR.

Tue he Tttc IN sugar ought 10 suggest les
sYa " Us ss q people. II shows ~ how wholiy
we are dependent apon other countries for sup
ply of this great staple.
We use In tho United States upwards of Four
Hundred Thousand Tons of Sugar yearly, three
hundred and ffty thousand tons If which are
impRted. There Is Al present no lcssening Of
the supply, but the bare possibility Of next sea
s'h's supply Of sugar from Cuba being cut ofi
on acconh, II troubles 10 that island, Is sufIi-
cisDi,O send up .bs price Is pr cent. in a single
Z week. IfthS prospect OF continued war in Gu.
bs should es realised, the price Of sugars is ike
~ 10 be still more largely increased, and In ease
af the cessation Of our foreign commerce, should
we become involved In war with any foreign
power, nearly our whole supply would be cut
"a, and prices must advance wholly beyond the
reach Of all bat tho wealthy glasses. This
would be q National calamity greater than the
loss Of any other single article of importat ton.
Il would effect every citir.u.
We know Of but one way IN insure ourselves
against such = possibility, AMI that is To raise
our own sugars. This We are Abuuiantly able
todO. We do not refer now 10 our capacity for
ths production Of cane sugar, but to our greater
capacity for the production OF sugar from the
sugar Beet.
In recent complete and valuable work on
RArm management, farm crops, &C., entitled
How 10 make the Farm Pay".-published by
ZaoLsR, MoCrRDr 4 Co., Of Philadelphia and
CheAgo-is most excellent chapter ON the cul-
Gvatiou aud management Or Beets for sugar,
from which We m Ike the following extract:
The production Of beet sugar, throughout the
wurld. Is R'w about six hundred aud Gfty thou
sand tons, or one furth of the whole production
"f sugar. We have millions Ot acres adapted
q the cultivation of the sugar beet. We have
the best labor saving machinery Of anr country
nn the globe, and there Is uogo vi reason why Q
should Not produce millliIn tons of sugar an
nually, within ten years. In accordance with
the practical aim of this work, we shall end-ny-
ar 10 show that II IL n our pccuuiary, and cs-
pecaly b. our agricultural interests, 10 do so.
The cost OF raising the beet cannot, under in I
dieious cultivation, exceed three dollars per ton
and we think that they can be raised ior two
d'hlars per ton. Hut taking the highest est
mate, of three d"llars per ton, there is LEFT n |
largo margin for profit, as Que ton of bccts win
Yield IRON one hunircd aud forty 10 one hundred
and eighty pounds ot refined sugar; about ffly |
pounds of nolasses suitable for distlllaton Eve
hundred pounds of leaves, and excellent green
fodder; aud ave hundred pounds ofpuip, wo ii
all the beet cr'p cleans and prepares the soil
and, In rotation, iS one Of the best prcccdcrs If
anv grain crnp. The yield Of bcets, per acre,
varies frIm seventeen to forty two tons. We
think that, with our improved methods, an aver
age yield Of thirty tOns per acre can readily be
secured but taking the low average Weld Of
twenty tons per acre, at Eve dollars per tun, s |
uae-hundFed dollars deducting the highest cs-
tmltc fthS cost OF produc tion, three dullars
per ton. leaves frty dollars per clear profit
&C. the farmer. Considering i,c probability of
yield NJ thirty tons per acre, costing two dnllaIs
per ton, We have the possibility Of n profit Of
Ntasty dollars per aero.
There arc at present, but few manufactures Of
bsVt sugar in this country, but they would spring
Mp on every side, " farmers onco determined 10
raise the crop1, and made that determination
known. Communities settling ON the rich sells
of the west and south, have this mat or in their
own hands, As also have the farmers in the old
er Statea. Let doseu farmers in any sectinn
of the country, agroe with some capitalist tn sup
ply him with btets and m irket will be at once
created. II is for farmers IN agitatc this matter,
in thrit daily conversation IN their visits TO the
city markets, in farmers clubs. and through the
columns oftheir chosen agricultural Journals.
The m tnufacture must be exceeding profitable.
Il Il carried on from September IN March, a pc
TUd when labar "a easily cunlman led. IL will
employ the extra farm laborrrs, at a seasUn when
their services are not require on the farm thu,
incidentally comforting permanent benefit upon
every community, where such an industry is
established.
The Auther of tie WORK from which we quote
shs above estimates the cost of working one
thousani tons of b,et' as follows;
1000 tons OF beets at SIS 5O0..............sS sS ono
Labor '''''''''''''' s''s .''.'.s..'' 600
Other expenses. ,............,...,.,. 200
Total '''',..,.. IS, ,S0O
RHcElPrS.
10000 lhs. sugar at 10 cents..., $40 900
1900 gallons molAsses at 2S cents | 500
100 tons pulp al tt..'.....'.......,, sou
Total ,,.,.,........s. SIS GOO
leaving rrO6t of over one hundred per cent. or
the manufacture. reckoning the sugar to be worth
only ten cents per pound. Hut surprising such
SquAntity could be raised as N brng the price n
raw sugar down to eight cents poe pound, ther'
would still be prn6t Of over fifty per cent. ~
the investment d the manufacturer. Certainly
tt6s branch of industry esnuot remain long un
oceapisd.
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