The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-04-15
Mtistellaueuns Artitles.
The Rise in Sugar.

| nov wholly VIC aIc uCpChuShe up'" W."
er countries for supply of this great
staple.
We use in the United States upwards
of four hundred thousand tons OF sugar
yearly; three hundred and fifty thousand
tons of which are imported. There is at
present no lesscning of the supply, but
The bare probability Of next seasons
supply of sugar from Caba being cut off
on account of the troubles in that Island,
is sufficient to send up the price % per
cent. in s. single week. If the prospect
of continued war in Cuba should he re-
allied, the price Of sugars is likely to be
still more largely increased, and in case
of the cessation Of our forei gn commerce,
should we become involved in war with
any foreign power, nearly our whole snp-
ply would be cut off, and prices must ad-
vance wholly hey ond the reach of all but
the wealthy classes. This would be
National calamity greater than the loss Of
any other single article Of importation. 1t
would affect every citizen.
We know of but one way to insure our
selves against such possibility, and that
is to raise our own su gars. This we are
abundantly able to do. We do not refer
now to our capacity for the production of
our cane sugar, but TO our far greater Gu
pacity from the production of sugar from
the Sugar Beet.
In recent complete and valuable work
on Farm management, farm crops. &C.,
(entitlcd- How to make the Farm Pay"
and published by Zeiglcr, McCurdy Il
Co.. of Philadelphia and Chicago is a
most excellent chapter on the cultivation
and management Of Beets for sugar, from
which we make the following extract:
"Thc 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
milliens of acres adapted TO the cutiva-
ton of the sugar beet. We have the best
labor 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 this
work, we shall endeavor to show that it
is 10 our pecuniary, and especially TO our
agricultural interests, TO do so.
The cost of raising the beet cannot, nm
der judicious cultivation, exceed three
dollars per ton. and We think that 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 beets will yield
from one hundred and forty to one hun
Ircd and eighty pounds Of refined sugar;
about fifty pounds of molasscs suitable for
distillation; five hundred pounds OF leaves,
an excellent green fodder; and five hun
dred pounds Of pulp, worth one'third as
much as good hay. But this is not all
the beet crop cleans and.prepares the soil;
aud, i'm q rotntion, is one OF the best pre-
ceders of any grain crop. The yield Of
beets, per acre, varies from seventeen to
torty-two tons. We think that, with our
improved methods, an average yield OF
thirty tons per acre can readily be &C.
cured, but taking the low average yield
of twenty tons per acre, at five dollars
per ton, is one hundred dollurs; deduct
ing the highest estimate of the cost of
production, three dollars per ton, leaves
forty dollars per acre clear profit to the
farmer. Considering the probability OF a
yield of thirty tons per acre. costing two
dollars per ton, we have the possibility OF
profit of ninety dollars per acre.
There are, at present, but few manu-
factories of beet sugar III this country,
but they would spring up ou every side,
if farmers once determined to raise the
crops. and made that determination
known. Communities settling oil the
rich soils of the west and south, have this
matter in their own hands. rs have also
the farmers in the older States. let
dozen farmers, in any section OF the coun-
try, agree with some capitalist to supply
him with bcets, and Il market will DC at
once created. 1t is for farmers to agitute
this matter, in their daily conversation,
in their visits to the city markets, in
farmer clubs, and through the columns OF
their chosen agricultural Journals The
manufacture must be exceedingly profit
able. 1t is carried on from September to
March, period when labor is easily y cont
mandcd. 1t will employ the extra farm
luborcrs. ut Il season when their services
are not required on the farm thus incl
dentally comforting IL permanent benefit
upon every community, where such an
industry is established" The author OF
this work from which we quote theabove,
| estimates the cost Vt working ono thou
sand tons of beets as follows:
1000 tons of bcets ut $500. 5000
TABOR 49, '.'.'.'.' ,00
Other expenses. ................l ,-oV
Total. 800
RECEIPTS
160, 900 lbs. sugarat lO cents. .Sl0,OOO
1900 gallons molasscs at 20 cents. l.SOO
200 tons pulp at S4.................SOO
Total $4,000
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