Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-04-08

The late rise In sugar ought To suggest q
lesson 10 us as people. II shows Us how
wholly we are dependent upon other
Countries for supply Of this great staple.
We use in the United State upwards Of
four hundred thousand tons Of sugar
yearly: three hundred and fifty thousand
tons of which are imported There is ut
present no les'ening Of the supply. hui the
bare possibility of next seasons supply o.
sugar from Cuba being cut off on account
of the troubles in that Island. is sufficient
10 send up the price % per cent. in one
week. II the prospect OF continued war
in Cuba he realized, the price OF sugar Is
likely to be still more largely increased.
and in case Of the accession Of our fcr>
eign commerce should we become in
viewed in war with any foreign power.
nearly our whole supply would be cut off
and prices must advance wholly beyond
the reach Of all but the wealthy classes
This would be q National Calamity
greater than the loss Of any other article
imported 1t would affect every citi-
zen.
We know of but one way to insure our
selves against such q possibility, and that
10 to raise our own sugar This we are
abundanilv able To do. We do not refer
now to our capacity for raising cane sugar
but to our far greater capacity for the
production of sugar from the Sugar Beet.
A recent complete and valuable work
on farm management. farm crops, &C.,
(entitled-'How to- make the Farm Pay
and published by Zeislcr, McCurdv & Co,
Of Philadelphia and Chicago.) is q most
excellent chapter on the cultivation and
management of Beets for sugar, from
which we make the following extract:
The production OF beet sugar, throughout
the world, is now about $4,000 tons, or
one>fourih of the whole production o
sugar. We have millions of acres adapt
ed to the cult, alton 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 pros
duce million tons of sugar annually,
within ten years. In accordance with the
practical aim Of this work, we shall en-
deavor to show that il IL TO our pccuniary,
and especially to our agricultural interests
te do so.
The cost ofraising the beet. cannot. un>
der iudicious cultivation. exceed three
dollars per ton. and We think that they can
he raised for two dollars per ton. But
taking the highest estimate, there is len
q large margin for profit. as one ton Of
beets will yield fIom one hundred and
forty tn one hundred and eighty pounds of
refihed sugar; abou; fifty pounds OF mo-
lsssrs suitable FOR distillaiion. five bund>
red pounds of leaves. an excellent green
fodder: aid five hundred pounds OF pulp.
worth one>ihird as much rs good hsy.-
eu' this IL not NJ; the beet crop cleans and
prepares The soil, and. in rotation. IL one
OF The best breeders of hny grain crop.
The yield Of be-is per acre, varies from
seventeen Ia forty two tons. We think
that. with our Improved methods. an av-
erage yield OF thirty tons per acre can
readily I've secured, but taking the low ay>
erase yield of twenty tons per acre. nj five |
d pllsrs per ton. is ono hundred d1llsrs;
de'luc'iny the highest estimate or the cost |
Of production, three dollars per ton, leaves
forty dollars per acre clear profit 10 the
farmer. Considering tie probability Of
30 tons per acre, costing two dollars rsf
f":i. We have the possibility Of profit of
ninety dollars per acre
There are. at present, but few manu-
factories Of beet sugar in this country, but !
they would spring up on every side. III
farmers once determine to raise the crops.
and made that determination known
Communities settling on the rich soils Of
the west and south. have the matter in
their own hands, IS have also The farmers
in the older states. Let dozen farmers.
in any section of the country. agree with
some Capitals; to supply him with beeis.
and a market viii be al orce created. II
Is for farmers To agi;aie this matter. in |
their daily conversation, and through the
columns OF their chosen agricultural
journals. The manufacture is carried ON
from September To March, a period when
labor is easily commanded The author
Of the werk from which We quote the
above, estimates the cost Of working one
thousand tons of beat, as follows:
1000 tons Of beats at s.. 900
LdDof. .............. ..... 900
Other expenses ...-.............. Loo /
Total. ..S,5OCa |
Receipts.
Ice. 900 lbs. sugar at 10 cents. $4,000 !
200 gala. molasses at rs crnis.... 1900 |
200 tons pulp at $i.............. 500 !
lOtal....... .Hl6.WDO |
leaving a profit OF over one hundred per
cent on the Manufacture, reckoning the |
sugar to be- worth only ten cents per H.
But supposins such quantity could be !
raised rs TO bring the price of sugar down
To eight cents per h.. there would be over
ffty per cent. profit on the amount invest
ed hv the nnapuf.otnrer C.r,a;ri,, az.