The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-04-07
BETS FOR SUGAR

The sudden rise in sugar, caused P"I''n
by the revolution in Cuba, batpr,L"ss,,55;n
by SPECTATORS buying it up "Il .aLoh
!, for an advance, together "''h iNo p'o0"O
i u,,r oga ,,a, t,,,ber s5ronce IN P''ee 10
8 case tho Cubau disturf'"' ',.l;.t -
y ,i,o. im,ortanc, - any means ""''n pro-"
'.o, in5epen3,nce IF 'he'" contingencies
r , y" c '"', " new publication called How
s W. .. The farm pay publishedb by Zegler
n T,rardy 4 TO-, Of Chicago, the following
2 Interesting and instructive chapter on the
(cul,yation Of beets for sugar:
"The production Of beet sugar throughout
the world, is now about six hundred ana
fifty thousand tons, or onciourih oi me
whole production Of sugar We nave mi,
lions Of acres adapted to the cni'iVaIoh oil
the sugar beet We have the best labor saw
iny machinery Of any country on the globe,
and there il no good reason why we should
no, rroduce million tons Of sugar annually,
wi,h,p ten years In accordance with the
prsctjral aim Of this work, we shall endeav.
or TO show that il is to our pecunIsry, and
especially to our agricultural interests, 10 do
90.
The cost OF raising the beet cannot, under
judicous cultivation, exceed three dollars
per ton, and we think that they can be raj.
ed for two dollars per ton But taking the
highest estimate ofthree dollars per ton, there
is left large margins for profit, as one ton OF
bects will yield from one hundred and forty
to one hundred and eighty pounds Of rein.
ed sugar about fifty pounds Of moIases suita.
bic for diYil.atOu; five hundred pounds ut
leaves, an excellent green fodder; and five
hundred pounds Of pulp, worth one third aS
much ~ good hay. But this IS not all; the
beet crop cleans aud prepares the soil; and,
in rotation, is one Of the best preceders D'
any grain crop. The yield Of beet5, per
acre, varies from seventeen to for'y-tw0 tons.
We think that with our improved methods
an average Yield OF thirty tons per acre can
readily be secured, hut taking the low aver
age yield Of twenty tons per acre, at five
dollars per t1u,Is one hundred dollars; deduc
urg the highest estimate Of the cost Of produce
ton three dollar. per ton, leaves iortydJlars
per acre c'ear profit TO ne farmer, C0nsd.
ering the PROBABILITY Of ayie,d OF thirty tons
per acre, costing two dollars per ton, We
have the possibility Of profit Of ninety dol
lars per aCre.
There are, AT present, but few mauufac.
tories Of beet sugar in this country, but they
would spring up on every side, il farmers
once determined 10 raise the crops, and
make that determination known. Commu.
mites settling on the rich soils Of the west
and south, have tins matter in their own
hands, rs have also the farmers in the older
states Let dozen farmers in any section
Of the country, agree with some capitalist
to supply him with beets and market will be-
at once created 1t is for farmers to agitnte
this matter, in thyir daily conversation, in
their visits to the city markets, in farmers
clubs, and through the columns Of their
chosen agricultural Journals. The manu-.
facturc must be exceedingly profitable. II
il carried on from September TO March, u
period when labor Is easily commanded, It
will employ the extra farm luborers, Rt a
season when their services are not required
| on the farm: thus incidentally comforting d
| permanent benefit upon every community
whore such an industry is established
Tho author Of the work from which We
! quote the above, estimates the cost oil
working one thousand tons Of bect' as fol.
lows.
l,uu0 tons Of bcrt- at 0oC
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