Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-02-01
Sugar Made From Beets.

pest sp9ar--ahs industry which II
now deeervedly attracting much at
tention In our S(ste---appears in The
Augusta ( Wis. J Herdid of Jan Sth
and ID from the pen of f. II Hough
ton, Esqj t4 ~raVo 3a belsst
"The Americi.ns a. a nation hsv,
the pr6rerbial sweet tooth largely
developed usin.s az they do NOR,
than twice az risich sugar per cdpitC
as the English, Zen times as much al
French and Ger:maussand more thar
treRty times as l.Hch "a The Russians
Oar French, ci1rman, and Russian
cousins more prudent than we, man,
uiucture at hor:t nearly all the sugar
hey clpanme, Ehile we. with oul
hroad1t'r,ile laWds and almost every
Necessity appliance ready at oul
bands are still obliged TO send thou
sands Of miles to:Sbe tropics TO obtain
the coveted lug G.y paying charges
od lata5inm in tfe way of commits
sions 10 agents 4 Cuba, port charges,
litherage coope.2ge, freight, stealage
loading, dischatging, wharfage, truck
ing a dozen :mes, weighing and
duties, besidess Z dozen enormous
shirinkaBe and leakage, making the
gallons q mols9ees costing originally
IN Cubs zen or twelve cents, to cost
on he dock in New Yorksover fifty
and sugar in proportion. But the
end is nGtyet. After passing through
the haFds Of the retiner, cartipg about
q few more times, passing to the
wholesale MERCHANT, and being
brought nearly Aalf way across the
Continent, it c7mes at last to the
counter Of tho Western retailer,
where Il, is soldsat astonishingly low
prices, considering the distance it has
been brought AID the hands through
which il has p,xsed, leaving green
backs sticking slI along its route.
II is iadeod singular, if with our
rich aud cheap lands we cannot COM
pete with foreign sugars, especially
as the cost % raising an acre Of
beets is actualla' less than an acre of
cane, While thS yield of sugar is GER
tainly equal, ifshot superior.
To raise an sore of cane it requires
172 days Of aialt labor, while an
acre Of beets needs but 46, and much
Of that may DC performed by chill
dren. The cost of growing an acre
of be6ts, as averaged from a series
Of thirteen experiments in different
parts Of the United States, conduct
ed on o large e.ough scale to demon
strate their correctness, is S50.24,
while the average yield is given as
"a 46 sons.
The lowest cost per ton is given at
81 cents, tho highest Sl05. Tue
armeg selling lis beets at S. 80 per
-on would thut clear a profit of S26.-
n to tbe acre, which certainly should
satisfy any gsasonable man. In
France the cor. Of raising beets is
calculated to y about % per cent.
more than wheat, which crop should
lsuaIsyffoiiow beets.
LIE SOIL
for beefs shousl be loose, free from
stones, and ncs too moist; small
amount Of linz, is also advantageous.
Newly cleared land is not suitable
the firsi year Tor beets, but should
be prepared toy them by crop OF
wheat or sons other grain.
The land should be pl0ughed deep
IS oncs or twae in the Fall, and well
tn tpe iro-ts 70 di-iute4-
rate tEa sill well harro ged Ia the
Spriag. wheE manure should be lib
eraly and evenly distributed and
well pi3ughe in--harrow again and
roll with "a heavy roller, and the field
is ready for the seed, which should
be tic White .5ilcsian variety.
Before planting it should he soak
ed il water about twenty-four hours
and piled in heaps until signs Of
germiGation appear, when il should
be rolled in fine boneblack and SOW
cd in regular rows, SO that the plants
will be about fifteen or eighteen
inches apars when grown, Care
should be taken TO keep the roots
we'll covered as the Tart growing
above the su:lace is poor in sugar.
When harvested they should be
ploughed up carefully topped, and
placed in tronshes dug for that pur-
pose. !
THE MAS J:FAcTURE OF SUGAR.
The first process in the manufac-
tura Of sugars when the beets are
brought TO tie factory, is washing !;
which is performed by passing them
through q slightly inclined drum
with grated sides, which revolves in
a tanlS of wafer, which washes them
perfectly clean when they reach the
other end. From the washer they
pass TO the 'pulper,' a large cylinder
completely covered with saw-like
teeth which speedily reduces them
to pulp. The juice is then extracted
from. the pulp by enclosing it in
strorg sacks which are subjected to
the action Of powerful hydraulic pres
ses, or by plGseing it in rapidly revolv-
ing centrifugal machines, the sides OF
which are composed of perforated
copper plates and fine brass wire
game. These are about two and one
halt ;eet in diameter, about fifteen
inches deep and rOvolve on a verti-
cal spindle; Upside a strong iron case
which receives the juice. The pulp
being placedfi the machine, is by it's
rapia rotation, evenly and quickly
dis,hibuted}cn its sides, the centrifu.
gal force causing the juice to be
thrown off through tie wire cloth,
whose meshds will not allow the pulp
to PASS through. Water is then
sprayed upon the pulp which dis.
solves and washes out the remainder
OF the Juice, which is then raised to
the ttafecati0n pans, which are large,
open, rouDd+bottomed receivers, pro.
videG with a steam jacket for heating
and a syphon for drawing off the
clear Juice. When neraly filled, the
Temperature il raised to about 1902
when "a quantity of milk of lime il
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