New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-07
which would be worth probably n cents Tho moasses
brought IS cents gallon. Free board the cars at
Chstsworth the packages furnished by the purchasers

which would be worth probably n cents Tho molasses
brought IS cents gallon, free, board the cars at
Chstsworh the packages furnished by the purchasers
The factory at Chatswoth works about 80 tuns OF bees
day, yielding 800 900 pounds Of sugar In the season
thus First product say 1900 pounds second prodnc,
cay 1000 10 5000 pounds; third product say 5000 70
10000 pounds; mOlasses, say 100000 pounds-toai 39
10 make patcn elastic roofing and to adulierae gycer
Inc In Europe II IL used for purposes OF distilatl9n
Into alcohol but IN this country thei0W price OF gram
prevents its for this purpose The low price OF corn
In This country and especially in the West causes TO be
used almost entirely for fattenng cattle ana the pup
which in Europe finds ready sale for this purpose can
only be USED for manure at Chasworth unless the price
Ills thus seen thar many OF the conditions OF this Inn
portant industry very different In this country rom
what they are in Europe Experience rs tno Va a1 @
IN these matters Inc Gerihanla COMPANY at an,,n
ployed foreign superintendent skilled In the Inanuiac
tc of sugar, but Of late years they have i0und more
desirable to employ American farmer who devoted MS
time to the management OF the farm as wen as INC lac
The seed ia in the proportion OF 10 or - pounds
to tho acre, and the plants need ono weedhg py manu-
after that with the cultivaor which Ia wheeled and
worked by three mules Mr. Peram cutyates 10 acres
a day with his machine. 49, 4,
large colony OF Germans who are all familiar with beet
cultivation and men. women, and children turn ouI IN
il an advantage not easily estimated In the foregoing
narrative O the facts they at ChltswOrh tee
unfayorabe circumstances the Company have gone on
making sugars until they were satisfied rs to the actual
charge to location In they determine to move
Their machinery, nearly all OF which was made specially
worth much more than cost They say, however, that
when their years product win average nine cents a
pOunthere h margin enough 10 warrant them In work
Ing. Mr. Periam, their superintendent says: Upon
proper soils, with economical administration OF the
finances he firmly believes that the manufacture OF beet
sugar the United States will yet compete with tfOpta
cane" The experience which cost France so dear. and
which has only been adequately rewarded within me
last years. ought certainly 10 encourage the promoters
OF bcCfsugar culture in this country We cannot do
better than watch carefully the experiments now going
on in England, some OF which have already been re-
ported In The TRIBUNE. .
T.. tfa 4ftf ha Forte of
Camden New Jersey. have unfortunately been brought
10 q close by financial difficulties not at all connected
however, with this experiment.
Tho Massachusetts Agricultural College Ia taking
interest I'm this matter and very elaborate art
Gle appears in the eighth annual report Of the trustees
the production of beet5ngar agricultural enter
prise IA Massachusetts,. Reports from California give
The most glowing OF the richness OF the beet
ices there Int the expense OF working TO vary
greatly at the different factories Experiments have also
been with the Juice Of the California melons which
have given good results and produced sugar superior to
the best in flavor. The grapes on the Pacific yield
Juice than those OF any other locality, that
Jhe soil and climate Of California seem particularly
adapted 10 the growth of any producing plant
NeU IOsk, June 80. 1871. TG.s.