New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-07
BEET SUGAR.

BEET SUGAR
TIE GERMANIA WORKS AT CuATSwoRTH, ILL.
To the EdttOr Of The Tribune.
SIR visited the beet sugar works a Chats
worth the close of the sO and found them
working up their second and third products for shipment
the Belcher Sugar Refinery at St. Louis, which the
Company had been sending this class OF goods for ren
ing sugar. At the beginning OF the the Company
undecided about planting but at the last moment
concluded to do So and obliged to seed Of the
importation Of the year before which, however turned
out very we'll The Superintendent informed Inc that
they found IL best to import their seed from agdeboug
each year. and insure the purity OF the vaTetyhe
White SeSian-which they decidedly prefer for the soil
Of Illinois. The Germania Company was organized IN
the Of c. and succeeded the Brothers Gen
merit who started the works at Chatsworth i'll 1906
The present officers of the Company
President, w. Yates of Springfield, H.; Treasurer,
Jacob Bumm also of Springfield; Secretary, z. Roy
nolds OF Chicago, and superintendent at Chasworth, Mr.
j. Peram The Company own 2IoO acres Of land, which
they planted last year follows 500 in beets,
1900 in cOrn 700 in wheat oats and rye $50
acres in meadow grass aud beans and 80 occupied
by the buildings and roads In this way the rotation OF
crops was kept up, is needed these rich
prairie lands it be used them at present,
either directly by the song OF cattle, account of
their chemical constitution.
Underlying the State Of Illinois is an immense deposit
OF satpeter which show itself In any OF the crops but
Iecay in the sugar beet In of the fourth products
to St. Louis boiled from molasses, which had been
kept from the end Of to the beginning OF the
next than per cent OF inter found by their
chemist In fact the fine neCdle-crysals OF inter were
mixed with those OF the sugar, that they could be
scraped of the surface OF the mold This popularity OF
the soils OF the pTarcs renders them unfit for rails
ing beets for sugarmaking This has now
been recognized matter Of doubt whether the
Germana Company viii continue TO grow bees for sugar
at ChatswOIth any longer MessrS Otto, Bonesteel d
Co.. after examining these lands decided TO 20 further
10 the north and experimental at Black Hawk Valley
near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, They eventually sold out
TO local company there, composed OF neiGhboring
farmers. and finally settled in California. where from
TO per cent more sugar is found nearly al the saccha
rne Juices Capt Ward OF Detroit said 20 be interested
in factory starting Marshall, Michigan. The want
Of for the making OF sugar has been severely felt
at Chatsworth and it has been with great difficulty and
much delay that the crops have been worked of. The
Company have spent large sums OF money In sinking an
arosan well 1870 feet deep, but have had no result from
1t corresponding It's cost The general level Of the
country is such that in hot weather the water settles IN
the low places, which some times for SIX weeks no
work can be done the field requiring animal power
This great drawback TO the cultivation Of the beet,
which is crop requiring constant cultivation. especially
IN the Spring, when II Is apt 10 be rainy.
In case Of drouth the crops in the high places suffer
only 200 yielded any crop The character OF the soil and
the want of decidedly against Cbatsworth as
a beetsugar farm, and the experience there has been
unfortunate for the future OF beesugar raising In the
United States. The of these failures have been
entirely owing 10 the location and are not In any way
inherent In the business Mr. j. Peram, the Supern-
tendent at Chatsworh who is experienced
Illinois farmer says "The manufacture OF beetsugar
in the United States far has been profitable
investment. Like all enterprises 1t has TO over
come prejudice and feel its way by experiment The
failure far has been principally owing TO the lack OF
proper knowledge respecting the soils necessary for the
development Of saccharine matter, rather from the
quantity OF nitrous products contained in ordinary
prairie soils. The beet requires deep, rich, sandy
loam fTable and well drained, either naturally other
wise Such a soil is easily worked, and produces crop
rich in saccharine and usually free from deeteriOus
| matter"
| Notwithstanding these drawbacks, the Company got
last year. tuDs Of bees to the acre. equal TO II to tuns
with the tips OIL ready to wash and rasp. The beets
/ weighed from II to lbs each and produced O juice
which produced Oa cent OF sugar The cost Of rails
ing an beets viii vary according to Mr. Periam,
from SIS TO $40 you have the facilities for cultiyang
on proper SOIL by the OF improved machinery. The
beets may be grown and delivered at TIE factory the
distance being not over one-haH mile, for s. 80 to s.
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