Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-09-30
2fericlllfilral Department
I. D. R. COLLINS, Editor.
SUGAR FROM NEW SOURCES.

1t has only been within a few years
that the experiment of manufacturing
sugar from the beet in the United States
was attempted, and in view of the i'm
portance of the subject it is encouraging
to know, in an economic as we'll as
view, that the experiment
thus far has met with decided success.
The culture of beet-root sugar in Europe
is prosecuted ON large scale, and it is
estimated that the next crop will amount
to at least one million tons against $685.
900 tons last year. The returns Of the
growth of sugar beet in this country
have not shown an approach to that
amount of sugar which is yielded by the
growth of France and Northern Germa-
ny, which has averaged during the past
two years about six hundred thousand
tons. In the cultivation of a plant whose
juice contains not merely sugar, but ma
nv other substances, which undergo de-
composition or suffer change of constitu-
ton as the plant natures, it has been
found difficult in this country to deter
mine at what period the proportion of
sugar is in greatest amount relatively to
the other organic matters, which latter
may so interfere with the separation and
crystalizing of the saccharine matter as
to render a juice which is rich in sugar
not so manageable as poorer juices.
From the results already obtained in
the United States in the production of
this article, capital finds fair induce
ments for more extended investment,
both in the culture and manufacture, es-
pecialIy on the Pacific coast, where the
industry is becoming one of great impor-
lance and also in Colorado the culture
has been commenced with very promis-
ing results, two cultivators having Sc
cured over seventy tons to the acre. AT
Chatsworth, ILL.,, beet sugar of an excel
lent quality is made. Two other estab.
ilshments-one in Sank county, Wis,
and one at Alyarado, Acknowledging
a good quality of sugar. 1t has beer
found in the culture that the smaller
the beet, the larger percentage of sugar
The recent introduction of proper ma
chinery has done much to lessen the ex
pense of production, which is said to b.
about $3.50 per ton. The average crol
of two hundred productive acres in Hi
nois is about nine tons. The full sue
cess of the beet-sugar industry, however
can only be secured by its extension
among the farmers, to whom it recon
mends itself by several economic advan
tages. It's beneficial influence upon tn
soil, and the cheap stock-feed which
furnishes has already attracted the at
tention of the meat producers in tn
great cattle-raising States. An Englis
agricultural writer estimates the valu
of twenty tons of sugar beet, as stock
feed, as equal to that of thirty tons c
mangolds.
In some sections of France the cour
try is covered with beet-sugar factories
The average size of the farms is thirt
to forty acres, though there are some {
four hundred to six hundred acres. |
these sugar districts land has advance
$500 per acre, and it is noticeable thu
the people engaged in the culture of tt
article are all well-to-do in the world
On the other hand, in those sections
the country where there are no factorie
wages arc low, and the condition of IL
laborers is deplorable. During 16f
the beet-sugar crop of France amounte
G to $37,500,000. To this add $1,000
900 for molasses OF rough treacle, avail
able for spirit distillation, and the sa
charine product amounted to $4,000
= 900. France expects to raise 1880
tons of sugar in 1928. At last adv
ces the beet in France was quoted
29s. Cd. per cwt, the manufacturers i
quiring high prices in view of the ;
most exhausted stocks.
Another source from whence sugar
! being drawn is the watermelon, accor
" ing to California paper, which sa
that every farmer can make his own s
gar from that species of fruit as easi
, as sugar from the maple tree.
l. The cantaloupe and Persian melon vie
is more sugar, but require more care a
|. cost in manipulation than with the co
IS mon melon. The yield from the wat
lie melon is seven per cent. Thus S
Is Francisco sugar refinery is going il
N the business of manufacturing sue
l. from an article that Eastern pap
< sometimes refer to as being a "cholt
l. bomb"
re 49,
s, Big WHEAT FARMs.-Farmers in C
l. ifornia apparently have supreme c.