The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-16

the following as the relative speci6c
gravity or weight of the root. and its
consequent richness, when the root is di.
vided and tried ia different parts Or sec.
tiops. For example, Il beet. root. grown
in Berkshire, ENGLAND. being divided into
six PORTIONS. and apal,zed. the ton.
next the ha>,., eon,snd J 10 per
ceut. of sugar; . un,m.xL IA per
cent: 3. III, n,Ai. : 3.4 p,r cent; A. the
next, 1Ol.2per cent; 5. the next. 10
"a Der cent q. the next. II O6 per
cent.
In II bcet.root from Surrey. Eooland
cut in four divisions. Ton. lst & nor
cent; %, 9 ~ per cent: 3D. 8 "A per
cent; 4th. 9 i.2 per cent Another
turnip. shaped beet contained . Ton. 4 2
per cent; bottom, sos per cent
A great deal has been said and mucb
mystifcatiop made about the noss;bil;tv
of growing roots which contain greater
proportion of salts than of sucor Doubt.
less there is considerable truth in this
but of one fact we NAV he certain and
it is a practical fact THAT all beet.
roots produced in rood old land which
has been MANFRED the previovs vcorwill
produce the maximum Of sugar which
the kind of root will produce : and tbat
the production of salts will mot bo 70 n
greater extent than is natural and
necessary for the perfectipp Of the roof
for its present weld of SUGAR and its fn.
ture production of seed
The practical grower or bcets NAV
therefore Danish all these speeulatiye
ideas. and proceed on the nxion that
The better the land (provided it is old
land). and the better it is MANFRED the
more sugar will follow TO the acre
while on Door. sandy soil. and IN muck y
or preaty land. alt6ouob the roots NAV
be large, and the crop per acre heavy.
yet he may expect that his Weld pcr
acre of sugar will be far less"
A rich clay, CLAW loan. or even a
rich sandy loan. well fallowed the pre.
vious year, and well MANFRED (also the
previous falD, will also produce the max.
imum OF sugar, and, bearing this fact in
mind, no one will be so silIy as TO SOW
his beet on any other kind Of soil If he
does, he will meet with disappointment.
OF the various kinds of absolutely
white beet the "Silesian White" sugar
seems 10 be the best and the hardest.
The root grows almost entirely under
the ground, and thus does away with the
necessity of earthing up, a process, how
ever, which should always be practiced
where possible. In all eases it may be
taken as general rule, that the sugar.
bearing roots should be earthed up with
the pillow or cultivator as often as the
roots force themselves considerably above
the soil. All the Silesian beets have
colored skins above ground.
Any person going into the raising of
sugar-beets should get as many kinds as
possible; try them all keep a record Of
the results, and then cultivate that kind
which he finds most suitable to his own
farm. In doing this he can never 90
wrong; every farm varies from others in
some respects; no person can be OK.
pected to know beforehand the kind that
is most suitable for his land, and nothing
out actual trial and experience can be
perfectly depended npon
hardness against the effects of frost
Is a most important point, and the pru'
Dent beet'producer will be especially
careful 10 select those kinds which are
least sensible to frost Actual expert.
ence Is the only guide to be depended on.
Inc second great point Is the reduc-
'ion Oh the root to such state that it is
easily carried to the centers, where it is
10 DC reduced into sugar.
Inc richest possible root, as it con-
,ains oV per cent. OF water cannot
oe prontaoiy carried more than two or
'hfee miles, and generally not more than
ope mile ms has led In France to the
establishment OF "raperies," where the
root Is ground and pressed, and the
juice Is then conveyed to the sugar fac
tory In IRON pipes, under ground. The
distance the juice is thus conveyed is
often seven miles, the juice being first
prepared with lime.
In Gallicia (Europe), at the great
sugar factory OF Schuetzenbacb, where
they employ 5000 hands, the roots are
sliced and dried and the sugar is extract.
ed by diffusion. In this way the root is
reduced, weight for weight, to about the
value of barley, SO that the dried roots
can be carried as far as barley; but this
plan is destructive to the farm. inasmucb
as it leaves only the greens and FOLIAGE
Of the plant as a manure for the soil. and
the land is only benefited bv the extra
cultivation it receives, while all the min.
eral elements of the root are removed
most certainly to the great detriment If
the land. Neither Of these plans is
adapted for American use in general
system OF bcet.growing. Here we re-
nuIrn the nrQuvth ut tho