Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-01-30
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ter the reading Of the proceedings OF Inc
last meeting, the report OF the Treasurer
was read, accepted, and placed on file. y
humorous poem, "Beriah Crane and the
Kicking cow" read by Miss II. L. Wood,
was well received by the audience. Pro-
feSor Levi Stockbridge of Amherst Col
lege was introduced by President Bryant.
He spoke substantially as follows:
This is a kind of Club am unaccustoni-
ed to address, for 1 seldom meet with so
many ladies. II is what like to see, how
ever, as in all undertakings the ladies are
indispensable, and, I'll venture to say, are
the sure and best means of success l wish
to stand before you tonight without for
mality, or as on witness stand, so TO
speak, and will answer any questions you
may ask on the subject that l can. Far
mers here, the same as elsewhere, are near
ly all given TO the cultivation Of tobacco;
and it has not been profitable of late. A
great deal of the weed that has been raised
the past two or three years is lying in the
barns now. Hence they are looking about
for some crop more profitable. In consd-
ering the "CultivatiOn of the Sugar Beet"
we ask ourselves first, is there any demand
lor tue sugar, or Is there any nced oil H.
sugar Is now considered rs one OF The nee
essaries of life. The people of the United
States consume, besides what is raised here,
one hundred million dollars worth from
abroad Massachusetts alone sends five
millions to other countries for sugar con-
sumed in that state. Hence, there Is sure
demand, not only to-day, but in the future.
The more civilized We become, the more
sugar we consume. The foreign emigrant
at nome uses lille or no meat or sugar
here' ne does The annual increase Vi co"-
SUMPTION oil sugar IN 'hls country Is ~ per
cent repeat, tue supply Is ilnilteu' ro'-
merry sugar was Utmost "ho'Iy pIo"uce"
from the cane Inc supply from TINS source
Is oecfeaslhs-hot III proportion 10 tue ue-
mand, but absolutely Flity-hve per cent
Oh tue sugar Prouuceu Is ~ Iroih inc CANE
20 per cent from the sugar Dee'; per cent
lroll soIsnu per ceIi' l'o'i, 'ie "'"Pie'
anu Tue otner per cent from o'ner sourceS'
Inc product ny the cane Is decreasing
where slavery is abolished; Inc cultlVa-
ton OF 1t is too exhaustive TO the white, and
II has proved profitable only when raised
by the black, and then under the lash. BE-
sides, the Southern States are not SO wen
adapted as more tropical climate. Clll-
mateiy most OF our sugar VIII he produced
IN temperate cline. The question is,
how Is there any crop that will, in grow
ing, secrete sufficient sacharine TO make it
payY Indian corn is one, but it cannot be
crystalized. SO with sorghum raised north
OF pennsylvania. The beet comes next.
AS early as 1880 the experiment was tried
here, but the common beet was found not
sweet enough Since then the sugar-se-
creting properties have been improved, and |
instead of yielding, as then, only to per
cent, now gives as high as IL TO Is per cent.
In $50, France, on account of the war, was
compelled by dire necessity t resort to
some means TO obtain sugar 1t was worth,
then, IN the market, Sl.5O per pound. The
government offered large reward to any
one who would produce sugar from the
SOIL oil france in way that would warrant
It's culilvauon' In two years time an Gun
lneht chemist produced from the beet, suS-
ar lor 81 cents per pound, ana then leceiV-
ing iair proh'. inc government lhen OIL
the production OF sugar from tue peet' Al
ter awhlle the bounty was Withdrawn and
tax substituted. Inc revenue from This
source has gradually increased. In 1871 it
amounted 10 sl6,OOO,OOO, 3OO,OOO tons being
ralseu' Inc sugar beet mas been the saliva
ZION Oh FRANCE Inc ffehch are the pest
aSricuiturlsls IN the world, Tue Chinese not
excepted. In leoo they raised more wheat
thah the Chlteu Sla'es' led more men ana
ahiliiais' raised more oil every thlhS except
Inuiah corn Remember the area OF
france uoes moi oAceeu 'ha' OIL inc state oil
ieAas. op"cco Ialui Is uot seH-support-
ing II might DC II all the dralh OF the west
We're put upon 1t, but that is impracticable.
Inc sugar ptet docs not drain Inc land. 1t
Is doing Tor Germany what 1t has done for
France. Russia is beginning TO cultivate
II. England can now produce sugar cheap
er at home than her colonies can now i'm
port II Tree OF duty. II 1t is profitable in
all other countries, why not in ours? We
made an experiment at the College. We
sent to Germany for some seed and raised
lew rows IN Inc garden from which we
oD'alhed by analysis 10 per cent oil crystal
lied sugar. The next year we sent for
large quantity OF seed, and also for machine
ny 10 cultivate while growing: planter,
drawn by Two horses, which would sow
TWO rows alta time' eighteen inches apart
noe drawn by Two horses, that would
cultivate four rows alta lime; and digger,
10 dig TWO rows at Time, in all costing
S7OO, Tree oil duty. We planted five acres.
AS we had no machinery to manufacture
The sugar, we made some in rude way,
and the rest OF the beets were fed TO the
STOCK. You see we did 1t all by machine
ry; ana we found that we can produce sug-
ar cheaper than either France or Germany,
AOA W. "iO nv baAeu' Inc TAX IN the for