The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-30

and capitalists, TO the Importance ana
resources OF the beet sugar industry as
practlced In Europe. 1t has already
gained foothold In this country, and,
II we read the agricultural weather
signs Alright, Is destined to rank, with.
inla few decades, among our foremost
farm industries.
The fact that this country pays an
nually over seventy-five million dollars
to other nations for sugar ought to be
sufficient to arrest thought, and turn
1t into this channels Sugar from the
beet root Ia identical in composition
with that from the cane, and can In nc
way he distinguished from 1t. or the
direct profits of the industry there need
not be the slightest doubt, as we shall
abow IN subsequent paper. But the
indirect benefits TO be- deprived from II
are even more weighty. The scientific
Investigations lnstitutedln Europe into
thls beet sugar question, are of wonder
full interest, since they were the key
tural science and practice on the east
ern continent. Now the Industry stands
In the front rank among the agricultur.
al industries Of France and Germany
and has gained strong foothold in
England and ireland. Wherever in
PRODUCED, IL has improved the general
agricultural condition to a market ex
tent. and 10 said to have doubled the
products of French farms. 1t enables
the farmer 70 keep much more stocb
upon the same area, on account OF en-.
ormous amounts of fodder resulting
The pulp remaining after expressing
the juice from the roots, ills ex
cellent cattle food In a small bulk like
wise the tops, which may DO preserved
iresh, In properly constructed pits.
The land is continually growing more
fertile, for In tie sugar sold no fertility
Is removed from the land, and what
little goes Off as beef and dairy products
may be easily replaced by means of the
PROFITS eceruiDg therefrom. The soil IL
improved by the deep and thorough
tillage practIced. and by the rotation
adopted other profitable crops are pro.
duosd. -
The earlier, ettoSis In this country in
Wisconsin, Illlnola and California, were
failures, from lack OF capital, and In.
adequate knowledge of the causes
which govern success and failure. Fac.
tories at Freeport, ILL.,, and several In
California, are now meeting with
marked success.
1t is stated that movement has been
begun In Delaware, for the Introduc.
tlon of the business upon an extensive
scale. And for several years the ques.
zion has been agltated In Canada, with
view to Its ultimate establishment
there. Now and then pamphlet on
the subject appears, and occasionally
ap agricultural lecturer takes It for his
theme. A book on the sugar beet Is
promised before long, from the pen Of
an able Oswego, N. Y. gentleman
We look with interest upon the Dele.
ware project; for but lot success crown
the efforts made In this direction in a
single instance on the Atlantic coast,
and 1t will be the signal for a score OF
factories to spring into existence in the
middle and eastern states.
There need be no doubt of the success
OF this industry. If entered upon intel.
ligentiy, and with the right men con-
trolling It.
The Investigations OF Professor Goes.
mann, at the Massachusetts Agricul.
turs! College, In 1901, prove conclu.
slve!y that the successful cultivation of
the sugar beet in the northeastern
states 10 possible, and not attended with
very great difficulties. And Its cultiva-
tion once an assured success, the manu-.
facture Of the sugar Is but matter of
capital, and the employment of few
skillful men. educated for the business.
who may be had almost without num-
Der from France or Germany.
A series Of trials were made In vari.
Gus parts Of New England and New
York, Ia connection with the investI.
gations of Professor Goessmann, and
under his direction, and the beets were
subsequently examined by him, with
most satisfactory results. To these In.
vestigstions we shall make frequent
reference hereafter.
Much depends on seed, soil manures,
ollage, locality. and climate. for the
successful cultivation Of the beet for
sugar making, And 1t IS only by trial
and experience that the farmers ola
certaip section can learn whether their
conditions are adapted to the business.
We believe 1t would be for the inter.
eat OF many of our readers to devote
little land. labor, and thought, to this
crop the coming season. Then have
the crop examined after harvest by
com petept chemists for the content of
The sugar In the roots produced. By
comparing results next winter IN the
Scientific Farmer a great deal will
have been learned about the business :.
and decided advance made toward Its
Introduction as sugar enterprise. But
as an inducenent to engage In ibis cul.
ture to limited extent. as an educa.
tionsl effort, tho reader should bear In
mind that sugar beets are among the
very best OF roofs for stock food, and
the production Of rich milk.
Such course will teach whether a
particular soil and section Is adapted to
this branch OF farming, and preclude
failure. When, years ago, in France,
the business was found to promise such
large returns, factories started up In
many localities, where 1t was soon Dis
COVeFed that tho boafa .n,I1 - -