Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-05-10
NEW SERIES--VOL. IT, NO. 10,
SUGAR BEETS AND BEET
SUGAR

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haa, , 'n"S W." m.IJuns J s,.'pl1 ~ ",,,,rr y,
pee,s % % rnr s,,, W I,'vo ~ AZ conn,rv , II 4
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~" I ,o,i,r, I ,a,La, al Wv, 49, n,,n nol,sd ~
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4 dsr ,heso Wv, ,'i,on,ns,.nca. s heo, sngoy
@ maL;n,. .' .,,aa .".a. : naaa"ss Rror ] naeca
was doo,arod hoa,,, d,,,esWoImos,
nrob;h;,or,, IL ,ho;r -, wero lov
lod nn - 49, ;,s,,.s."J 80 Er.noa
and H., h ,hssa ,aaps III - .har natn
81 ye.aLIo." ~ ."o "ne ns .h"aa.a';". sa 80 - 49,,
m ponv'cno, 's',c'n,'. - w.. wy ~ ,a;n,a;s 80
eJs eds In s ,h;s conn,rw % We have ,he an.
rar cane and the s,'a,, ,nanIo. hn, onr
,ariff ,hnnrb b;ch crougL N war,en n,
MAKING of sugar from these will moi
allow Tho evnsndi,uro nr large sums
for tho more expensive mannfaetare Of
l beet sngar Az no one wishes To have
ali srrar co,sumars 10 cod moro heor;
liv bv bigbcr duties nm tbat necessity
x ia nrobable that sngar mal,;no from
beets will never become an important
American industry A. The natural
nr;ces of sugar-tbat ia without a Tar
Iff beets arc worth more as food for
stock than 10 make into sucar still
the s,bioc, IA an ;n,eros;ng ono and
we conv from the Massacbusetts
pioyoIman tho folIowing intercsting
rcnoyt of n conversat;on IA editor ha3
n law years ago witb n Frcncbman he
tween Coloone and PARIS
In the yicinitv of Coloono there
were immense fields of the SUGAR beet
and IL was about the time OF The bar.
vest. when the roots were being null.
ed and taken in great cart loads 10 tbe
sugar factories We remarked that
sall the beets on these loads appear
TO be about the same size and rather
small Do thew trv 10 oet them of
that size? W6y don't they grow
them larper9o iriIFll o
A large sized root contains less an.
gar than n smaller sized one That ia
We'll settled both bv our scientific men
WI WI sc's,ou oo.n ~ our sc,ens,no y men m
a anu " oAPsllo"oy Pv ,,, ~ .ne susar lianu-
ao'I,,eI ,oa =; 49,. Va No WI, n,a ,oo sugar va
iios ~ poo'o iion W Por ,on'''
less sugar but usuallv contain more
water II Il we'll oscerto;ned that tha
rs,aI a,o.a,,o 30 s,,,or,, Az cIa.;a,,
usuai average VI sugar N @ .ne olleslsn
pee' anu .no varieties cultlva'ea ior
.ho sugar = ABOUT a, Yen per cent, pul 10
% .nc o.ner v''r'o''es, iine .ne 'iahgo'u'
'"e ProPor'loll - mucn less.
=. is .ne sugar Us gooa as .na' from
'he sughr-cane, do you ,nlhk
20 ~. Is Prec'seiy INC same ~ qual,ty
II u - wen 'nlue anu 70" wiz nhu II
every wnoIe On .ne, 'Aoie, lor your COZ
ioe, as c ilon anu % Mni'v as Tue ocs' lump
Sugar iioin i .ne oano
now rs ~ auol' tco VASE 40 .nc
wnole oi .nc sugar ., 'hc poc' caPaoie
VI oelhg crys'aiiheu m,
hvery Par''cio' INC process Oh
manuiaesare ,hnu esa as now w 50 periec. .nat pa,
.ne,e .iu' noou ~ ~ ,o91 ous P.aol''a,i
~ n'aAn's sugar ~ ia'ico par. ~ y
occomes nolasses or syrup wn'cn
uoes NOV orys'aii'.e' ~ ,na' 'nc ac'uai
anloun. oi sugar y, perhaps no. 'nore
,na'' . or . per cent, or ABOUT one
nan o' 'ne anouns presch. N ,ne rool,
put inc otner nan oeco'nes lhoiasses IN
tne process oi sugar mahi"g' ana is
usea aS sucn.
ou say 'ne sinaiier roo's contain
more sugar Dont the weather ana
soil nave some ihnuence on tnat
"on, yes tne sugar is aiiected py a
great many circumstances Inc sea
son, whetner ury or wei, the kina OF
manure useu, ,he sou, lne tune Oh mar
vestlng, ana o,ner 'nings nave as much
influence perhaps, as the size OF the
roots ana the variety very strong
ana iorcing manures make a ranker
growth but the percentage OF sugar
VIII DC less saline manures generally
have 20 be used with caution Com
mon salt wiii promote a great growth,
but though useful IN small quantities
1t would lessen the proportion OF sugar
very much, II applied too largely,
And so forcing, ammonical manures
add TO the proportion Of water in the
root"
a"Do they always take the roots di-
rectly from the field TO the sugar
house Y