The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-11-21
fhe Beei-Sugar Industry OF France.

In 1924, France produced total of
10000 tons Of beet-sugar, in over 100 fac
tories. In 1887, the product was $4,000
tons. France, since that time. has
doubled tie product Of beet-sugar every
! ten years. In 1920, the product was only
2tbs. for each inhabitant; in 1865, it was
fourteen pounds per capita. Since 1868,
except in the immediate vicinity of the
! Seab0ard, 10 sugar is seen OF used in
/ France except the beet-sugar. The same
is true Of Germany. This Is almost the
! only sugar used in Paris. Vienna. Berlin,
/ Dresden, Leipsic, OF 8Eunich. In 1887,
the yi5la o. haat- i2-r-a4,E.a.- twelve
tons; price s. per ton. In 1865, the,
yield was sixteen tons per acre; price
83.25. The percentage Of sugar contained
in the beets, n 1887, was 10 per cent: in
1865, Il p per cert. The cost IN 1887
was cents per pound; in 1866, it was re-
s!uced To four cents per pound. Thus. it
has required nearly a half century to es-
tabliSh this great ana valuable industry
on the Continent Of Europe, on such a
ba' as 10 defy competition, and we now
haTe the benefit Of their experience. 1t
has been the result OF careful and Contin-
ued attention to thus increase the pro-
duet, Is well as the percentage Of sugar
in the beet, and this by studying carefully
its natural laws, and by the application
Of chemical knOWledge and mechanical
ingenuity to extract the sweet therefrom,
TO purify il, and render it suitable for the
most fastidious tastes. This sketch,
while relating mainly to France, applies
also to the rest OF Continental Europe;
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brief history Of the growth Of the indus
try up to 1865, aud since that time It's
continued success is shown by the follow
ing statistics: Total product of beet-suoar
in 1858, 100000 tons; total product OF
beet-sugar IN 1868. $4,000 tons; total
product of beet-sugar in 1873, 952 600
tons. 1t may be considered as one Of the
established industries of the temperate
zone, and only awaits the judciOus APP
pIicati0n Of capital and labor to estab-
lish it on any suitable soil, and in any
proper locality. The permanent effects
produced on agriculture in France by the
cultivation Of beeL-sugar have been as
tonishing. IN the cane-sugar d'rtricts,
10 other crop is to be seen, while cattle,
steep, and hogs are few. In the beet
sugar districts of Central Europe, on the
contrary, the fields are crowded with the
greatest diversity Of crops, such as beets,
wheat, rye, oats, barley, etc, as we'll as
all Of the cultivated grasses. No farmer
there need TO be told which system is the
most enduring. On a great public occa-
sion, the following significant inscription
Eas placed on triumphaI arch: Before
the manufacture OF bect-sugar, the ar
rondissement Of Valencielnes produced
G95, $50 bushels Of wheat, and fattened
700 oxen. Since the manufacture Of
beet-sugar was introduced, the arrondis-
sement OF Nalencienncs has produced l.
49,, 100 bushels of wheat, and has fatten
ed II 500 oxeae' A farm of S32 acres in
Fence, the product Of which, with the
per annUm, Wl;u s.1 yeats o. bV@E-SEgar
produced $41, 200 per annum.
Another farm, OF 295 acres, produced<D
225 bushels OF wheat, $500 tons OF bees. .
and fattened $50 head OF cattle, per an
au.a. The formers attributed their sue
5ess as cult.ga.ors entirely to the I'M
mense amount Of barn-yarI manure,
which the bcet-pulp gives to the stock,
enabling them also to effect an improved
condition of the soil The imp. owed and
increased amount Of profitable culture OF
the land consequent upon beet-culture is
now universally acknowledged, and whoT-
ever the beet is cultivated, lands advance
in value, and wages take the same direc-
ton. Cows fatten up the leaves andpulp,
and also produce more and better flavor
cd butter and milk than when fed on
grasses: 50 that the production of sugar
from the beet adds TO the supply Of Thread,
butter, and meat; and these-the leading
necessities Of mans eXistence-stimulate
and aid each other.