Daily Republican., 1879-05-03
Surar Rect Culture.


was yratified the other day at re-
ceiying IA call from Theodore Gennert,
who will be long known in connection
with the production Of bect-sugar as
the pioneer in what will surely be
A prominent industry in the near tu-
ture. am almost afraid to think how
MANY wears ago it was that first made
his acquaintance in the susar-house al
Chatsworth, Illinois; and yet what
seemed then to promise speedy success
and even wealth to those who were en-
Gagged in it, is to-day but little nearer,
apparently, to that realization. Mr.
Gennert is now in Maine, and as en-
thus;astic as ever on this subject. |
perceive change in his tone, however,
that indicates the. wisdom of dear bought
experience. At Chatsworth, ID years
AGO, we talked of sugar and beef. NOW
we talk of beef and sugar. AT the
West. when corn was liable to be ID to
20 cents bushel, and where it was
universally regarded as better feed Tor
bpeyes than roots in any form, the great
bulk of the nutrtive portion OF the
crop was lost. At the East it is not so.
1t will pay here to raise sugar,beets
simply as feed. The sugar which the
roots contain in their natural state
makes them platablc, indeed, and is
fattening, but it can be entirely with
drawn without lessening their nutrltive
onalities as feed for beef cattle OF
astore" cattle. The residue alter th'
sue,r is extracted is highly relished by
cattle, and may be feed to them freely
So that those who can feed it, really
have whatever they realize, on accouh
of the sugar, as clear gain. Beet-susa
! production depends absolutely, from al
economical standpoint, upon the com
plete consumption by animals OF
THE PULP OR RESIDUE.
Now we find it profitable to raise thos
great pulpy sacks of water called MAJ,
eelwurzels, simply for cattle feed.
has been over and over again demon
strated that German sugar-beets pro
! duce fully as much digestable and nu
, turitious food to the acre as mangels
and vet the latter are such an attra'
tive crop that we keep on raising .heh
If we could take them to the mill an
have them nicely pulped for nothing
!. and will be paid into the bargaln--th
miller paving us the privilege, and r'
turning to us the whole amount OF ut
tritritiye matter in the beets-we wonl
not hesitate long, but about arransin
for raising the roots, and having ca1tl
enough to consume the pulp. Tins i
: ,s understand it exactly what bee
smear production offers to the Mortimer
especially Eastern farmers. IL TAKE
this form, however-the sugar III
buys the beets and the beci-1eeder puy
fine pulp. When the beet-groWer an
the beef feeder are the same perSol
then the above proposition is reallze'
namely, the sugar-lnill pays the farm'
! for the privilege of pulping, and
= gets his own product returned, less $.
oar. The only reason why su5ar-ml
in any rood farming community Is n
sure TO be success is, that 50 few pc
| ple have found out how much more pr
iitablc it is to raise roots than corn L
feeding purposes. Every year mo
and more roots are raised, ana u
j, nrincjpal value of mangrls is to mai
root raising popular, and to lntr"d'
the sugar-beet as a general 1arm Gro
:, MANGELs As A CROP.
am hardly willing to cast the ST.
upon mangels which might be impll
- from what have written they hay
several characteristics which make the
favoritcs, and probably this will ;
" wavs he the case. The fact that th'
arc enormously bulky and heavy,
proportion to the nu'riment they co
tain. is overlooked by the farmer
his 10y at harvesting such noble crop
Suear.beets are not deeply in the so
Mangels grow largely upon the sur1ac
and may be harvested without diggln
blowing or any trouble but loading
to wagons. This, with me, has the cr'
in good order, and having it frosted
The enormous quantities OF roo
which sugar mill must have to e
tract the sugar from, in order to do
profitable business, makes it necessa
: that beet growing should be very ge
l. eral throughout any district, before
gar production will pay. This gre
production of bects necessltateS
feeding of a great many cattle, hel
more manure, more crops of all KIM
and a higher grade of farming in
respects. From the American Agrlt
tmist for March l.