The daily gazette., 1879-01-24
FIFTH EDITION.
bsagar Beess.
Report cfthe Commissioners to the Leg
tsldture.

~ ON''s'ee"osVfscfo W tfst Ivy
tsidture.
DOVER, Del. Jan. M.-The following
is the nrst report Of the Sugar Beet Com
missioners to the Legislature:
The Commissioners met nj Dover op
April 10th. 1877, and organized bv elect-
ing Lea Pusey chairman, Edward H..
Marlin, Secretary, and Samuel b. Coon
er, Treasurer. "P
On considering the subject before. thew
concluded TO offer three premiums of
$40, $50, and SIS To tho farmers of tho
state Of Delaware for the best three re.
suIts IN cuitivatlnx the sugar beet for
sugar. ''
In view Of the universal practice OF
p,ePains ,ne found IN the Fall, IN the
beet sugar districts of Europe. and Ia .E.
ford an opportunity To do il In this trial
the preini niums offered were for be.ts
grown IN 1873 They also had printed
anu circulated certain papers giving In
iorhatioh on the subject; 100 lots OF seed
were distributed, u lots of samnle he.ts
were returned for testing. As anticipated
the results, with but few Exceptions.
were poor. AS knowledge of the causes
OF this are deemed of value the commits.
sion make II detailed report.
IN oruer To insure good seed for the
trial the Commission had fresh seed i'm
ported fiom Germany, early in ,he
Spring of 1878, procuring three ofthe hest
varieties. The seed we're carefully pre-
pared and put into small maiIable mack.
ages. over one hundred farmers abplied
ior seeu a competition for the premiums
anu number OF Others besides. Ont of
inc number entering into the competi.
tion 40 sample lots Of sugar beets were re-
turned These were tested by Prof.
ohlppen wallace, No. 7l3 Walnut
stieet, ihiiadelphla. few of the
ficnest Oeets were also tested 10y Prof A.
eichedt, no. 101 Wall street, New
YORK. These double tests agreed yery
nearly, and confirm che excellent resul,s
obtained.
Ihc premiums were awarded TO the
farmers whose yield of sugar, as shown
oy the tests would be largest for the given
area, and were as follows:
X: J Reynolds. Petersburg, Kent coup-
ty, gS6 pounds of sugar.
-. Heyd, Dover. 5,3O5 pounds.
IL. thompson, Pleasant Hill, 1898
pounds.
OF the 30 lots of beets te,ted, 25 Welded
Wen ihey averaged at the rate of Ia
OF sugar, which allowing for the loss in
the manufacturing would turn out an
average OF 2,9S2 pounds of pounds Der
acre. These excellent resnlts establish
the TACT that there are districts in our
state We'll adapted TO the production O 1
the sugar beet, rich In supar ,phere he
Drop" culture as giuen. 1t also indicates
other disticts as likely TO be unprofitable
FOR that purpose.
~ Is a cause of regret, that the farmers
uiu not manifest more interest, and a
larger mum Der take tins opportunity to
try their lands for sugar.
The ecOmmissioner. ara nf ,ha c,.i.,,x..,
that better knowledge of this in iust nv,
the profit to be derived from its introduc-
tlon, Doth TO the individual, and the
state, would t-nd to remove the apathy.
Inc Introduction of beet sugar has H.
creased over 10 per cent per annumn for
tue last % years, until il now amounts TO
about l .2O,OOO tons, and the taxes o n this
industry amount TO from sl0 to $50 Der
acre of b"ets grown.
The State of ID, laware paws over $500.
600 per annum for its sugar Can this bs
saved to the State. and thus tend to give
employment toidle labor, enrich and be n
cht all? Delaware has the Indispensable
requisites for the q Establishment
OF tins Industry. What then is required
TO give life TO this enterprise As a fact
OF history, tho beet sugar industry is the
child OF governmental aid, wherever
has been successfully established.
Its new establishment in this country
Is manly owing to writing on the sub
Ject, and consequently insufficien aid
thus far extended
In 1901 Congress placed beet sugar ma
chlnery on the free list In 1872 New
Jersey exempted beet sugar mapufac.
tories from taxation for len wears. In
1917 Maine offered premium OF one
cent per pound not exceeding 81 900 per
annum, to the first beet sugar manufac-
tory established In the State, this pre.
mi um te be paid for ten years. In is77
delaware appropriated $500 to be ex-
pended TO promote the cultivation of the
sugar beet for sugar, and is the first
state TO spend money in and of this in
uustry. In Maine the most imporiant
result OF these enactments is apparent.
Ihe Pori land drgus says:
"october Both, 1873, will be a memora-
pie day IN the annals OF this State. =
The main beet sugar COMPANY Of
fortland turned out over 12OOO pounds
OF rtiined sugar, manufactured from III.
beet" ''A' 'Ho
The commission recommend the ena,t-
lnent OF law to aid the establishment of
M M.ne hrSt beet sugar mandatory in this
otd q, anu also to encourage the cultlya-
uon OF The sugar beet for Suyar
Inc Commission have expended 50 II.
sf9.oo u which was tor fare and ftciphi
on the roads OF the Z. w. & B. X. X. Co.
Wiicu has been refunded; they Rave
therefore expended $3.50 So out Of the an
preparation OF tie $500, leaving balance
ot slo ~ IN the Treas hands.
LEA PusEy,
r, Is. COOPER,