The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-09-15
THE beet SUGAR MANUFATURE

THE BEET SUGAR NANUFATURE.
II h now elsar that tn pracslcse ility
of establishina tho beet SUGAR industry
in tbls country vim be thoroughlytssls
Here In our own county . large factory
has been put under contract, and will be
completed In 4 few months. Il will
have capacity to consume many tons
of beets per day. The Portland enter
prise IL to be enlarged; competent mama
gers areto take charge Of q factory ct
Baltimore /; the industry will shortly be
inauour.tad At North.,nnAor. in Msssa.
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enu'e''s' 'sysA oos.oh PAPss, snu s.''
movement In Norfolk county b already
yery prpmisipQ, t,.'.i I'm.
Con...r,,, ',,,,s H.. y .r,.,rr,.a ma
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receiVeu = report oi very inss'u.',.'
lecture delivered before the Franklin
Farmers' Club, BY Mr.. John Sparrow, Q
~ ~. ,,v., Tho .,h;ect
p'"o''e~' No., -. 500 -
carer VI a1tention. Mr. sparrow s'io"s-
II opposed to starting . factory on .
small scale. "a in Europe factories Of
go .,,,e.,...,., ,,r
LIE cusrsceel nASo "oon u"'ioi9 ~"
successful. A factory such - he could
..,,,,,,,,ara ono .c,,.I 70 N. ,vor&,ro nj
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100 tons OF beets per day, would require
sor ;,e erection and r,,nuIn~ NJ least 4
40 ,-,
quarter Oh mainoh doiiais'
Counting on 4 supply Of 10, 600 to IL,
| ooo .h,. o,,,d
wv IonS "a oecsS POI ~"'A""'' sA'S WYNN
require $50 acres OF land all put dOwI
ho.,. Abroad vherever the iudus
'ooesS' ~>o'"~~'
try has been successful, rotations Of crops
universal, that Is they only employ
Il q same lands for beets once in fouI
wears. This will necessitsts the cult.
y.,;.,n ~ ,wo thou.rnd IN tventv. f.,s,,
II - Is.,s - s,',s,,s 81.
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lacloy using que nunuieu sons pet oAy
for The season. inns can DC dome, ahl
only done, by Q gre 1t number Of smal
farmers taking hold OF the business with
spirit. All our lauds are good tor beet
and af, thar Ia required Ia th,rouoh nd
,,,aii;aan, o,I,ivat;on Much ~ IN.
I' 49,. -,
'anu suAosu n~s oeen uo"n W ooeS
every iour years ior the iast nity years
and yet does not refuse 10 give results
Some idea of the vast importance o
this industry to Northern Germany maj
be- obtai ned from the statement that th,
. number OF acres Dat down to beets TO
the season Of 1873, has been 400 .OOC
Beets raised upon this land are $40 w
tons. and the sugar estirn ated is $4,000
tous, or 700 600, OOU pouads, and the su
gar. molasse, and pulp II valued 1t 463
900 900. The pros paid TO the farme
, Tor beets delivered aS tho factory or raj
roa Is IL 50 Der ton with the crOw Gu
Oh, and less 8 per cent Of weight 10
rx.th. Tue factory always pays 70 tn
government the x else tax OF 81 per TOT
In this country there Is no excise o
|, beets. On the contrary, We have DIT,
tectiye duty of from IL 10 Al cents De
uo,. nd on the Glars of sugars that we al
a,le TO make from beats.
FACTORIES usi nR from 10000 to 2O,O(
tons of beets in = season can not recel
= more than half the crou during haryes
= lug. i he balauc. has " be stored in pi
ior winter Use. Free iuR ia of great a.
n vantage, AZ it ruptures the sap vesse
!, more c ,tnpletely than IL is posi- BILE TO d
me .haLicIlly. In thus we are greatly Il
u van cd bv eli ,uat,,. IA our continuous col
/, weather would enable us 70 preserve tt
- heels 40 "a To extend our VI orkiny seaso
" w,lliuto Anril ar Nav.
= Mr. SPARROW sAvs he can nae no reasc
vhv there should moi IN. a margin of mr.
III III equal to TWENTY-FIVE or thirty n
cent on manufacture of beet sugar
this country. Raw sugar is now wor