The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-01

THE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY.
YoR THE rxrELLI0EScER.
As the principal topic Of couversatio1
among the people Of Puyallup Vale,
1t the present time is Is sugar bee.s Ant
beet Sugar" perhaps youe correspond
ent could not do better this week thar
to take that subject TOR text. especiall!
- his letter would be dull indeed if IL
undertook to chronicle only the COM
monplsce events that transpire in ,
quiet country neighborhood this wintr,
weather. Then. to begin ~ith. vii
cay that tie farmers are taking mucl
interest in this suhj>cs This fealini
vas aroused by the favorable result o
~ analysis Of few sugar bes's grow,
this season on the farm Of j W Mo
Carly II Stuck Valley. The tests wsr'
made in Californis to determine th,
sugar making qu~lity OF the beet.: OH
at the Standard Beet Sugar Manufnc'
tory at Alvarado. and the other by Prof
3 W Hilgard Of tho Sta.e Agriculture
College st Berkeley. The results o
these tests were pronounced highly So.
isfsctory. though the latter was more
favorable than the former. the repor,
Of the test made at Alvara1o is a. fol
lows:
6acchrometer er...........15
fOioS1xoflon ...li.
OIneIenCe. Ce.............. 4.
Coe6oisnt purity y....... 1888
Mr. e h Dyer. the Superintendent Of
the works. Ia . note accompanying th.
report to Mr. E Mseker. says: Beetl
tina: polarize II per cent. should yield
about I per cent. sugar. You will
probably get Leets. by proper cultiva-
tion, that will average Is por cent by
polarization" And further on he says
Eleven per cent. is very good. consid
ering that the quality Of the bests was
inferior. We think. with COOL seed
you need have no fear bu. that You eau
raise. gooi. rich sugar beets --as good
probably. MS Can he rAi.ed any where.
II you can raise ". goo sugar bsets in
Washington Territory as we can here,
and as chcaply, l canuo: sec why fac.
tory would not pay much letter than
ct this plsce. a. fuel will not ,st near
as much. aud sugar will sell q. a higher
price,"
The following il = copy Of the letter
oontsiSing the result Of the test at
Berkeley. BY Prof. Hilgard:
UxuvERsrrY or CALIroRNIA.
COLLE0R OF AGRICULTURE,
BERxgIEY. November 10, 1879.
II. q. Aaral!,ot. Esq:
DEAR SIR:-Youss of Octobsr Both
and beet came to hand few days ago.
In consequence Of the lspae of time the
latter was little wil,ed. hence the re-.
suits of the tests arc . shade too high.
The figures are these Weight of Beet
cleaned aud trimmed. II ounces; speci-
&c gravity cf juice at II c.. 1.0575, in.
dicating lA per cent. VI s,lid matter in
juice. Tho same. by direct and Inverted
polarization. gave Is per cent. Of cane
sugar, and purity cot6cient 028. This.
you perceive. Is " "tirt"p" bret, and you
eau do no better than 10 get sesd Of it.
We shall consider this test determine
tion made for the benefit nf the Pacific
coast vt large. and ,herefore gratis
Very truly y"urs.
Euo w. HILoARD
These favorable reports have aatu.
rally awakened IN interest in the sub
ject among farmers in the PuyAllup
Valley. and led them 10 inquire into
the practicability of engaging ia this
enterprise. For the purpose of aiding
them in their inquiry. tho writer here.
With lays before the readers Of the
lNrELLIGxxCER the results Of bis in
vestigation of the subject. He 6nds
that tho sugar making quality of the
beet WAS 6rst discovered in 1747 by .
German chemist named MarRgraf, and
that Germany Was also the cradle Of
tho beet sugar manufacture. which is
therefore child Of the cold north.
This settles the question 1T climate in
our favor. He further ends that the
industry in Europe soon ootgrew tho
purely experimental stages, and, under
the fostering care at the Government.
became Of vast importance to the couu.
try. Il was not only proven that sugar
@aking from bcets Was practicable. but
rsmunorativo - we'll. Oth~F European
States quickly followed the example OF
Germany. and began producing their
own sugar. thus stopping foreign i'm
portstion In tune the Govsrnmsnts
withdrew their support. and ia turn
levied taxes on the snanuiactusers but
still the industry dourish~d, and the
following extract from On Esstern pa
per shows shs enermeus proportions il
at pressot assumes:
while ~ are struggling 10 reach
satisfactory development of the manu-.
fActurs Of beet sugar. and ere writing.
talking and dispaiing the possibil;ty Of
growing beets and producing suyaF from
then. in Europe the manufacture
ssanhed the enormous amount Of I, $780,
600 tons 10 1873. aud the crop Of the
present yeas (1S19) 10 sstimsted 10 ex-
ceod It BY eO.O00 tons. In Germany
The beet.roes lax wus paid In 1878 upon
A nSese 0fN0 enaa ~ sv><,hA ~~S 49, ~x,~a-