The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-01-22
BEET-ROOT SUGAR.
ITS MANUFACTURE IL DELAwARE-sATis-
FACTORY PROGRESS MADE

FACTORY PROGRESS MADE.
The manu- facture of sugar from beetS,
/ which was undertaken i'll Delaware in
1879. is making satisfactory progress to-
wards success, and should prompt Mary
| land farmers to try beet growing. With
the enlargement made to the works
there is now Il capacity for using up sixty
tons of beets in day, but the major
part of the machinery is fitted for the
reduction of two thousand tons a day
Up to this time the entire plant includ-
ing the machinery Gall made in this coun-
try) has cost about Sl00.U0 The build
ings are on the bank of the Delaware.
with good wharf in front. and in the
rear is the Philadelphia. Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad tracks. so that the
beets can be received either by water or
rail. and the produce shipped with equal
facility. Last year the arrangements for
growing beets were on Il large scale. but
the drought and ravages of insects rem
dered the crop almost a complete failure.
Only about one Thousand tons Of beetS
were received from about half that num-
Der of acres. Some OF the beets WERE
however. very rich in sugar One farmer,
Z. G. Fenuimorc. of Odessa, in New
castle county. has raised bectS with 10.
| | and Il per cent of Saccharine matter
right along. and averaged over ten tons
to the acre. last season, i'll spite of the
drought. He regards the crop nov as
one OF his best. and will put in this year
either fifty or one hundred acres. expect
| ing, with fair weather, to get fifteen tons
per acre. The difficulty. it may be re-
marked, on the side OF the farmers is not
So much as had been expected. i'll getting
Il good quantity of beetS as in raising
enough in quantity. and this is an obsta-
Gle more easy to overcome than the other.
About 100 900 pounds of IA fine quality
of light brown sugar We're made, and
also fifty barrels of "a white sugar
(Which were sold in Wilmington for re-
failing by grocers); G.300 gallons of ill.,
ferior molasses remained, which was
sold to the shoe backing makers and
the beet refuse found a prompt sale at
the factory door. at one dollar a ton. 1t
is worth, according to experience. about
double that to dairymen and other stock
feeders. The company means to push
things this season. 1t wants to work up
ID. 900 tons of beets. and will contract
with farmers for cultivating something
like 1000 or $500 acres of beets. Any
good wheat land. its officers say. will
will raise good bects. and as Delaware
produces splendid wheat i'll a large part
of her area, there can be no doubt that
that the beet crop will presently grow to
be a very important one. Beets that will
give anywhere above 8 per cent Of sugar
are regarded as suitable for the purpose
The company's executive officers express
themselves as well satisfied with their
American machinery. Notwithstanding
the low wages of Europe, they are con-
WINGED that, with the several labor saving
appliances which they use, they can defy
any German factory to compete with
them in cheapness of operations as well
as in mechanical results. They have.
doubtless. the most complete beet sugar
factory. pure and simple. in the United
States and look forward confidently to
the future, believing that they have now
reached the point where the farmers will
take hold of beet raising themselves as a
source of regular and safe profits.