Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11

Alter narNc,tin-' tho ioo' 90"
toppcd, then washed and pulpcd In o
CRATER and pressed to extract the juice.
Fifty pounds pressure to the square
inch extracts 60 per cent. OF juice, "
pounds pressure to the square inch exc
tracts 6i per cent. Of Juice. 400 POUNDS
pressure to the square inch extracts "
per cent. Of juice.
Twenty.four pounds OF pulp for every
100 square inches OF press surface Is tho
best proportion to use.
One bushcl Of sugar.bsot', mixed
with nine bushels Of apples, makes
cider richer and Of superior flavor 70
that made from apples alone. Sugar
beet Juice can be converted into vine
gar In the same manner cider now 10;
II makes stronger vinegar than cider
does, Of equally good but different
flavor; and II treated the same as
maple sap or sorghum juice, 1t will
yicll a good article Of brown sugar.
and all Of this not used by the producer
in the brown state. would BE- readily
purchased to be refined by the reiiner-
les already established. To refine sugar
requires costly machinery. such n
vacuum pans. centrifugal machines,
filters of bone coal. ETC., and also
skilled labor, but the manufacture OF
sugar from beet juice requires only tho
cvaporating pan and the addition OF
some lime to the juice to ncutralizc tho
acid.
After the Juice is expressed from the
raspcd beet, the dry pulp remaining IL
an admirable food for cattle. sheep aud
swine. The average amount of pulp II
90 per cent. OF the original weight OK
the beet, and three tons Of 1t for feed.
ing purposes are equal to one ton OF
hay, and should be fed In connection
with straw and oil cake or cottonseed
meal. As the pulp is fed back to
stock, tho land is constantly growing
richer, all the mineral substances taken
from II being restored in the manure;
this enables the farmer to raise larger
crops OF various produce, and conse-
qucntly keep more stock, which en-
ables him to make more butter and
cheese.
Tho present cider mills and cheese
factories could add to their present
machinery the pans or presses as re-
quircd. and by cooperation on this, rs
in other products, we can produce
proiitably all the sugar We require.
This will bring the business OF sugar
making within the reach OF small farm
crs, and Is OF vast Importance.
The notion prevails that to make
sugar proiitably 1t must be made exten-
sively. This Is certainly erroneous,
and the sooner the illusion Is dispelled
the sooner we shall begin to realize the
productive resources Of our lands and
employ our now idle laborcrs on very
rcmuncrativc crop now grown only TO
n limited extent. Tho introduction OF
the cultivation Of the sugar-bcet gencf-
ally, subsequently to bc converted into
sugar or vinegar, would be OF great
benefit to farmers. 1t would insure to
them superior methods OF agriculture,
increased crops, moro remuncrativs
prices and enhanced value OF farms.
Itwould create industry and diversity
Of labor. thereby increasing the general
prosperity, intelligence and happiness
of the community.
1t would eventually reduce the prices
of sugar. of bread and Of meat, butter
and cheese, and render tho United
States more Independent Of foreign
countries. One aero Of land will pro-
duce 1000 bushels Of sugar-beets,
which made into sugar will yield 1900
pounds Of sugar, or into vinegar 5000
gallons, or into proof spirits 1000 gal
Ions; they arc profitable to feed to cat
tie. particularly to milch cows, In con.
nection with hay. and the pail acquaints
tho farmer with the fact.-Boston Post.