The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-02-01
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last t#eny years. and hzs been tho--
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dncaz IA H4uoTer il 1854 and sugar
Bo# proaacM Il Al the southern pS
ton d Hanover. The larger H q
Bras lex. ahe Prsan part q sax
my. and also II a part d The kingdom
d saxouF. Perhaps two-ir1s Of 81
the German beet sugar L raised II
these localities Il requires very fer-
tie ground - raise the sugar bset. and
1oae 61st. paosphates ChLi2n salt
peter and c0uposs are freely used
The HlantS exceedingly exhaus3ng 10
the soil. and farmers 70 preserve their
ground, observe strictly the rule Of
rotation IN crops only planting q field
il beetz once II ere years, a a
r1le TIE planting i done IL May
The ground i thoroughly prepared
beforehand Il ( plowed twice Il the
fall preceding. the first ploEing being
70 The depth Of 1 inches the second Is
or Is inches Then Just before plant
ing Il l. narrowed and rolled until II Is
as smooth and hard as q floor. The
seed L drilled IN ows / foot apart
When the young plants ara about 8
inches high they are fhin1ed out leav-
ing three orfoar in . Hill, / foot apart.
and these are subsequently reduced 70
one IN q hill The cultivation Is done
mostly b. plow. the crop being pIowed
about four times in a season. both
Ienghwse and across the rows The
women and children. meantime. ?
constantly going : e the field keep
ing olt the weeds b. hand. The gaah-
ering season extends from September
Is 70 February Il. Men go ahead with
long spades and loosen each hill, the
women and children following. who
lift the roots oat Of the ground
and Pile them together. After
the tops arc removed they are
either taken directly TO the conmu-
nifty factory or covered deeply with
earth 20 preserve them The factory
system Is d very interesting part Of the
business. Factories are established in
each neighborhood In all the sue
cessful ones capitalists are rigidly ex-
Guided, and only farmers may hold
shares. Each farmer must, for each
share ne holds. cultivate from three
70 five acres in beets. The average
product is Il. 600 or Is, 900 pounds per
acre. for which the farmer gets about
% pfennig per 100. He is guaranteed
a sure market for his crop al a fixed
price. and gets a dividend out of the
profits al the end Of the season. The
pulp Of the beets, after the sugar is
taken out, makes a frst-class food for
cattle. and this the farmer gets also al
q fixed price. The cultivation Is SUBJ
ject TO inspection by the factory. and
each inspector must be not only q first
class farmer, but q chemist. He
must lire close to the factory, and gets
a good salary. besides a per cent. of the
profits Most Of the sugar goes TO re-
fneries at the large cities. AT each
factory IS also a government inspector.
who examines each lot and fixes the
tax. Each wagonload of beets is
sampled by a chemist, and If they fall
below q certain grading as TO percent
age Of sugar, they are rejected This
IS 20 prevent the use OF inferior COM
posts. which would make large beets
With little sugar in them. One nice
feature about the business is that on
all the sugar which is exported the
government returns to the farmer an
amount which is more than equivalent
to the tax. This results in q very large
gortion Of the crop being exported.