The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-11-07
Ghc lcmorrat-S Star
OH SUGAR.DEEr CULTURI.


Chicago Tribune.
Tho establishment ~ II beet cub
IuIe mctury ut Grand Island, on IN"
k'Inlte river, may mark the begin
nlng Of an err oil uhwunled pr r.
prrliy of the STATE OF Nebraska,
and possibly for other States III the
UllUn. 1t is well Known that rev.
eral attempts at beet culture IN
Ibls country, including Illinois,
have resulted in costly failures,
but that was SIMPLY flom want Of
knowledge OF conditions necessary
Io success. The men who have en-
tered upon the new Undertaking
10 10 alter II careful study VI the
soil anl climate where The beet is
most prlilably cultivated IN Eu-
rope. and have sought Tor a section
in the West which offers the SAM"
advantages as in: Germany. II Is
believed that a large part Of the
State Of Nebraska prsse-ses he pc.
euliarilies desired, and the expert.
menis thus far conducted warrant
the belief that Their i. no mistake
in the matter. While The summer
season OF tins year MAS n liltle too
dry, the work Of beet culture has
been "a success almost beyond the
expectation Of the men engaged IN
It. The product 0i 26OO around
the beet tart"ry is now being de.
hveged, which will make fully $500
tons of sugar. In a good season The
yield should and probably will be-
80 per cent. more than thai, the
Germun average oil good lands be-
ing not far from II ions TO the
acre. At the low price OF fonr
cents per pound that would amount
10 $50 per acre, which the two cents
q pound bounty would raise to Sl20
from areas the corr pr0.uc, Oi
which sold last winter al le,s than
$40.
A success to the experiment in
Nebraska would insure lis beir9
lriedln many other places between
the Canadian and Mexican lines,
as already on the Pacific coast.
Suitable and similar conditions
wuutu be hunted Tor all over the
Union, and those OF cul uIe would
undoubtedly be numerously found,
while the requirements for cheap
conversion into good sugar might
not be 20 plentiful. The manulac.
ture needs an abundance ni pure
water, such M is found in the
Platte. But with more or less
prospect for rrulit ii may be tried
ON The sandy loan soil Of New
Jersey, in the Valley Of the Shen.
andOah IN Virginia, on the upper
waters Of the Potomac, and in
wolp sections Of Pennsylvania.
Probably it may succeed in Ohio
and Indiana and in parts Of Hi
nois, undeterred by the eXperl.
ments at Chatsworth 4 quarter Of
acentury ago, when the essentials
TO success were not so we'll under
stood as now. The Fox and Rock
rivers will invite the new enter.
PRISE, and doubtless the irrigated
lands Of Colorado will be sought
to bs utilized for the purpose Of
beet culture.
The American people are ever
on the alert for opportunities to
make money, and The moment a
new field Of industry IL demon
strated TO be Il paying one ii is in
vaded by as many as can find room
to operate in that department OF
energy, sometimes with the result
of its being temporarily OvcrdOne,
while the % slowly growing
demand for consumption catches
w withthe sudden increase in sup
ply. II the Nebraska factory re.
ports y substantial gain ON the first
wears work it would not be sur.
prising to see tW enty or thirty 9th
er establishments arranged for
within the next Twelve months.
and perhaps a bundled inside Of
three years. The manufacturers
would not be more eager To occupy
the new field than the far:AeTs tO
supply the raw material, and it
might safely be counted on that
the mills would not lie idle for
lack of beets to convert into sugar.
The establishment Of these fac.
tories would involve The use Of
large amounts If capital, but this
would not stand in the way. There
IL now abundance Of money in the
United States for this and other
purposes. and if any more were
needed the capitalists of England
and Germany stand ready tn lend
il, or even to purchase stock in the
new enterprises. And it would
not be necessary 10 20 to Europe
for our machinery. That already {
here would be copied by American ,
mechanics, and, what is more soon !
improved upon. The first thing a
Yankee does on looking al 4 new
machine j. TO see il ii cannot be
bettered by constructing one that
will iuGn out The same product
with less iower and n smaller
completely ct paris. Without =
doubt his ingenuity would ere long
bring about a revolution in the J
PROCESSES OF making sngar from
heels, and perhaps IN The culiiva-
tion Of the roots themselves though
She latter would be meddled with
cautiously till the experImenteTs