The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-11-26
Agriculture.


oppoeenis Of the sugar Subsidy were
prompt 10 declare. vhro ,hs, measure ""
moo,ed, that = .pgsr maAing Industry 70
mi. country on say general scale vas I'm
pos.,ble. Evsri. are disprosios ,beir
assertion. Oar bee, snssr interests give
promise Of developing into source OF am
pie agricultural pred, not only 10 The ~ts'
bu, wherever tho enliure 81 the beet iof
sugar purposes Is scientifically attempted
A.ketch Of the sngsr factory NJ Norfolk
Neb, Is published 10 The Chicago Tribune
and contains many details Interesting 10
mi. connection. TIE Norfolk factory Is
the Isrse., IN the world. IL developss
daily from $50 to 800 tons Of beels. From
his raw material il iurns ont about oo, uoo
pounds Of grsnuls'ed white snssr. There
IL one other factory 10 Nebraska, Of ufAno
Island. Altogether the state produces
daily over $4,000 pounds Of ,usar, ano TIE
Industry has been in existence on'y tuie
over year
The Tribune, by q simple review OF 'he
agricultural situation about Norfolk dnfi
ins the first years operation Of the factory
shows the gres, opportunities II sho'ds 10
farmers:
Last summer the farmers In the ''ei
nity grew beets on 2.37o acres. and dunps
the thinning and wedding time Us many rs
. tbonsaud men women and children found
employment 10 the aelds. the more expert
among them earning ss high o. s22o per
day. II Is es,imsted that when the indus'
try is fully established the factory will pay
ont for the beeis in . single season from
500 900 to $3.50 900. while the beet ralser'
will nav on. from s25. 900 to $50. 900 to the
workers engaged in culiivatipg the crop
The Weld this year is fully twenty tons
per acre and the average price received Is
about "a per ton. That is $50 per acre
While the cost OF raising aud hauling TO
,be factory is stated Of not more than 500,
This permits q large profit to the farmer
Who cult,vates his own beet fields with his
own farm help. When ip active operation
the factory will employ about 200 pairs Of
hands. the ordinary workman rec"ivlng
fifteen 10 eighteen cents per hour. Hence
the enterprise is and will be great boon
TO the people Of that neighborhood, The
new industry brings 9 great reinforcement
of the demand for fsim products IN that
vicinity and must ultimately tend to re
lieye the ever production OF wheat ano
corn in Nthrapka. northern Kansas, con
adorable portion OF Iowa northern lllinoi'
and even parts OF Indiana and Ohio,
II is estimated that the annual consump
tion IN THE country Of saocbafine prodnct'
is Q O00. 0C0 tons, worth at Wholesale abon
Sl6O 900 600 The psn which wcui'
accrue 10 agriculture II this money was DIS
tr,buted among our owp farmers instead
be,no sent abroad dos not require demon
strs,iop. France aud Germany alresd.
manufacture their own sugar from beet
and find the industry well worthy OF pro
faction. Chemical analysis OF American
soils shows that there is 20 large hres u
the United States bot adapted TO ID
growth OF superior ber =. Que ibousan'
factories like the one a, Norfolk would pro
&aoie 1souBrfy,pfst fBi'fSmehtto'z'0J
600 persons not cpnn'inp fafm laboreis
and easily distribute annually S25,Ooo'o o'
In wages