The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-17
To%tal""... .......-............SlO

Second working and t-ransplanting... 100
Gathering anu plllng beets and tops. . OO
Total...., ....""""""""...S0 90
In tho above no estimate is made for
the cost Of fertilizers, because il is not
always necessary to employ fertilizers.
Ihle depends upon the extent 10 which
Tie land Was manured for the previous
crop. IL j" calculated. moreover. that the
residue OF leaves stalks or litter LEN
Oh the held after they have been fed 10
cattle VIII furnish much more manure
lAah tue cultivation of the beet requires.
me average annual yield is shown lv
statistics 10 De- from ten 90 twelve tons of
beet root per acre 10 land.
There has been Jess activity I'm heef
sugar during tho years lAJi-JJ and fSl--qf
man Tor several preceding years. owing
10 inc bounty paid by Germany ON supar
exported nom that country. Considerable
quantities or lhc strong. low grades are
purchased for the United Kingdom. huf
tIe uttleI of medium qualities are mostly
Kept Tor the home Tcnuerics. which ara
LOT inc most pant. situated az or near
daIl5 gnd IN the north OF France. The
me, white crystallized sugars ana min
clpaliy takcn by England. Morocco the
AIGentlne Republic. Algpria. and Turkey
Inc consumption OF French sugar In
IoIeIsn countries might keep better pace
win the production If A. were not for the
bounty system adopted by other Eur0pean
countries. notably Germany. which pavs
from 81 To Hl.ol per hundred On exported
I-ai lo t,''uf ise The industry. and az
we same uine Increase foreign cousump-
il'H. apparently. the only effect of tho
pam has been 10 increase comDetiffon
ana reduce prices. a bin is now before
inc French Parliament providing for am
49, :, unIy on FRENCH SUGAR. in order
70 enable French manufacturers to com
l''ie moro successfully in fOrolru mar
kcts, especially the English market
Whore the per capita CONSUMPTION Of eu-
tIi more than three times greater
lhah ll france or Germany and six times
greater than On Austria.
ADVANTAGES or BEET CULTURE
There is absolutely no waste OF the
hetl product. Every part OK the vcg.-
tdnle Is utilized and rendered valuable
DO enc way or another. whether n be- Used
Tor sugar or for forage. or The two COM
blned. The pulp Of the root. after the
juice mas been expressed for sugar Is
eagerly devoured by cattle. and is found
10 he extremely nOurishlne. Not only the
roots. but the leaves and stalks are utl-
lized as food for cattle and 10 has been
found that. especially when fresh. they
not only increase the animals fat. hut
also largely Increase the secretion of milk
ln the cow. The dry leaves and stalks
when mixed with straw. afford excellent
and wholesome food during the winter for
cattle and sheep. Altogether. tho beet
root or the residue after tho Juice has
hecn expressed supplies, with the leaves
ana stalks. nOurishment for cattle and
shcep more abundant. perhaps. than any
oihef forage that could have been cul-
tlyated on the land.
IL IS. moreover. stated that a large pre-
NJ Is derived from selling the leaves %
tonacc0 Hanufacturers, who prepare and
mix them with the tobacco which Is
made into cigars and cigarettes or smok-
ing tobacco. In France, where the State
has n monopoly OF tobacco. and the gale
or cigars. cigarettes and all kinds IF to-
hacco, INCLUDING snufl, appertains eXciu-
siNely 10 tho government, one can hardly
assume that such L system OF adultara-
ton would be practiced though IL mu-t
be admitted hat French c'gars and cirar-
cites are often notably deficient in the
stimulating properties Of genuine t0bac-
Cd. II has been asserted that certain
l~e-t-ErOWtrs realize enough from leaves |
sold for tobacco 20 pay an the expenses
OF cultivating the crop.
ILLUMINATING ALCOHOL FROM
BETS.
But the tcet is commanding attention NJ
this time in flsnce as applicable o. am
other purpose than that for which 10
has hitherto been principally used viz.
For uOuri-hing cattle and sheep and -Or 4
making sugar. Mr.. Henry Eoucherr. /
French Minister of Commerce. is taxi
ing the initiative IN "A very interesting
matter. which may eventually prove TO
be Of considerable benefit 10 French az
He has conferred with several
for the purpose OF organizing a
competition. on which tho sum OF 10000
Will be expended. with a view OF ascer-
talning whether alcohol extracted from
POTATOES ard beet roots cannot he effect
lively utilized for lighting by ~incandes-
cence. l. Is argued that THIS would oc a
supply OF petroleum In America APP
pears 10 be on the decrease, and that
AZ a moment when the German govern
ment Is encouraging the export or sugar.