The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-07
BEEr SUGAR IN NEW YORK STATE.
The Two Factories That Are In Operation
Tho Growing OF the Roots.

There IL no reason In tho world why the
State II New York should not produce all tho
sugar it, inhabitants consume EXPERIMENT. have
been going on for three year. and have proved
that sugar can be manufactured from bects
successfully and prontably, The farmers have
also proved that there are few crops they can
grow that will pay as well as growing sugar
beets. The cost Of planting. filling and har-
vesting an acre OF beets unuer intelligent super
vision is from $50 to $50, and the crop when
grown brings from $40 10 So. with a ready
market any aud every year, The crop can be
contracted at S. a ton before the seed is sown.
Five dollars Is the un form HAT price for all
sugar beets. the State stipulatlng that sum as a
minimum price on the condition OF Iaytng a
bounty Of one cent a pound for the sugar made.
There are at present two beet sugar factories
in New York State. one at Bi-Ehamton, built
In 1903. andanother at Lyons. erected the present
year. The former has q nominal capacity OF
800 tons o. bset'adtr and the latter. of 500 tons
At the BlnghamtOn factory last season the
entire product was between two and a hair
and three millions pounds Of sugar. the season
lasting from oct, Der Till February. This
year the factory opened on oct I The acreage
Of bectS planted this season exceed! that for
any previous year. hut the excessively dry
weather has. no doubt, shortened the crop,
mlkinE IL quite an. uncertainty.
80 lr as &c cI, ,ES e c9ndirtl%nsS n hrr6 GGnCerne q;
Washington, there II a narrow slrlr. extending
irreEularly across The, ent,re InIird States
from tnt AtllilIlf 10 inc ] d'lllNt lil~ Nlltp
follows the summer isotherm of. 20 de-
gTeeS. and consequently is very crooked, turn,
ing 10 the north and to the south frequently
according ~ the climate II Affected by the
warm southern 0r cool northern Winds OF the
mountain elevations. Ire beet belt varies from
about one hundred tO three hundred miles
wide, and does not seem to be greatly affected
by rainfall. There are places where the annual
rainfall does not exceed fifteen inches and
Others where II closely approaches INV inches
This belt extends In this region from the north
ern part of Pennsylvania 70 northern New
York, on a line with Lake Ontario
miles Of the beet belt unsatisfaCt Dry ground
for raising sugar beets IL must be free from
stones and very deep II the soil be shallow
the beets cannot grow downward as they should.
and consequently they are either short or they
grow out Of the ground, either Of which would
make the crop Improbable. For n farmer
who has "a small acreage Of suitable soil q beet
crop ~ decidedly profitable, for he can got
ray for his work pnd n large allowance for
HE Use Of hi land. There are numbers Of large
farms situated near tie cities Cr other places
where labor Can be procured easily TINT. are
or oan be pr0ltahly utilized for sugar beet
rrowiu one farm rear syracuse il growing
% acres this year. md Preparations are being
made 10 grow s. q nCrcS next wear.
The new factory at Lyons has contracts
with farmers in WAYNE county. BinGhamton
gets It's supply from a much larger area, although
the aggregate amount viii be somavhat less
than the supply for The factory at hyonA