The evening times., 1900-07-26
UTILIZING SUGAR BEET WASTE.
Valuable Materials Accumulated in
Enctories Available n EerfIiIzerx.


George H. Murphy. Vice Consul at Mag
deburg, has forwarded to the State Depart
ment report on the utilization OF sugar
beet waste as a fertilizer, which will be
read with interest by those engaged in the
production Of sugar from beets The re-
pO.s says:
Until recently, no satisfactory process
had been found for utilizing the waste ma
terials which accumulate so rapidly in
German beet-sugar factories. The ques-
tiOns found most difficult to solve were:
How to reduce to useful form the val
liable ingredients remaining in the mass.
How to obviate the unpleasant odors.
How TO safely dispose Of the dangerous
waste water
These difficulties were seriously felt
especially in establishments producing su-
gar or alcohol from mOlasses. the residU-
um known as brown lye or mOlasses dregs
being substance which it was found diffi-
cult TO dispose Of satisfactorily. When
emptied into rivers either directly or
through sewers, il is said that a certain
result was the death of a small percentage
OF the fish in such streams. When the
I've was reduced to saline (Schlempekohle)
VI potaSn, lue pIDuucts OF COMP DlSllOn eS-
Gaping through the chimney spread odors
so offensive as 10 cause annoyance and dis
comfort In the vicinity
1T is now claimed that these eVil-smell-
ing products OF combustion contain yalu-
able manure stuffs, and. further, that the
manuring Of fields with waste material
OF this sort is advantageous, because he
soil thus receives back in easily assim-
liable form useful matter OF which the
ha.nN a. - I'll
potassium and nitrogen This molasses
lye cannot, however. be conveniently used
as manure, owing TO the fact that the
large quantity Sf water which IL contains
makes its transportation too expensive
Furthermore. Il cannot be used in a con-
centrated state on account Of its incOn-
yeniently stin and sirupy form
1t is accordingly interesting to earn
that a process has recently been invented
which. il Is alleged. obyiates all the diff
Culties mentioned above including bad
OdOrs. dangerous waste water. and incon-
venient form. BY this process, mOi&sses
lye is changed into q dry substance which
can be stored and eventually easily scat
tered over fields. A recent issue OF the
I Hanover Journal OF Agriculture and For
estry' gives the following analysis Gf the
product: Nitrogen 3-Z2 per cent. Of which
PA per cent is nitrogen soluble in water
(of this 9.7 per cent is ammonia nitrogen
and o.09 per cent saltpeter nitrogen): /:
phosphOric acid, 013 per cent. of which
0-04 per cent is phosphoric acid soluble in
water. potash (solUble), 1914 per cent;
carbonate OF lime, 1888 per cent
THE value Of the mature is 3-05 mn ks
C72.59 cents) per centner (ll0 pOundsl- Il
is said that mOlasses sugar rehneries and
mOlasses distiileries viii be able TO Sc
cure higher net profits from this manure
than ROW result from the manufacture Of
saline and potash, and that the process
is OF considerable value from a hySienie
standpoint The Inventor believes that the
application OF the process can be exterSSd
10 waste materials Of other industries, and
perhaps also 70 sewage matter.