Show the Beet Suar industry in a late issue of the engineering magazine we find the following as to the increase of beet sugar production in the united states year pounds year pounds 1891 6 1893 there are but seven sugar beet factories in operation in thi a country and the following production during 1893 is given at each founds staunton va 36 grand ailand neb cil L i 0 norfolk nab statistics are given showing thai the amount of capital invested in the seven beet bugar factories is about to these factories under cultivation in beets are about 2000 acres of land the value of this land has greatly increased since it lai been wed for beet growing especially bear abino cal where the price per acre has become very high as anch as having beau paid in domn cases the cost of cultivating this land in beets is considerably sider ably more than a year ahe of beet roots for sugar purposes in the united states tho year appod mated tone and the average price paid to the for hia raw material was per ton it wilt seen from those figures that a large investment of capital in land and machinery and a large outlay of money are needed to produce a little over tons of per year it ia not difficult to foresee the large amount of capital that would be absorbed the immense amount of labor that would be employed and the great extent of land would be placed under cultivation even if half of ane sugar consumed in the states were made from beets grown within the countey the yearly consumption of sugar in the united states is now approximately 2000 short tons while the pro of all kinds of ugar fugar f beet root cane maple and sorghum is about short tona showing that a little less than one sixth of the total amount consumed is produced at home by reason of the restricted area suitable for the cultivation of sugar cane it is not to be expected that under the most favorably conditions the production of cane sugar in louisiana texas and florida will ever largely exceed tons on the other hand there are limits to the possible amount of beet sugar which can be manufactured tho engineering magazine continues every ona who desires boseo the prosperity of american machinery american american agrico lure favor the development of the beet sugar industry there is no other way in which the plethora of agricultural products can bo eo readily relieved and renewed prosperity brought to our agricultural interests thus stimulating every other interest in the landl the total consumption of sugar in the civil ased corll ia not far irom tons of which the united uses two sevenths of the tone over are made from sugar beets it i tone seen thai in the race for the cf tha barll the augur beet is ahead of its bruoit dangerous rival the arop casl cane there is room however for I 1 bolh these guitar plants and chere is reason to that with favorable conditions a threat sugar in dof itry including cane and beet BURST can be established in the united states |