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Show Beet Sugar in Russia, Chlno Valley Cmmpfon: Mr. N. It. Cottman has bunded usu copy of tl.o government consular reports for November, Novem-ber, which contains interesting statistics nnent tho beet sugar industry in Russia byConsul-Oencral Crawford. From it wo learn '.hero are at present cultivated to sugar beccts In Ruxsin 7d),078 acre s of land. Forty-ouo per cent ot this uica Is directly connected with the sugar woikn, or owned nnd far-mod far-mod by tho manufactures. Tho remaining remain-ing M) per cent is grown bv prlvuto parties. par-ties. Tho avirugo yield of beets pur aero for all tho provinces of Russia for n term of live years was 1 1,003 pounds, or but little over " tons. Tho highest ylld noted Is 10'c' tons. Tho nverngu sugar contents In thoso boots torn number num-ber of years past li from 13.02 to 14.65 per ctfnt. Tho report nays: "It is Interesting Inter-esting tonoto thnt the cultivation ot beets in Rutsia has n very beneficial effect ef-fect on ngrlcilllun ingcucrallhioughout the empire by Introducing improved types of machinery nnd farming implements, imple-ments, not only upon estates, but 011 peasant farms as well." (iicatcaro Is exercised in the cultivation of the crop. The figures on tho cost ct pi oductiou nnd profits of tho crop average about as follows: fol-lows: Yield, per acre, ()'. tops; all expense, ex-pense, rent included, $10.-0; cost of culturo per cwt., (1 00 j selling price per cwt., (1.80 ( 7) ; harvest price, por ncrc, (21.11; profit, perneie, (4 78. Thcro nro lu Russia 2M augur factories which worked up during tho season of 1800-01, 4.S31.0I2 tons of beets, and turned tur-ned out 011,213,700 pounds of sugar. ; Tliifo faclorleacmoloj in tlieiroperatioii ' 70.330 men, 0,81a women and 38S chll-. chll-. dicn, making nu average uf .188 hand 1 per factory. This teems a lurgu number ' when compared to the foices which oper-. oper-. ate larger faetoius in Uih country. 1 Much more manual labor, however, in ) dono in th- Rnsstitn factories, nnd the 1 wages paid are much lower. For in-' in-' stance, tho men are paid (2 50 to (8.00 per month, tho women (I 60 to (5.60, I slid lliu children (2VJ to f I.60 n month. |