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Show w v . i t i I I jfc 1'cet Sugar. n ft 11 ! Thc Farm and Fiiesido published at m Springfield, Ohio, Is just wt'king up to I J;?-' tho possibilities of beet sugar but Us yet il wli "a a 1ttIc behind on tlmt i,nPortlinl IJ. -subject as will be seen by the following iF - ' -article taken from a recent issue ol that , I have not the least doubt that in the m - courso of lime, perhaps in a very few m -.'aara, we ahull produce nil the sugar the ?mH ilmcrioan people will need, on American SMK' 'soil, From questions received and dis- J'W' ' 'busied at farmers' institutes lccently I ,S fTra- Notice that there is much interest mnni- B -Isf iest about the subject in rural circles IflwF ""'Can we grow su jar beets successfully ?" i IK win one of tho querii'e which came out 11 SBt tn0 (lurstion-b-.c at several meetings. jttSf The sugar-beet can be grown almost tKmK anywhere. It is only a question of soil, ' JH or norhapa utU tieatment and soil ' kHI feeding, and.olo'lelection of variety of flH '-eugar-heet, yliethvr tho beet produced affK; contains a -large enough percen- 'Mw tago of saccharine matter to make tho ' ' MmBr .profitable Mfaeture of sugar a jV rpoaaibilUy, $fjmi' is claimed that on SRnk certain soils'cff'n'r' certain localities the WmSl Tjweet varieties contain as much Ww ..as twelve to thirteen per cent JHwi snar. The sugar-beet growers and Mjgffl - sugar-makers of Germany know that the Afi jusu of manures has much to do in deeid- MPf,- Jng the percentage of sugar. Kank 'iRafc'" immures produce rank, watery growth, HL . Soils excessively rich in nitrogen and MHB humus arc j) rob ably not those on which 9HHl' tne sugar-beet tor piolitablo sugnr- nflE&v . -making can be grown. 13ut these are dc- . iHnBSi9tfftli!1' oi tll. bujiu,gga which. havoao-Jiu, sfflPliPpip -' -learned. "tttmufuanufuctiirers likewise Wyf ,Ji M ' Uiave to loam how to get this saccharine r '' matter out of the boet and into the coin. a . ..mcrcial sugar at tho least possible cost, B .-Sooner or later we will get the run ot u? these things, and learn how to make f Jieet sugar with a fair amount of protit. |
