Show TO A TON af BEETS dabinn tho five years prior to beet augar factories in germany con edmed an annual average 0 metric tons 2204 pounds augar beets abo annual product was metric tone since 1894 a marked improvement has been made in the culture and manu 1 facture ot augar beets eo that while the above an average 0 a little over 8 tone 0 raw beets to one ton of sugar the present ratio ie eadi to bo 71 tone ot beets to 1 ton of sugar it is only a few years binca tho introduction of the beet industry in tho united states but ameri can ingenuity lias already exerted itself ath thy result that american machinery beil in the manufacture of baet sugar is superior to the german and the american method of harvesting the crop is also attended by better re aulls therefore if german manufacturers re are capable of obtaining euch high percentage of augar those who are about to engage in the industry in this county can bately figure on obtaining re bulte quite ae satisfactory aa are pro dacej in germany |