The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . all, being from 2 pel SUGAR GROWING AND SUGAR MAKING cent to 4 per cent. About half a century later,Karl Franz Archard undertook the extractionof sugar from the beet and his efforts were suc-cessful. Great interest in both Germany andFrance followed his investigation and by i8lJthere were many factories established. Napoleonadded greatly to the progress of this industryby government aid and by the establishment ofSugar Schools. After the new
The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . all, being from 2 pel SUGAR GROWING AND SUGAR MAKING cent to 4 per cent. About half a century later,Karl Franz Archard undertook the extractionof sugar from the beet and his efforts were suc-cessful. Great interest in both Germany andFrance followed his investigation and by i8lJthere were many factories established. Napoleonadded greatly to the progress of this industryby government aid and by the establishment ofSugar Schools. After the new industry hadbecome well established, it was almost oblit-erated by destructive wars. It was revived,however, soon in France and by 1829 a yield of4,000 tons of sugar was made, but Germanysinterest was not resumed until 1835. From thesecountries the industry has spread throughoutEurope until the production for 1903 has beenvariously estimated at 5,000,000 to 6,500,000 longtons. The first experiments with sugar-beets inthe United States were made by two Philadel-phians in 1830. About ten years later DavidLee Child, Northampton, Mass., attempted beet. Filter Press. ( ulture and the manufacture of beet sugar. Heproduced 1,300 pounds at a cost of II centsper pound. These enterprises failed and seem10 have discouraged further efforts until Gen-nert Brothers, natives of Brunswick, Germany,inaugurated a plant at Chatsworth, 111., in 1863,and this failed seven years later. Attempt afterattempt failed and it may be said that thisindustry was not permanently established untilbetween 1875-80. From this time sugar beetculture has been successfully conducted in theUnited States and at this writing there are 60factories distributed over 13 States, with a pro-duction of about 200,000 long tons for 1903. Soil and its Preparation.— Sugar-beets re-quire a mean summer temperature of about 70°F., and may therefore, be grown in a very exten-sive territory in the United States, stretchingfrom New
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