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From Professor Maercker's ninth report the following table has been

compiled, showing the character of some of the different varieties of

beets investigated :

Contparative mean results of Professor MaerTcer^s experiments in 1888.

Sugar

in the

beet.

Siigfir

in the

juice.

Purity

quo-

tient.

Yield

of beets

per

acre.

Yield

nfanjiar

per

acre.

No. of

beets

per

acre.

Sugar beets of Vibiiorin origin :

Gebr. Dippo's zuckerrcirliste ]5lite

Heine-Emersleben vorbusserte Viluiorin

Schreiber & Sohn Origiii.al

Knocbe-Wallwitz, Viluioiiu

Mette Vilraorin

Strandes Vibiiorin

Scblitte-Aumiihle Vilmorin

Grasshofif-Quedlinburg Vilmorin

Means

Sugar beets of Klein-Wanzlebener origin:

Geiir. Dippe's verbesserte Klein-Wanzlebener

ifilite

Knoclie-Wallwitz Klein-Wanzlebener

Kortuni-Sondershausen Klein-Wanzlebener

Klein-Wanzlebener Original

Heine-Eniersleben Klciu- Wanzlebener

Neu-Querfnrter Riibe

Grassbofl-Qiiedlinburg Klein- WanzloViener

BranneBieudoif Klien-Wanzlebener

Schreiber & Sohn Klein-Wanzlebener

Kimpau Schlanstedt Klein-Wanzlebener

Wilke Gr.-Mohi'ingen Klein-Wanzlebener

Ziemann-Quedlinburtr Klein- Wauzlebenor

Strandes-Zehringen Klein-Wanzlebener

Means

Sugar beets of other strains:

Bestehorn-Beli tz Dividenden

Mette Specialitiit

Bniune-Biendorf Kreuzung

Schlieckman-Auleben Specialitiit

Means

Per ct.

15. 9R

15.70

15.4!)

15.48

15.37

15.22

15.04

14.82

Per ct.

18.15

17.81

17.87

17.90

17.67

17. 37

17.20

17.05

15.39

15. 55

15.53

1.5. 44

15. 38

15. 3G

15.21

14.91

14. 85

14.71

14. C9

14.56

14.43

14.40

15.00

15.15

14.78

14.71

14. 38

14.70

87.70

87.70

87.10

88. 23

87.80

87.30

87. 40

88.40

Ponndn.

25, 942

27, 702

26, 752

29, 128

27, 262

25, 274

27, 202

28,019

Pounds.

4, 141

4,349

4, 145

4, 509

4, 189

3,810

4, 101

4,154

17.63

87.71

27. 174

4,180

17.89

17.48

17.61

17.44

17. 56

17.24

16.71

17. 01

10.02

10. 75

10.67

10.44

16.04

88.75

87.30

88.20

88.73

88.70

88.80

88.30

88.10

87. 80

87. 00

88. 20

87. SO

87.40

31, 698

31,004

28, 670

32, 965

32, 102

31,708

29, 374

32, 894

33, 080

33, 950

33, 422

34, 109

33, 810

4, 928

4, 822

4, 428

5, 071

4, 933

4,831

4,379

4,884

4, 950

4,988

4,806

4, 475

4,870

17. (

8.13

32, 278

4,836

17.88

10.00

10.90

10.35

87.70

87. 70

88. 04

87.80

28, 670

32, 877

33, 264

33, 352

4,344

4,859

4,893

4,790

16.93

87.81

32, 050

4, 724

34, 773

33, 894

34, 401

34, 077

35, 254

34, 738

34, 253

34, 482

34, 566

34, 909

36, 1.54

34, 525

35, 103

35, 048

30, 059

34, 260

35, 440

37, 200

35, 222

35, 170

30, 133

35, 971

35, 482

34, 936

34, 9.55

34, 912

34, 349

34, 787

GENERAL CONCLUSION.

The result of the analyses at Grand Island and other places show

that beets of high sngar content and great pnrity can be grown in many

parts of the United States. The average size of tlie beets, however,

in many places is too small to assume that their culture would prove

profitable. It would be far better for all intere^sts to grow beets aver-

aging from GOO to 700 grammes in weight, even if the percentage of

sugar should drop one or two points. The causes of the small crop at

Grand Island have already been set forth, and it is not necessary to

repeat them here. The Department has organized an experimental sta-

tion for the culture of the sugar beet at Schuyler, Nebraska, and it is

confidently expected that rich beets with high tonnage can be pro-

duced.

In a critical study of the data given above there are many points

of interest. In judging of the character of a beet for sugar-making

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