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The aver;iges of Ihe first 68 samples, as shown by the following table, are : — 



Sugar in juice 12-47 per cent. 



Co-efRcient of purity 76-70 do 



Weight of one root 1 lb. 14 ozs. 



Accoiding to the percentage of sugar they contain, the roots fall into the 

 following classes: — 



No. of Samples. 



Over 17 per cent, sugar 2 



Between 16 and 17 per cent, sugar 1 



do 15 and 16 do 



do 14andl5 do 10 



do 13 and 14 do 12 



do 12 and 13 do 15 



do 11 and 12 do 1 



do 10 and 11 do 12 



Under 10 per cent, sugar 3 



In other words : 



60 per cent, of the samples yielded over 12 per cent, sugar, 



and 38 do do 13 do 



The average percentage of sugar this year is somewhat lower than that obtained 

 in 1889 — when, however, only 25 samples were examined. This falling off may in 

 part be due to the difference in the seasons, though it is quite possible that badly 

 prepared ground and careless cultivation may, in many instances, have been the 

 cause of the lower bugar-yield. 



The averages, however, as they stand, indicate a very fair factory beet, and;ill 

 things being considered, compare well and favourably with those of other countries 

 in which beet-sugar is manufactured. Sufficient work has been done to indicate 

 that both as regards yield pei- acre and richness in sugar, with a more careful culti- 

 vation, sugar-beets may be raised in many parts of Ontario fully equal to those of 

 Europe and the United States. 



