164 Bulletin 143. 



the western states in adaptation of soil and climate to the production 

 of sugar beets. 



Examinations of 495 samples of sugar beets grown in 24 counties 

 in the state were made this season. The result shows a juice aver- 

 aging 16.91 per cent, sugar and 83.5 quotient of purity. A portion of 

 each of 272 plats was carefully measured and the product weighed, 

 the result indicating an average yield of 16.95 tons of trimmed beets 

 per acre. See figure 147, p. 162, also table p. 198. 



For purposes of comparison, results obtained in other states are 

 given. The Chino factory, Cal, reports as an average of five years' 

 operation, a crop of 9.33 tons per acre, containing 14.2 per cent, 

 sugar. The Lehi factory, Utah, reports for the same period an aver- 

 age yield of 9.56 tons per acre, 12.1 per cent, sugar in beets and 80.2 

 quotient purity (see Bulletin 55, Wisconsin, p. j 2). In Nebraska 

 about 10,000 analyses show an average of something over 14 per 

 cent, sugar, while ordinary yields are from 10 to 12 tons per acre. 

 (Myrick's Sugar, p. 54.) 



In each of these states the industry is successfully established. 

 Other states that are not producing sugar have studied the adaptation 

 of soil and climate to sugar beet growing, and some of the results are 

 added. Ohio reports that beets grown on 49 farms in 19 counties, 

 juice averaged 12.95 per cent, sugar and 72.2 quotient of purity.* 



Wisconsin reports that beets grown on 51 7 farms in 59 counties in 

 1890-1892 averaged 12.41 P^i" cent, sugar in juice and 76 quotient of 

 purity, t 



Washington State reports that 1,544 analyses of sugar beets showed 

 an average of over 15 per cent, sugar in juice and 84 quotient of 

 purity. I 



The French "Journal of Sugar Manufacturers" states that the 

 average yield of beets in Germany is 15 tons and in France 11. 13 tons 



* Ohio Bulletin 75, p. 18. 



f Wisconsin Bulletin 55, p. 20. 



X Washington Bulletin 26, p. 5, 



• Note. — The figvires given for California, Utah and Nebraska are percent- 

 ages of sugar in beets and are not strictly comparable with the others, which 

 are percentages of sugar in juice. To make the fii^ures comparable, divide 

 the percentages of sugar in the beets by .95, and the quotient will be the 

 percentage of sugar in the juice. 



