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Ebi'Okt of the Chemist of the 



Results of Analyses of Sugar Beets Growx in Different Counties. 



COUNTY. 



Albauy 



Broome 



Cuyuga 



Chautauqua . 



Cliiiton 



Columbia. .. . 



Cortland 



Erie 



Genesee 



Lewis 



Madi.son 



Monroe 



Oneiila 



Ontario 



Orleans 



Oswego 



Otsego 



St. Lawrence 

 Wvomin<>;. ... 



AmouBt of 

 susar iu beet. 



Per cent. 

 16.2 

 14.3 

 12.9 

 14.7 

 15.7 

 16 



14.4 

 15.5 

 14.1 

 14.8 

 15.7 

 15.2 

 15.4 

 15.5 

 14.6 

 14.3 

 16.3 

 16.1 

 14.7 



AtuouDt of j Co-efflcient 

 sugar in juice. of puiiry. 



Per cent. 

 17.1 

 15 



13.6 

 15.5 

 16.5 

 16 8 

 15.2 

 16.3 

 14.8 

 15.6 

 16.5 

 16 



16.2 

 16.3 

 15.4 

 15.1 

 17.2 

 17 

 15.5 



81 



81.1 



74 



82.4 



80.5 



82 



79.6 



82.3 



79.2 



83.8 



82.5 



86.5 



83.5 



82.3 



84.2 



87.3 



86.9 



84.2 



81.6 



A few results are uot inserted in the foregoing table, because 

 the beets were considerably dried when received and the results 

 were unduly high and misleading. 



From these data it would appear that in making estimates, 

 farmers would be wisely conservative in basing their calculations 

 upon beets containing an average not exceeding 15 per cent of 

 sugar. Disappointment will await most of those who, never hav- 

 ing grown sugar .beets, expect profits from the industry based 

 upon figures that are much above the average actually obtained. 

 It must also be kept in mind that the season of 1897 in New York 

 was most favorable for beet growing and the results secured 

 probably represent conditions better than average. 



The average percentage of sugar in beets, as reported in other 

 states, is as follows: 



