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lui.s tln-niitihout the iuvestig-ation, that is, since 1905, always averaged above 2-0 per 

 (L'lit and in four years of the eight the average has been above 3-0 per cent. 



Carrots. — Yield and Average Composition 1905-1913. 



There would appear to be less variation from year to year in the composition 

 of carrots than in the case of mangels or turnips, and from this it may be con- 

 cluded that they are not influenced to the siame degree by environmental conditions as 

 the latter roots. It is possible also that the varieties examined are more closely related 

 to one another than the varieties of mangels and turnips. The annual averages, it will 

 be noted, very closely approximate th.at for the eight-year period. 



SUGAR BEETS FOR FACTORY PURPOSES. 



The sugar beet, like other farm roots, is susceptible to conditions of season, 

 soil and culture and in order to learn the suitability of di-ft'erent parts of the 

 Dominion for the production of a crop that could be used for the profitable extrac- 

 tion of sugar certain leading varieties have been grown for several years past on the 

 larger number of the Dominion Experimental Farms and Stations. The seed of the 

 three varieties userl, Vilmorin's Improved A, Vilmorin's Improved B and Klein 

 Wanzlebcn was obtained from Messrs. Vilmorin, Andrieux et Cie, Paris, France, 

 the noted breeders of beets with a high percentage of sugar. 



The localities at which these beets were grown are widely distributed throughout 

 Canada, from Charlottetowii, P.E.I., on the east to Agassiz, B.C., on the west and 

 tho results of this investigation therefore, should well indicate the suitability or 

 otherwise of the various provinces for beets of a satisfactory character. 



In the following table the beets have been arranged according to variety and the 

 locality where grown from cast to west. The datii include all the more important 

 determinations necessary for an opinion as to the value of the crop for sugar extrac- 

 tion. 



