444 Report or the Department of Field Crops of the 



II. SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF ALL ANALYSES OF 

 SUGAR BEETS MADE DURING THE SEASON OF 



1898. 



There were analyzed at this Station, during the fall of 1898, 

 243 samples of sugar beets. The average percentage of sugar in 

 the beets is 14.2, with a coefficient of purity of 85. 



The results are given by counties, thirty-three of which are 

 represented. 



Table VIIL— Composition of Sugar Beets Grown in 1898. 



County. 



03 . 



<*£ 

 °ft 



6 



Albany 



Allegany . . 

 Cayuga 



Chautauqua 



Chemung . . 

 Chenango . 



Columbia . . 



Cortland . . . 



15.3 10.1 



10.1 



10.9 



S3. 9 



82.0 



18 



30 



