390 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Whenever the roots begin to rot, the sugar is lessened. 

 The loss due to the sprouting of the leaves may amount to 

 two per cent more than the preceding analysis states. 



YIELD OF SUGAR-BEETS. 



The numerous varieties of beets differ widely in regard to 

 their annual yield, independent of the conditions of season, 

 upon the same soil and under the same treatment. Whilst 

 common mangels have been raised upon a suitable soil, in 

 exceptional cases, at the rate of from ninety-four to one 

 hundred and ten tons per acre, the sugar-beet never yields 

 at any thing like such a rate. The following statement 

 respecting the yield and amount of sugar obtained from 

 three kinds of beets is quite interesting and suggestive 

 regarding the important question, What kind of beet-roots 

 are the most desirable for cultivation for the manufacture of 

 sugar ? — 



Names. 



Metz (fodder-beet) . 

 Imperial (sugar-beet) 

 Silesian White (sugar-beet) 



Annual yield of 



Roots 



per acre. 



Pounds. 



86,457 

 59,613 

 52,787 



Percentage of 

 Sugar. 



4.50 

 10.51 

 13.64 



Amount 



of Sugar in the 



entire 



Root Crop. 



Pounds. 



3,890 

 6,265 

 7,200 



These few numerical statements teach most decidedly, 

 that mere quantity will not insure success for the beet-sugar 

 interest. The cost of raising the sugar-beet is stated to be, 

 in Germany, from forty-six to fifty dollars per acre ; viz., — 



For rent of land 

 For fertilizer . 

 For labor 



. $12 00 



. 20 00 



14 00 to 18 00 



In France from fifty-six to sixty dollars are chaiged for 

 the cultivation per acre. Both valuations include the work 

 of putting the roots into the pits for winter keeping. 1 



i In Germany a hundred pounds of sugar-beet roots are taxed (eight sgr.) 

 W.44 cents (1869). In France every (fifty-two kilogrammes) 114.4 pounds of 

 beet-sugar are taxed (thirteen francs and seventy-five centimes) ©2.66. Every 

 thousand kilogrammes, or twenty-two hundred pounds, of sugar-beet roots 



