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$11 a ton, bran the same, and fine middlings at $14." The analysis is given 

 as affording information concerning the coarse products of roller mills: 



Water 



Dry matter . 



Composition of Dry Matter : 



Ash 



Crude fibre (woody matter) 



Albuminoids. 



Ether extract (fat, etc.) 



Carbohydrates (starch, sugar, etc.). 



No. 1. 



No. 2. 



These materials, in the dry form, agree closely in composition. 



Sugar Beets. 



The project of raising sugar beets on the " stump lands " from which the 

 pine timber has been removed, has often been brought to our attention, but 

 no one has made trial on a sufficient scale till this year. A short time ago 

 the following letter was received relating to this subject: 



Tawas City, Oct. 14, 1889. 

 Prof. Kedzie: 



Dear Sir — Some of my countrymen have been experimenting with 

 German sugar beets and have requested me to ask you if you would 

 analyze the beets and find the percentage of sugar they contain. They 

 believe that this northern country is well adapted to growing sugar beets, 

 and if so it would be a great benefit to the farmers here. The specimens 

 grown are very good, especially for the season past, and if you could analyze 

 them and be reasonably sure that it would pay, more would be planted and 

 efforts made towards starting a sugar factory. Hoping that you will take 

 interest in the matter as you always have in anything that would be a benefit 

 to the public, I remain 



• Yours respectfully, 



Geo. C. Anschuetz. 



A reply was immediately sent back that the analysis would be made, since 

 the Experiment Station was established for such work, and asking for full 

 information in regard to the kind of soil, method of cultivating, and the 

 product to the acre. A parcel of beets and the following letter soon came 

 to hand : 



Tawas City, Oct. 23, 1889. 



R. O. Kedzie, Chemist of Experiment Station : 



Dear Sir — Yours of the 16th inst. at hand, and in reply will say that we 

 will send by express a package of one lot of German sugar beets — seed 



