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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



A cut of another sugar beet that is attracting much notice, the Le Plus 

 Riche is here inserted. It has a fine form, and is a vigorous grower. 

 Samples of this beet grown on the College farm this year showed 18.78 

 per cent of sugar. It seemed to be a beet of good promise and appro- 

 priately called The Very Rich. 



Fig. 3.— White French Rich Sugar Eeet, Wiley, Farmers' 

 Bulletin No. 52, United States Department of Agriculture. 



PAST WORK OF THE STATION. 



The Station has already published two bulletins on subjects relating 

 to the growing of sugar beets and the adaptation of the soil and 

 climate of Michigau to the crop. Both bulletins were issued by the 

 Chemical Department. Bulletin 71, sent out in February, 1891, after 



