FIELD CROPS. 



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many. The culture of the sugar beet and the conditions for manufac- 

 turing are discussed at some length. 



The average results for the different counties where experiments 

 were conducted on a considerable scale are given in the following table: 



Average results of sugar-beet experiments in i counties in Oregon in 1S97. 



Counties. 



Sugar in 

 juice. 



P-ity. Yi :, 1 '' "" 



i '.i-t per 



acre. 



Union 



Jackson 



"Washington 

 Clackamas . 



Per cent. 

 18.5 

 15.5 

 10.1 

 13.7 



Percent. 

 88. 5 

 81.0 



<<6. 7 

 83.4 



Tons. 



23. 7 

 15.8 

 15.7 

 17.8 



$11.20 



24.00 

 26.00 



The average for the entire State (216 analyses) was found to be 

 15.24 per cent sugar in the juice, with a purity of 84.30 and an average 

 yield of 18.54 tons per acre. 



Irrigation experiments in sugar-beet culture in the Yakima 

 Valley, E. Fulmer ( Washington Sta. Bui. 31, pp. 30, fig. l,pl. 1, map 

 1). — In this bulletin the work with sugar beets at the station is reviewed 

 and sugar-beet culture with irrigation discussed. The results of coop- 

 erative irrigation experiments with sugar beets are given in tables. A 

 geographical and geological description of the Yakima Valley and the 

 amount of land there reclaimed by means of artesian wells are given. 

 Chemical analyses of soils from irrigated districts are summarized. 



The averages of 6S samples from the irrigation experiments with 

 sugar-beet culture were as follows: Sugar in the juice, 17.6 per cent; 

 sugar in the beet, 16.7 per cent; purity, 85.2 per cent. The varieties 

 grown were Kleinwanzlebeuer and Yilmorin. 



Cultivation of tobacco in Sumatra, E. Mulder ( U. S. Dept. Agr„ 

 Cultivation of Tobacco in Sumatra, pp. 39, Jigs. 3, map 1). — This publica- 

 tion is a paper on the method of cultivation of the tobacco crop of 

 Sumatra and the physical features of the district in which the tobacco 

 is grown. Statistics on the production and trade of Sumatra tobacco 

 are giveu. The mean temperature and rainfall for each month for a 

 number of years at Penang and Singapore and the results of mechanical 

 analyses of Sumatra tobacco soils are given in tables. The physical 

 features of the island, the introduction of tobacco, and the laying out 

 and management of tobacco estates, with directions for building drying 

 sheds and other buildings are discussed, and descriptive notes on the 

 prevailing diseases of tobacco and the various operations in planting, 

 cultivating, curing, and preparing the crop for market are given. The 

 cost of growing tobacco in Sumatra is considered. The author states 

 that a very good type of Sumatra tobacco is successfully grown in 

 some parts of Florida, and that if special attention be given to the 

 qualities which characterize Sumatra tobacco, namely, fine texture of 

 the leaf and uniformity in color and length, there will be a large 

 increase in the demand for the home-grown product. 



