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steers fed silage lost 14 poniuls, aiul tlie 3 fed diy fodder corn .uiiiiied 

 pmiids; the sheep fed sila^ie j;aiiied '2i> ijounds, and tiiose fed fodder 

 corn i»iiiiied 30 [)oimds. The tabidated results iuelude the \veii>lit of 

 each lot at bei-iiiniiig- and close of the trial, the food and dry matter 

 eaten, and analyses of the carcasses of 2 steers from each lot. The con- 

 clusions drawn by the author are unfavorable to the silage system in 

 Utah. 



Wyoming Station, Bulletin No, 3, November, 1891 (pp. 32). 



TUE SUGAR BEET IN WYOMING, D. McLauEN, M. S., AND E. E. 

 Slosson, B. S. (pp. 35-63). — Information is given regarding the wcnld's 

 supply of sugar; the (diniate and soil desirable for the sugar beet; and 

 the cultivation, irrigation, harvesting, storing, and cost of raising the 

 beet. The results of analyses of 70 samples of beets grown at the six 

 experiment farms of the station in ditterent parts of Wymning in 1891 

 aie given. The analyses were made either by the station, the Utah 

 Sugar ('ompany, or this Department. The bulletin also contains 

 directions for reporting the results of ccuiperative experiments to be 

 made by farmers in Wyoming in 1802 with sugar beet seed distributed 

 l)y the station. The average i)er cent of sugar found in the analyses 

 reported was 15.79, with a maximum of over 22 i)er cent; the average 

 ])urity was 78,08. The presence of "alkali" in the soil did not reduce 

 the percentage of sugar. The experiments seem to indicate that the 

 climate and soil of Wyoming are well adapted to the sugar beet, and 

 that the use of irrigation enables the farmer to so control the moisture 

 in the soil as to secure a relatively large sugar content. 



