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2 varieties from the U. S. Sugar Experiment Station at Schuyler, 

 Nebraska." The meteorok)gical data given show that the preeii^itation 

 for the summer months of 1891 was only 11 inches, or about half the 

 normal amount. The latter part of the season was especially dry. As 

 a result "the beets were very small, averaging only about 11 ounces for 

 all the varieties. The average per cent of sugar (sncrose) in the juice 

 at harvesting time was 17.83, ranging from 14.99 to 20.53. The average 

 per cent of sucrose in the beets was 15.5, Avith 13.27 and 17..5(; as lowest 

 and highest limit. * * * Tlie beets yielded 7;! tons to the acre, and 

 a little more than 1 ton of sugar to the a(;re. In 1890, under favorable 

 conditions of weather, the yield was 15 to 2G tons per acre, with an 

 estimated yield of 2 to 3^ tons of sugar per acre." The cost of growing 

 and harvesting the beets is estimated at $3.76 per ton, reckoning that 

 the toi>s, which yielded more than 2 tons per acre, paid for rent of land, 

 seed, and wear of machinery. 



Imported White Imiierial sugar beet seed was distributed by the 

 station in pound packages to 851 farmers. Three hundred and seventy- 

 three samples from 59 of the 08 counties in the State were received at 

 the station and analyzed by the authoi". The results of the analyses 

 of these samjiles are tabulated, as well as those of 20 samples sent to 

 the IT. S. Department of Agriculture. The following summary of the 

 results of the season's work is taken from the bulletin : 



The 11 varieties grown at the University larni during the season of 1891 contained 

 from 14.99 to 20.53 per cent sngar in the juice ; the average yield of washed beets jier 

 acre was 14,077 pounds. On account of the severe drouth the crop was less than one 

 half; the per cent of sugar in the beets was somewhat increased from the same 

 reason. 



Of the 373 samples of beets received from farmers in all parts of the State, 175 

 samples showed above 13 per cent sugar in the juice, the richest being 23.52 per cent 

 and the poorest 7.12 i>er cent. * * * 



Fifteen counties furnished beets analyzing on the average above 13 per cent of 

 sugar in the juice; beets analyzing on the average above 14 per cent were received 

 from the following counties: Door, Green, .lefferson, Lincoln (only one analysis), 

 Pepin, Racine, Sauk, Trempealeau, and Washington. These counties do not belong 

 to any single section of the State, but are scattered all around, in the western, sonth- 

 ern, and northeastern portion of the State. * * * 



The results of the work done by this station during the past 3 years indicate that 

 Wisconsin can grow beets in suffi<;ient quantity and of a good percentage of sugar; 

 if this is correct, manufacturing of beet sugar will be a success with us when enough 

 beets can be obtained to supply a beet factory. 



