38 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Analyses of sorghum juice from caiies cut at different hours of the 

 day afford no evidence of an increase of density of the juice with the 

 advance of the day. 



Sugar beets, H. A. Huston {Indiana Sta. Bui. 49, pp. 17-40). — 

 Statistics are given of beet-sugar production, conditions necessary for 

 tlie growtli of beets and manufacture of beet sugar, directions for culti- 

 vating beets, results of analyses of beets grown in 1893 in 22 counties 

 in the State, experiments on the time of platiting and harvesting, and 

 effect of manure, of scab, and of loosening beets before harvesting on 

 the quality of the beets. 



The meteorological conditions for 1893 in most sections of the State 

 were unfavorable. Of 48 samples of beets analyzed the maximum sugar 

 content of the juice was 14.8 per cent, and the maximum purity 88.3. 

 Analyses of beets planted April 7 and May 4, and harvested October 5 

 aiul 18, and November 2 and 15 are tabulated. 



''The harvest of Octol^er 5 foniid the beets just starting a second growth. The 

 results show that there was an increase in the size of the beet, but that the relative 

 amount of sugar decreased during October, and the purity was reduced. Unring 

 the first half of November the beets gained in size and in sugar, but the increase in 

 solids-not-sugar was also considerable. Tlie highest purity was found at the first 

 harvest before the effect of the second growth had shown itself." 



On a plat manured with a moderate dressing of coarse barnyard 

 manure in the preceding fall the stand of beets was perfect, but on a 

 plat receiving no manure the stand was very defective. In 3 out of 4 

 varieties the purity and sugar content was less for scabby beets than 

 for smooth ones. Tabulated data for an incomplete experiment on 

 loosening beets before harvesting are given, also brief statements 

 regarding the blister beetle {Epicauta marginata), varieties of beets, 

 the value of home-grown seed, and the cost of growing beets. The 

 results of the work of 1893 led to the conclusion that the sugar beet is 

 a promising crop for Indiana. 



Experiments with sugar beets, G. H. Failyer and J. T. Wil- 

 LAKD {Kansas Sta. Bui. 43,pp.ll3-114). — Analyses of 2 varieties of beets 

 grown on the station farm in 1893 and of 2 varieties grown by 12 

 farmers in the State are tabulated. Of the beets grown on the station 

 farm the maximum sucrose content was 13.02 per cent, the maximum 

 purity 85. Of the samples grown by farmers the richest contained 14.57 

 per cent of sucrose, with a purity of 73. 



Sugar beets in 1893, E. E. Slosson ( Wyoming Sta. Bui. 17, pp. 

 16-23). — Brief notes on the methods of culture and tabulated data giv- 

 ing analyses of beets grown in 9 localities in the State in 1893. The 

 average sugar content of the beets was 10.23 per cent; the average 

 purity, 80.91. 



