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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Schlaiisted, lla<lnicrsleben, Klosterroggen, Prof. Heinrich, and l'r(il)stt'i varieties 

 were ajiparently (■ai)al)le of using more than double that (luantity. 



It Avas ol)served that tlie weigiit per hectoliter, as well as the weight per 1,000 

 grains, decreased (piite regularly with the increase of the (piantity of nitrate of soda 

 ajiplied. The l)eHt results were obtained from Petku.s rye, which gave a financial 

 return of 71.(55 marks more per hectare than the variety ranking last. 



Progress of the beet-sugar industry in the United States in 1902, C. F. 

 Saylor ( U. S. Dept. Agr. Rpt. 74, PP- 1-140, pis. f>). — This report is similar to those 

 for previous years (K. S. K., 14, p. 350). It, here considered, reviews the prospects 

 of the beet-sugar industry, enumerates its collateral and indirect benefits, points out 

 the results of experience with reference to the culture of beets and the building of 

 factories for the manufacture of beet sugar, and discusses the improvement in factories 

 and farm conditions. The value and uses of sugar-beet pulp are considered at some 

 length. The Brussels conference and countervailing duties are discussed, and the 

 history of the industry in the United States is outlined. The condition of sugar-beet 

 culture and of beet-sugar manufacture is noted by States and summarized as follows: 



Number of factories, with their capacitij for ivorking beets and producing sugar for 1903, 



by States. 



Three of the factories in Utah are slicing stations only. Statistics of the production 

 of sugar beets and the manufacture of beet sugar, collected from the factories, and 

 other statistical data with reference to consumption, imports, exports, etc., are pre- 

 sented. Selected farm results in different States, showing the possibilities of sugar- 

 beet culture for the respective localities, are also reported. 



In 1902, 1,895,812 tons of beets were worked, costing on an average !?5.03 per ton 

 and producing a total of 436,811,685 lbs. of sugar. 



Single-germ beet balls and other suggestions for improving sugar-beet 

 culture, T. G. Palmer {U. S. Dept. Agr. Rpt. 74, pp. 141-15-2).— Thxa article dis- 

 cusses the financial returns in sugar-beet culture, the use of machines for planting 

 beet balls and for pulling and topping beets, the cultivation of the crop, the effects 

 of sugar-beet culture on the land and the succeeding crop, and the lowering of the 

 cost of producing sugar. Sjiecial consideration is given the subject of multiple-germ 

 and single-germ lieet balls. The author points out that the use of single-germ beet 

 balls would very materially reduce if not practically eliminate the labor of thinning 

 beets. 



Sugar-beet seed: Its importance and production, J. E. W. Tracy ( f/. S. Dept. 

 Agr. lipt. 74, pp- 153-156). — The quantities of sugar-beet seed used and produced in 

 the United States are estimated and the history of domestic seed production, together 

 with the condition of the industry at the present time, is briefly reviewed. 



Experiments in the culture of the sugar beet in Nebraska, T. L. Lyon and 

 A. T. WiANCKO {Nebraska Sta. Bui. 81, pp. 13, fig. 1) . — The cooperative experiments 



