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that ""'the results of the past 3 years eoiitirni those of former years 

 and indicate that wliile Kansas has produced many individual plats of 

 excellent quality, she has produced more of inferior quality, and that 

 States in higher latitudes are better situated for successful sug-ar-beet 

 production." 



Plans for growing sugar beets in 1900 in given localities are added, 

 together with directions for growing sugar beets. 



Sugar-beet investigations for 1899, J. L. Stone and L. A. Clin- 

 ton {Neiv York (hnirll Sta. Bui. 182^ pp. 368-385). — A report is 

 given on culture, variety, and fertilizer experiments with sugar beets 

 at the station, and of cooperative experiments along the same lines 

 carried out by 38 farmers living in the vicinity of the two sugar-beet 

 factories of the State. Data as to the character of the soil, varieties 

 of beets grown, yield per acre in tons, percentage of sugar in beets, 

 and purity of the juice are tabulated. 



In the cooperative tests the variety Zehringen contained the highest 

 average percentage of sugar in the juice, 16.47, and the highest per- 

 centage of purity, 81.8, of the 5 varieties tested, but gave the lowest 

 average yield of beets, 11.1 tons per acre. The variety Mangold 

 yielded the most sugar per acre, 3,662 lbs. 



In the culture experiments at the station the time of thimiing the 

 beets seemed to have no effect whatever on the percentage of sugar in 

 the juice of the beets or on the purity of the same. 



The effects of fertilizing sugar beets with different forms of com- 

 mercial fertilizers alone and combined on plats made exactly similar as 

 regards soil conditions, are shown in tabular form for the years 

 1897-1899, inclusive, and summarized for all 3 3^ears. 



" Where nitrate of soda was used alone as a fertilizer the percentage of sugar in the 

 beets was very materially reduced, as was also the purity of the juice. The average 

 percentage of sugar in the beets where nitrate of soda alone was used was 13.53, with 

 the purity of the juice 81.6. The average of all plats where no nitrate of soda was 

 used was 16.24 per cent of sugar in the beets, with a purity of juice of 86.63. 



"Contrary to the popular belief, the beets upon the plat receiving muriate f)f 

 potash alone as a fertilizer contained the highest percentage of sugar of any of the 

 beets grown, and the purity of the juice compared well with that of all others. The 

 percentage of sugar in the beets fertilized with muriate of potash alone was 17.02, with 

 a purity of the juice of 85.94. The average percentage of sugar in the beets grown 

 on all plats not receiving any muriate of potash was 15.82, with a purity of the juice 

 of 86.04. It is usually considered that the sulphate of potash is superior to the 

 muriate of potash as a fertilizer for sugar beets, but our experiments do not indicate 

 that the sulphate is sui)erior in any way to the muriate." 



Bulk fermentation of Connecticut tobacco, ^I. Ij. Floyd ( U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Division of SoiU Circ. B^pjp. 10). — Changes in "styles" 

 in tobacco have made desirable changes in the character of the Con- 

 necticut Valley product to accord more nearly with the present market 

 demands. The present circular gives the results of experiments car- 



