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noticed this sample of sugar here — I don 't know whether any of my 

 beets went into that or not — I have heard it said that beet sugar 

 was inferior to cane sugar. One of the things that have been 

 charged against it is that it wouldn't make jell; you couldn't make 

 jell by using beet sugar. Here is a sample made from apples last 

 Friday; my folks undertook, to make a little of it to illustrate 

 whether it will make jell. Now, you know, it takes some time to 

 harden jell. I would like to have you make an examination of 

 these samples of beet sugar. From an examination of this jell 

 you will find that it can be made from beet sugar; in fact it is 

 equal in every respect to the cane sugar. 



I spoke a moment ago about deep plowing. The people from 

 Michigan told us that the ground should be plowed deep, because 

 they had a clay subsoil, and the reason we fell down the first year 

 on a number of pieces was on account of taking that advice. Our 

 soil here is loose enough so we don't need to go as deep as they do. 



Adjumment taken until 2 o'clock p.m. 



