REPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 111 
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SeIDEIRG eee < oa wc ce deen ee eee wee 17. 03 1.55 1.59 3.91 13. 24 39 
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POS PUOLIGMCIC.. 2. -. 22 oan seein en == fia ih 1. 96 2.04 | 3. 64 4.50 11. 98 
Lis Seer ee eee Soe See | 1.32 1. 76 1.80 18.49 9. 00 24, 95 
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LET Sc (ee ee ee Si ae a SS ee | 24. 47 32. 31 32. 91 l 49. 66 33.77 25. 70 
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109. 100. 100 100. 100. 100. 
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SUGAR-BEETS. 
During the year 1878 there were sent out from the Department the 
following varieties of sugar-beet seed, viz: 
Lane’s improved, from Rockford, Il. 
White red-top, from Vilmorin & Co. 
White small-rooted, from Vilmorin & Co. 
Silesian green-top, from Vilmorin & Co. 
Vilmorin’s improved, from Vilmorin & Co. 
A cireular-letter was sent after the several parcels of seed, requesting 
replies to the following questions: 
ist. Time of planting. : , 
2d. Depth of plowing. 
3d. Quantity of seed used per acre or fraction thereof. 
4th. Distance of rows from each other. 
5th. Distance between beets in the row. 
6th. Time of harvesting. 
7th. The nature of the soil and subsoil. 
8th. What kind of manure was applied? 
9th. Had the ground been previously well manured ? 
10th. Are you in the habit of raising root crops every year? 
11th. Did the drought at the end of June and beginning of July per- 
ceptibly interfere with the sugar-beets ? 
12th. What is the cost of raising sugar-beets? State cost in money 
value, if known, or your opinion of cost, as compared with other root 
crops. 
13th. Have the beets suffered from frost; and, if so, at what date? 
14th. What other crops, if any, suffered from the same frost? 
15th. Have insects infested the sugar-beet crop; and, if so, what kind? 
ee What other peculiarities did you observe regarding this special 
crop? 
17th. What quantity in weight of beets did you harvest per acre? 
An invitation was also extended to those raising the beets to send 
specimens to the department for analysis. 
In reply to this invitation there have been received fifty seven speci- 
mens of beets, the analyses of which are given hereafter. 
Of the fifty-seven sending beets forty-nine sent replies to the above 
questions concerning their culture. 
Replies to the above list of questions were received from fourteen, 
from whom no samples of beets have been received for analysis. 
Hight of those sending beets for analysis have as yet failed to reply 
to the questions. 
The results of the analyses were in every instance forwarded to those 
sending the beets, and these results are tabulated below: 
