SWISS CHARD 193 



About six pounds of seed to the acre will give about twelve 

 seeds (fruits) to a foot. 



There are many good varieties of stock beets. Among 

 the best are Long Red, Yellow, or Golden Tankard, 

 Yellow Globe, and American Sugar. The latter is not 

 a true sugar beet, but is much richer in sugar than the 

 ordinary varieties of stock beets and, possibly, of better 

 feeding value. 



Sugar beets, from which is made a large amount of 

 the sugar of commerce, are grown in a similar way to 

 stock beets, but on a large scale 

 they require a rather different 

 and special treatment. There 

 is no trouble about raising them 

 with a large percentage of sugar 

 in any of the Northern states, 

 but the drawbacks to beet grow- 

 ing as a general industry are 

 the very expensive machinery 

 required to extract the sugar 



economically on a large scale, Fig 75 W g ugar beet . 



the small margin of profit, and 

 the low price the manufacturers have been willing to pay 

 for the beets. Sugar beets grow entirely below ground, 

 which makes them difficult to dig, and they do not grow 

 to a large size, seldom weighing more than four pounds. 

 The part of a beet above ground does not contain much 

 sugar. It is recommended to sow about 18 pounds of seed 

 per acre. 



LEAF BEET, OR SWISS CHARD 



Description. Native of southern Europe. A biennial. 

 This appears to be exactly the same plant as the common 



