30 BEET-ROOT SUGAR AND 



sugar beets at a cost, of $38 per acre, including $i6for 

 manure. Yield, 38,070 pounds, or 17 tons, to an acre. 

 Cost, $2.23 per ton. 



William Birnie, of Springfield, raised a crop of 

 mangel-wurzel, in 1859, on 2^ acres of land, at a cost 

 of $82 per acre, including $40 per acre for manure. 

 Yield of mangel-wurzel, 76,000 pounds, or nearly 34 

 tons per acre. There were also harvested on the same 

 land 400 heads of cabbage, besides 30 two-horse loads 

 of beet-tops for milch cows. Cost per ton of beets, 

 excluding value of tops or of cabbages, $2.38. 



Mr. Birnie says, " I estimate that the improved con 

 dition of the land, after the crop is taken off, will more 

 than balance the interest on its cost for the year." 



Dr. Long, of Holyoke, raised a crop of ruta bagas, 

 in 1860, at a cost of $48 per acre, including $12 for 

 manure. Yield, 43,608 pounds, or nearly 20 tons, 

 per acre. Cost, $2.40 per ton. 



W. G. Wyman, of Worcester North, raised a crop 

 of ruta bagas, at a cost of $50 per acre, including $36 

 for manure. Yield, 49,600 pounds, or more than 22 

 tons, per acre. Cost, $2.27 per ton. 



According to the United States Agricultural Report 

 for 1864, Thomas Messinger, of Long Island, N. Y., 

 raised a crop of yellow globe mangel-wurzel at a 

 cost of $57 per acre, including rent and every other 

 expense. Yield, 111,000 pounds, or more than 

 tons, to an acre. Cost, $1.15 per ton. 



