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409,230 acres, the average annual yield 

 being 20*04 tons per acre. 



From these figures we feel perfectly 

 satisfied that the advantages of sugar 

 beet cultivation over that of mangels 

 would be apparent, and that the farmer 

 in growing sugar beet instead of mangels 

 Avill save himself a waste year in his 

 cycle of crops, and thus make an extra 

 profit, which is not the case with mangels. 



We hope that this booklet may be 

 found useful, and we take this opportunity 

 of heartily thanking the many farmers 

 who have earnestly taken up this ques- 

 tion of sugar beet growing in England, 

 and have afforded us the means and 

 necessary knowledge of local conditions, 

 fully trusting that they were helping the 

 wheel along the path of progress. 



LONDON, 

 July, 1910, 



CARLYN. 



