ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT 21 



washer, they are spread in a slightly warmed room 

 to dry and to afford convenient study of shapes, 

 color and texture of skin. 



Beets which fail to meet every requirement are 

 sliced and used for sugar. Those which are selected 

 are weighed on a self-registering scale, after which 

 they are carefully laid away. 



Carefully as were made the selections in the field, 

 but 5 to 8 per cent, of the beets which are staked in 

 the field ever pass these subsequent examinations 

 and reach the chemical laboratory, in which a large 

 percentage of those which have met the physical 

 requirements are rejected. 



FIRST CHEMICAL SELECTION 



As when medicine fails and the human patient is 

 placed upon the surgeon's operating table, so these 

 Adonis-like beets which have had every part of their 

 exteriors examined with microscopic thoroughness 

 now must have their interiors opened, examined and 

 analyzed, for the physical points of the outside are 

 but indications of what the interiors contain, the latter 

 being the chief consideration. 



The composition of the beet should be uniform, 



