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SUGAR-BEET SEED 



All roots grown from any one sample of seed and 

 which prove to be not as uniformly high in sugar 

 content and purity as were the original beets from 

 which the seed was raised are discarded. Less than 

 one-half of one per cent, of the roots tested are found 

 to be suitable for breeding purposes. 



After this chemical selection of a breeding family, 

 the beets which meet the requirements are inspected 

 by the botanist and sugar content and purity are con- 

 sidered in connection with shape and other external 

 qualities. Then they are laid away in siloes or cellars 

 which protect them from heating and freezing, and 

 in the spring they receive their final test. 



The same writer gave the following progress in the improve- 

 ment of the beet in The Netherlands: 



