40 SUGAR-BEET SEED 



The variation in results secured from two good, 

 but varying brands of seed might easily amount to 

 i per cent, in the sugar content of the beets or 200 

 pounds of sugar per acre, 85 per cent, of which, or 170 

 pounds per acre, is recoverable in the factory. Calcu- 

 lating the value of this sugar at 4 cents per pound, the 

 loss in sugar would amount to $6.70 per acre or $67,000 

 on 10,000 acres, a net loss of $65,000 on the transaction. 



The lower tonnage yield of the inferior seed easily 

 might amount to one ton per acre; a loss to the farmers 

 of $57,000, thus incurring a total loss of $112,000, 

 offset only by a saving of $2000 on the price of seed. 



At 4 cents a pound for sugar, a seed which pro- 

 duces a beet containing one extra per cent, of sugar is 

 worth 33^ cents per pound more than is the inferior 

 seed. Such being the case, it is easy to understand 

 why many of the great botanists, physiologists and 

 chemists have devoted their lives to the amelioration 

 of the sugar beet, and why sugar factories do not try 

 to save money by purchasing any but what is rep- 

 resented to be the highest grade of seed. 



In quality, the purchasers of beet seed may be 

 deceived. The harvest may be poor, or the grower 

 may be careless, or worse. 



Words of warning emanating from authentic sources 



