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have weeded out the poorer brands of seed. This 

 discrimination is reflected in the extraction of sugar 

 per ton of beets, which has increased from 11.59 P er 

 cent, in 1903 to 14.21 per cent, in 1915, an increase 

 of 2.62 per cent, or 22.6 per cent, more sugar extracted 

 from each ton of beets sliced. The tons of beets per 

 acre also have increased and, whereas the yield of 

 sugar per acre was 1984 pounds in 1903, in 1915 it 

 was 2870 pounds per acre, an increase of 44.6 per 

 cent. These results are due in part to better seed, 

 in part to better agricultural methods, and in part 

 to better factory results. 



AMERICAN-GROWN SUGAR-BEET SEED 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 Sugar-beet Seed Experiment Station in Nebraska 



For a number of years sugar-beet seed has been 

 grown to a limited extent in the United States, and 

 most of the seed here produced has been superior to 

 the best imported seed. 



The earliest recorded attempt to produce sugar- 

 beet seed in the United States was made by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture at Schuyler, Ne- 

 braska, where the Department established a .sugar- 



