54 SUGAR-BEET SEED 



The sugar content of the Washington beets, as shown 

 by 185 tests made by the State Agricultural College at 

 Pullman, Washington, October 10, 1903, was as follows: 



Below 1 8% 8 beets, average sugar in beet 17 . 26% 

 18-19 I 5 18.48 



19-20 52 19-38 



20-21 53 20.30 



21-22 39 21.22 



22-23 l6 22.22 



23-24 I 23.00 



24- I 24.00 



Total 185 20.21% 



162 Beets average 21 .69% 



no Beets average 22.15% 



The Department of Agriculture purchased 5 tons 

 of the Washington seed at 10 cents per pound, but 

 Morrison was unable to induce the sugar factories to 

 purchase any portion of the balance at that price. 



Morrison appealed to Secretary of Agriculture Wil- 

 son, declaring he could not afford to sell his seed at 

 less than 10 cents per pound and that he would let 

 his mother beets rot in the silo, rather than continue 

 the work if he could not find a market for his product. 



In appealing to the writer to interest himself in 

 the placing of the Washington seed, Secretary of 

 Agriculture Wilson wrote, in part, as follows, on 

 February 17, 1904: 



