30 BEET-ROOT SUGAR AND 



sugar beets at a cost, of $38 per acre, including $i6for 

 manure. Yield, 38,070 pounds, or 17 tons, to an acre. 

 Cost, $2.23 per ton. 



William Birnie, of Springfield, raised a crop of 

 mangel-wurzel, in 1859, on 2 2 acres of land, at a cost 

 of $82 per acre, including $40 per acre for manure. 

 Yield of mangel-wurzel, 76500 pounds, or nearly 34 

 tons per acre. There were also harvested on the same 

 land 400 heads of cabbage, besides 30 two-horse loads 

 of beet-tops for milch cows. Cost per ton of beets, 

 excluding value of tops or of cabbages, $2.38. 



Mr. Birnie says, " I estimate that the improved con- 

 dition of the land, after the crop is taken off, will more 

 than balance the interest on its cost for the year." 



Dr. Long, of Holyoke, raised a crop of ruta bagas, 

 in 1860, at a cost of $48 per acre, including $12 for 

 manure. Yield, 43,608 pounds, or nearly 20 tons, 

 per acre. Cost, $2.40 per ton. 



W. G. Wyman, of Worcester North, raised a crop 

 of ruta bagas, at a cost of $50 per acre, including $36 

 for manure. Yield, 49,600 pounds, or more than 22 

 tons, per acre. Cost, $2.27 per ton. 



According to the United States Agricultural Report 

 for 1864, Thomas Messinger, of Long Island, N. Y. ? 

 raised a crop of yellow globe mangel-wurzel at a 

 cost of $57 per acre, including rent and every other 

 expense. Yield, 111,000 pounds, or more than 

 tons, to an acre. Cost, $1.15 per ton. 



