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selecting the best kind, that many manufacturers test 

 the beets before purchase, and pay according to quality, 

 not quantity, some beets being really worth twice as 

 much as others. 



Crops very rich in sugar are not so large as those of 

 a poorer quality. 



Where beets are sold by the ton, and not by degree 

 of richness, those containing twelve to twelve and a 

 half per cent, afford the density upon which the 

 interests of the farmer and manufacturer can best be 

 united. 



In the infancy of the industry in this country, we 

 shall be compelled to import seed. All varieties, and 

 of the best qualities, not only of beets, but of all other 

 plants, may be obtained, with certainty of being true 

 to description, from Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co., of 

 Paris. 



MANURES. 



FOR the profitable production of beets in Europe, 

 the liberal use of fertilizers is a necessity. The virgin 

 soils of the west may not absolutely require it, in order 

 to secure good crops, but there is no doubt that pro- 

 ductiveness can be increased by the judicious use of 

 manures ; and it is quite certain that the time will soon 

 come when it will be absolutely necessary. The best 

 fertilizers to produce large crops of beet, are human 

 ordure, and that of horses, cattle, and sheep. The 

 urine, and all liquid manures, should be saved, because 

 they are richer in fertilizing properties, and assimilate 

 more readily with plants than the solid portions of 

 dung. There is, however, this objection to the use of 



