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land in other portions of the State — the Connecticut valley, 

 Worcester County, etc. — is more valuable for the production 

 of other crops, such as tobacco, onions and vegetables, than it 

 could be for the production of sugar beets. Brooks, in his 

 book entitled ''Agriculture," states his opinion as follows: — 



Tlie production of sugar beets is hardly likely, in the opinion of the 

 writer, to prove ]M'ofitable in the New England States. In that section 

 greater profits can be derived from the cultivation of numerous other 

 crops to which the soil and climate are suited and which can be readily 

 disposed of in the markets of that section of the country. 



Tt is not true that beets improve the fertility of the land. 

 Sugar beets thrive best in deep, rich mellow loams. Well-rotted 

 stable manure, green crops plowed in, supplemented with phos- 

 phates and high-grade sulfate of potash, preferably applied 

 in the autumn, are the most suitable fertilizers. It would be 

 useless to try to grow sugar beets on shallow, unfeii:ile soils. 

 The writer is, therefore, of the opinion that while the climate 

 is satisfactory and a considerable area is suited to the beet, 

 economic conditions are not favorable to the production of beet 

 sugar in Massachusetts. 



