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the crop from 10 acres of red beets is probably more 

 than sufficient to supply the whole of Quebec city. 

 On the other hand, those who have a little expe- 

 rience in this matter very well know that where 

 700 bushels of sugar beets could be raised, 300 

 bushels of red table beets could not be grown. 



An equal basis of comparison cannot then be 

 established between these two products, destined for 

 such different purposes. 



If beets are considered as fodder for cattle, so as 

 to determine their value, experience has shown 

 that 1000 pounds of good hay are equal to 4000 

 pounds of beets or 71 bushels as a nutritive agent. 

 Hay is sold on an average at $10 per 1500 pounds, 

 (100 bundles) the equivalent in beets of these 1500 

 would be 6000 pounds or 1U7 bushels and we would 

 thus have a comparative value a little over 9 cents 

 per bushel. 



On the other hand, the culture of the sugar beet 

 is not in any way intended to supplant any of the 

 other usual crops: it should take its place in the 

 rotation and tend to the establishment of a regular 

 system of rotation of crops, and it is destined to im- 

 prove the whole agricultural system by the special 

 care which it requires. 



After the crop of beets, the heads that have been 

 cut off w r ith the leaves remain on the ground. These 

 may be taken, for an average crop, as weighing 

 10,000 pounds. 



This refuse is always ploughed into the land arid 



