1894.] 



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373 



D. Analyses of Sugar-producing Plants — Continued. 



« 

 [Effect of different modes of cultivation on Electoral sugar beets.] 



* From beets weighing from 1'^ to 2 pounds. f From beets weighing from 10 to 14 pounds. 



1. Soil, loam resting on clayish hai"d-pan, had been for several years 

 in grass. Tomatoes had been the preceding crop. Five hnndred 

 pounds of a phosphatic blood guano were ai)plied before planting. 



2. Soil, a clayish loam, had been i:)longhed seven inches deep. A 

 liberal amount of rotten sheep-mantire was placed in trenches and 

 covered by running two furrows together, thus forming a ridge on 

 which the seed were planted. 



3. Soil, a gravelly loam, Avhich had been richly manured with stable 

 compost and twice jjlouglied before planting. 



4. Soil, a sandy loam, underlaid by fine sand. The seed w^ere jilanted 

 on ridges, which covered trenches containing a little rotfen stable- 

 manure. 



5. No details of modes of cultivation received. 



6. Soil, a dark, reddish-brown, rich, deep, sandy loam. Clover had 

 been raised for two years previous to a crop of carrots, which preceded 

 the sugar beets. The beets were the second crop after the application 

 of twenty loads of stable-manitre j)er acre. 



Composition of Canada-grown Sugar Beets. 

 [1872 and 1873.] 



Whkrk Grown. 



Weight of 

 Koots. 



Specific 



Gravity of 



Juice 



(Brix). 



Tempera- 

 ture of 

 Juice. 



Per Cent. 



of Cane 



Sugar 



in Juice. 



Echaullon de INIontreal, 

 Riviere du Loup, . 

 Chambly, 

 Maskinonge, . 



2 to 21 lbs 

 2 to 31 lbs. 

 2 to 2i lbs. 

 2 to 3" lbs. 



15.4° 

 14.-5° 

 13.2= 

 13.4° 



64° F. 

 63° F. 

 63° F. 

 63° F. 



11.38 



10.20 



9.02 



8.83 



