300 THE SUGAK BEET. 



iiig from seventy to one. hundred and ten days, giving 

 an average of ninety, during which time the amount 

 of pulp furnished would be 450 kil og. (990 lbs.). In 

 all calculations the quantity of manure resulting should 

 not be neglected. For a sheep this is about equal to 

 500 kilog. (1100 lbs.) to every kilog. (2.2 lbs.) of wool 

 furnished. 



Hemarh. — We are informed that it is of common 

 occurrence with this food to obtain an increase in an 

 ox's weight of 160 kilog. (352 lbs.), 180 kilog. (396 

 lbs.), and even 190 kilog. (418 lbs.) in ninety-one days. 

 Now, supposing 160 kilog., or about 352 lbs., the aug- 

 mentation in weight of meat, if this is selling at f0.07, 

 this would represent a profit of f 24.64 ; to this, if we 

 add the resulting manure, which is sufficient for one 

 hectare (two and a half acres) of land, and subtract 

 the first cost and attendance, etc., there will still re- 

 main an enormous profit. We will not, for the pre- 

 sent, make any calculations, but we consider that this 

 is of much interest to Americans; as for unknown 

 reasons they are not willing to plant the beet on a suffi- 

 ciently large scale to test the possibility of success of 

 the beet sugar industry. 



Our farmers contend that the carrot, turnip, etc., can 

 be planted with much more profit for feeding purposes 

 than the beet. Kever was an error greater than this, 

 and even if this idea were correct, no future profit can 

 be derived from the growth of the first-mentioned 

 roots ; but, on the contrary, if the sugar beet is planted 



