ON CHEMICAL YIELDING PLANTS 



percentage already attained is scarcely open to 

 doubt. And even as the case stands, the sugar- 

 beet has attained a position in which it is, as we 

 have already seen, a dangerous rival for the sugar- 

 cane. 



The producers of sugar-beets 

 have been at work while the 

 producers of sugar-cane were 

 sleeping; and the results of 

 their efforts constitute a trium- 

 phant demonstration of the 

 value of scientific plant ex- 

 perimentation as an aid to 

 the practical agriculturist. 



