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of culture, however carefully it may be conducted, could not be con- 

 clusive in regard to the possibilities of any one State or locality in the 

 production of beets. In the second place, it must be understood that 

 the farmers of different States may not have followed exactly the same 

 method of sampling beets. In some of the cases, at least, where the 

 general average of the State seems to run low it is found that the average 

 weight of the beet was far above that which is required of a beet of 

 high -saccharine strength. 



The results, therefore, must be simply regarded as tentative, showing 

 in general where beets of fine quality can be produced, but not in any 

 way deciding on the comparative ability of the several States for the 

 production of rich beets. 



The results of the analytical work arranged by States and counties 

 are given in the following tables: 



