NOTES ON THE ANALYSES OF BEETS FROM THE DIFFERENT STATES 



AND TERRITORIES. 



Arizona. Only two samples were received from this Territory. They 

 were both very much overgrown, being about three times as large as 

 the normal beet should be. As would be expected the content of sugar 

 was very low, the average of the two samples being 7.69 per cent. 



Arkansas. Only two samples were received from this State. In the 

 first one the beets were of a normal size, weighing 18 ounces, neverthe- 

 less the content of sugar was very low. In the second the beets were 

 very much overgrown, averaging 62 ounces. 



California. Eight samples were received from this State. The aver- 

 age size of the beets was entirely too large, being 48 ounces. The 

 average percentage of sugar in the various samples was 11.06. The 

 highest percentage of sugar was 13.35, with a beet weighing 23 ounces, 

 and the lowest was 8.35 in a beet weighing 62 ounces. The average 

 yield per acre as reported was 14.2 tons, showing a theoretical yield of 

 sugar of 2,188 pounds. 



Colorado. The number of samples from this State was forty-seven, 

 representing ten counties. The average percentage of sugar as found 

 in the samples was 13.08, and the average weight of the beets 26 ounces. 

 Some of the samples gave phenomenally high percentages ot sugar; 

 especially is that true of the samples from Yuma County, which, how- 

 ever, were very much undergrown, averaging only 6 ounces. The 

 county making the best showing, all things considered, is Arapahoe, 

 where the average content of sugar in the beet was 14.27, and the aver- 

 age weight of the beet 21 ounces. No better agricultural result than 

 this could be desired, in so far as the size of the beet and the content of 

 sugar are concerned. 



Connecticut. Five samples were received from the State of Connect- 

 icut. The mean content of sugar was 10.77, and the average weight 

 of the beets 27 ounces. 



Georgia. Two samples were received from the State of Georgia, both 

 from Clarke County. The average content of sugar in the two samples 

 was 11.03, and the average weight of the beets 12 ounces. 



Idaho. One sample was received from Idaho; it had a content of 

 sugar of 12,73, and a weight of 15 ounces, 



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