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Illinois. Thirty-six samples were received from the State of Illinois, 

 representing fourteen counties. The average content of sugar was 11.73, 

 and the average weight of the beet was 32 ounces. The best showing 

 among the counties was made by Lee, which showed an average con- 

 tent of 13.61 of sugar in the beet, and an average weight of beet of 

 34 ounces. This is a remarkably high content of sugar considering the 

 size of the beet produced. All the samples from this county showed 

 high results. Another county showing excellent results was Cook, 

 where the average content of sugar was 13.48 and the average weight 

 of beet 44 ounces. It is very rare to see so high a sugar content with 

 a beet of such size. 



Indiana. Seventy-one samples were received from the State of In- 

 diana, representing eighteen counties. The average content of sugar 

 for the samples for the whole of the State was 11.64, and the average 

 weight of the beets 27 ounces. Among the counties Wabash has the 

 best results, showing 13.45 per cent of sugar in the beet, with an aver- 

 age weight of 30 ounces. All the samples except one received from 

 that county showed good results. The highest sugar was 13.58, obtained 

 in Clinton County, from which, however, only two samples were received. 

 This would make it rather unfair to compare it with the other counties 

 sending a larger number of samples. Kosciusko County also made a 

 good showing, with an average percentage of 11.93 of sugar in the beet, 

 from 16 samples, being the largest number received from any one 

 county in the State. 



WORK CONDUCTED BY THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION OP INDIANA. 



Prof. H. A. Huston, chemist of the Experiment Station of Indiana, conducted an 

 extensive series of experiments with sugar beets during the season of 1891, the re- 

 sults of which are printed in Bulletin No. 39 for April, 1892. 



A large number of samples of seeds was sent to farmers in different parts of the 

 State and 65 samples of beets were sent in for examination. The mean percentage 

 of sugar in the juice of the beets and their mean average weight in ounces are as 

 follows : 



Sugar in the juice, per cent 12. 8 



Weight of beets, ounces 20. 7 



Sixty-six samples of beets grown on the experimental farm of the station were 

 also examined and found to contain 12.4 per cent of sugar in the juice. The average 

 weight of the beets is not given in these samples, with the exception of six, and so 

 no comparison can be made. 



As a result of the experiments it is concluded that the station will be justified in 

 making tests in all parts of the State so that all the' different characteristics of the 

 soil in the State can be thoroughly studied with reference to the character of beets 

 which can be grown upon it. 



A table is given of the relative amount of sugar in three typical sizes of beets : 



Fifteen large beets weighing 40 pounds contained 4 pounds and 4 ounces of sugar. 



Thirty-nine beets of medium size weighing 40 pounds contained 4 pounds and 14 

 ounces of sugar, 



