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highest results was Polk, averaging 15.42 per cent of sugar in the 

 beet and 30 ounces in weight. Next on the list comes Goodhue County 

 with four samples, averaging 15 per cent of sugar and 20 ounces in 

 weight. Next Faribault, with four samples, averaging 12.42 percentage 

 of sugar and 27 ounces in weight. 



Missouri. Sixty- seven samples were received from the State of Mis- 

 souri. The average percentage of sugar in the beet for the whole State 

 was 10.42, and the average weight of beets 20 ounces. The best result is 

 reported from Caldwell County, showing 15.41 percentage of sugar in 

 the beet and a weight of 12 ounces. The next best result is from 

 Knox County, four samples with an average of 13.36 per cent of sugar 

 in the beet and an average weight of 9 ounces. This must not be 

 considered a very high content of sugar for beets so greatly undergrown. 

 The low result in this State as a whole is due to the belated samples 

 sent by the State Experiment Station. These samples were not received 

 until late in January and some of them were in a very poor condition. 

 Especially hard on the State average are the results of Nos. 16670 and 

 16671, comprising samples of beets wholly unfit for any use. 



Quite remarkable, however, is the result reported from Livingston 

 County. One sample weighing 64 ounces contained 11.96 per cent of 

 sugar. On the whole it appears that had the beets grown in Missouri 

 been cultivated under proper scientific conditions so as to keep the size 

 down to the normal, the content of sugar in them would have compared 

 favorably with that of any other State. 



Montana. Forty-one samples were received from this State, repre- 

 senting five counties, of which Gallatin County furnished thirty. The 

 average content of sugar for the State was 13.23, and the average weight 

 of the beets 25 ounces. Gallatin County, with thirty samples, shows an 

 average content of sugar in the beet of 13.75 and an average weight of 

 beet of 20 ounces. This is certainly a most excellent result. The highest 

 percentage in the samples is found in those from Missoula County, 

 containing 15.82 per cent of sugar in the beet and having an aver- 

 age weight of 28 ounces. There were, however, only two samples 

 from this county. The next best result is also from a county which fur- 

 nished only two samples, Lewis and Clarke County, showing an average 

 content of sugar in the beet of 15.46, and an average weight of beet of 

 19 ounces. 



Nebraska. The number of samples received from Nebraska was sixty- 

 two, representing twenty-nine counties. The average content of sugar 

 in the beet for the whole State was 11.67 and the average weight of the 

 beet 35 ounces. Among the counties showing the highest results may 

 be mentioned Richardson, one sample having 15.82 per cent of sugar 

 and a weight of 13 ounces. Howard County, two samples, averaging 

 14.54 per cent of sugar and 24 ounces in weight. Boxbutte County 

 sent two samples showing 16.22 per cent of sugar and an average 

 weight of 31 ounces. Saline County, two samples, showing 14,21 per 



