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average percentage of sugar in the beet of 18.02 and an average weight 

 of 9 ounces. 



New Hampshire. Only one sample was received from this State, 

 which contained 11.64 per cent of sugar and weighed 19 ounces. 



New Jersey. Only one sample was received from this State, which 

 contained 7.33 per cent of sugar, with a weight of 17 ounces. 



New Mexico. Seventeen samples were received from the Territory of 

 New Mexico, showing an average content of sugar of 13.8 and an aver- 

 age weight of 28 ounces. Eddy County, which furnished the largest 

 number of samples, also leads the list in regard to quality, showing an 

 average of 14.45 per cent of sugar and a weight of 27 ounces. This result 

 is exceptionally fine and shows that the possibilities of the production 

 of beets of high saccharine richness is very flattering. 



New York. Four samples were received from the State of New 

 York, and the average content of sugar was 11.58 and the average 

 weight 32 ounces. Three counties sent samples. The best sample 

 was received from G-enesee County, with 13.02 percentage of sugar and 

 a weight of 23 ounces. Erie sent two samples with an average con- 

 tent of sugar of 12.25 and an average weight of 33 ounces. 



North Dakota. There were received by the Department from North 

 Dakota eleven samples from six counties. The mean percentage of 

 sugar for the State was 11.84, and the mean weight of the beets 23 

 ounces. The best results by counties were from Mclntosh. 



Bulletin No. 5 of the Experiment Station of North Dakota, issued in 

 February, 1892, contains an account of the results with sugar beets in 

 that State during the season of 1891. 



Seed of the standard varieties of sugar beets was distributed to dif- 

 ferent parts of the State and one hundred and forty-four samples were 

 received for analysis. In general it may be said that the samples were 

 somewhat overgrown, as will be seen from the average weight. The 

 percentage of sugar in the juice and the purity are also rather low; 

 lower than would be expected, in fact, for that locality. 



Mr. E. F. Ladd, who conducted the analyses, makes the following 

 summary of the results : 



(1) The one hundred and twenty-nine samples of beets analyzed gave an average 

 sugar content (sucrose) of 11.43 per cent. 



(2) Many of the samples of beets sent for analysis were harvested before the sugar 

 in the beets was fully formed; in other words, before the beets were ripe. 



(3) In many cases the beets had not received proper treatment and much of the 

 root grew above ground. 



(4) In many instances the ground was not plowed to sufficient depth, not more 

 than 6 inches deep, leaving a hard, impenetrable subsoil below, and the beets grew 

 prongy and of ill shape such as would be rejected at the factory. 



(5) To grow sugar beets for the factory the land should be plowed to a depth of 

 8 to 10 inches ; the beets grow well in the ground, for the part above ground is of 

 inferior quality and generally rejected at the factory. 



(6) The large beets are not the best for sugar. Beets weighing above 3 pounds 

 have a less per cent of sugar than the smaller beets. 



