95 



Eainfall May to October, inclusive, 1S91, in inches. 



* Total for four months. 



We give here the results of the analysis of sugar beets made by the U. S. Depart- 

 ment in Washington. The beets were forwarded during the first days of October 

 and must have been harvested between September 15 and 25. 



Analyses of sugar beets grown in Wisconsin, 1891. Analyses made by U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



* i. e., the ratio of sugar to the other solids in the juice of the beet. 



As will be noticed, nearly all the analyses come very low, only two 

 samples analyzing above 15 per cent of sugar in the juice, and only 

 nine out of twenty above 12 per cent. Doubtless the early date at 

 whic]i the beets were harvested will largely explain their inferior 



