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We give below extracts from the remarks with which the different 

 fanners accompanied the description of the beets sent in for analysis by 

 them. The figures refer to the numbers in the preceding table : 



3. Seed did not come up for a month after planting, June 14. 



13. This variety does not yield as well as No. 12, but seems to mature earlier. 



14. Cutworms ravaged beets badly when they came up first. 



16. No rain from April 25 to June 14, and none from July 1 to September 30, to 

 wet the ground more than about an inch ; in fact it has been the driest season that 

 the oldest settler has seen. 



19. Some insects or bugs hard on beets and rutabagas by side of them in the spring. 



23, 24. Only one row harvested, hence the excessive yield. 



30. I think in a good growing season I could get as many again from the same 

 ground. 



35, 64. The seeds lay in the ground for about four weeks before coming up. 



54. Last crop grown on land wheat ; the field was not manured for four years. 



58. Harvested a great many beets that weighed 9 to 10 pounds. 



62. Not more than two-thirds of a crop. 



79. Cutworms destroyed fully one-half the plants. 



80. Had the season been more favorable and they had received proper care and 

 cultivation, the yield would have been three times as great. 



81. The crop was nearly destroyed by cutworms. 

 85. This is not more than half a crop. 



89. The like of the drought not seen in the State since 1865. 



90. No rain for about three months to wet the ground. 



92. I would rather plant potatoes and sell them at 25 cents a bushel and buy my 

 sugar than to raise sugar beets. 



97. Time expended planting, cultivating, and harvesting plat (one twenty-fourth 

 acre), twenty-eight and one-half hours. (This Avould equal an expense of $4.56 per 

 ton of beets, valuing one hour labor for one man 10 cents, and the yield of beets 15 

 tons per acre; see further under No. 247.) 



100. Some of the beets were entirely stripped of leaves by a black bug. 



101. The beets seem to stand drought much better than other roots. Had turnips, 

 carrots, etc., on same ground, and they are worthless. My cow relished them and 

 gave a good flow of milk. 



120. I think I could raise 40 tons per acre in good season. 



143. I think I can raise 1,200 bushels to the acre. 



154. It was too dry for the seed to sprout until June 15, and then insects gnawed 

 the plants off. The plot was only half covered with beets. 



156. Had some beets of 9 pounds weight. 



160. There is not more than half the yield there would be in an ordinary season. 



162. Judging from the very bad season here for this kind of crop, 1 think they 

 would be a very profitable crop to raise for any purpose that they can be used for. 



167. Several beets weighed 9 to 10 pounds. 



191. The seed did not germinate for nearly a month after planting, and then so 

 unevenly that a careful transplanting could not produce an even stand. 



193. Never had such weather in the last ten years. 



199. Seed came up about June 25. 



225. Beets are better than other roots for cows giving milk. They keep through 

 the winter as good or better than potatoes. 



235. Can be grown as well as potatoes, but, like everything else, the labor beats 

 the balance sheet. 



242. I have no doubt but that beets can be profitably grown if the rows are put 

 far enough apart so the greater part of the work can be done with a horse. 



247. It required 22 hours 35 minutes time for one man to plant, hoe, cultivate, 

 thin, dig, top, and put in the cellar. Size of plat, 4,620 square feet. (This would 



