TURNIPS. 

 Vlll. Riita Buga. *•' White Sweet German." Weight, 2 lb. 2 oz. 

 IX. '' Early Yellow or Golden Stone." Weight, 14 oz. 

 X. Rata Baga. " Skirviug's Purple Top." Weight, 2 lb. 11 oz. 



Per Cent. 

 VIII. IX. V. 



Moisture at 100° C, 87.23 87.20 88.40 



Drv matter, 12.77 12.80 11.60 



The closing months of the past summer season were marked by an 

 exceptional amount of rainfall. The serious iufluence of that cir- 

 cumstance showed itself iu various directions in our vicinity. Some 

 crops iu low localities suffered more or less a premature decay, — 

 others did not reach their full maturity in due lime. Our root crop, 

 judging from the results of our examination, evidently did not reach 

 its full perfection on account of the exceptional wetness of the later 

 period of the growing season. The moderate amount of dry vegeta- 

 ble matter found iu the well-studied variety of Saxony sugar beet, as 

 well as the large proportion of the nitrogen most of them contained in 

 other combinations than in that of true albuminoid substances entitle to 

 that conclusion. Root crops are commonly reported to contain on 



