(35) 



Specilic gravity of juice 1.0417 



PER CENT. 



Water 86.G3 



Sugar 6.46 



Solids other than sugar 6.91 



100.00 



A "check" analysis on a second lot of the same beets gave 

 the following results: 



Specific gravity 1.0396 



Svgar 6.44 perct. 



Mr. J. C. Pass reports upon this lot raised by him as fol- 

 lows : 



'* It is possible that the soil on which the beets were 

 planted, though well drained and very fertile, contains an 

 excess of saline and alkaline substances. The specimen sent 

 is not above the average. 



Land planted, 40x89 feet, (1-12 acre.) 



Fertilizers used, acid phosphate (Navassa), 40 lbs.; wood 

 ashes, about one bushel. 



Quality of land, rich loam. 



Mode of preparation, flushed with a one-horse plow and 

 sub-soiled 15 inches deep, and thrown into ridges 22 inches 

 apart. 



Quantity of seed sown, quarter of a pound, less one table- 

 spoonful. Seeds put into water to soak the 25th April, 

 rolled in wood ashes and planted the 26th and lightly cov- 

 ered, from which a stand of about 85 per cent, was obtained 

 (7 inch drill space desired). The "re-set beets from thinning 

 the hills were of no value. 



Cultivation consisted in plowing one time and hoe-worked 

 four times. 



