(39) 



PER CENT. 



Wate?' 89.79 



Sugar 4.30 



Solids other than sugar 5.91 



100.00 



"I have taken up, placed in a box, and will ship in a few 

 days, as directed, J bushel of the sugar beets. As you know 

 I did not get the seed until May — they should have been 

 planted several weeks sooner — I planted six short rows in 

 my sweet potato patch, a light loam, rather sandy. Phmted 

 11th of May, used Whann's Raw Bone Superphosphate in 

 drill, about 300 lbs per acre, gave same cultivation as I did 

 cotton adjoining. There came up about half stand, and 

 grew finely ; had no rain until 3rd of June. New beets came 

 np, the older ones were then about G inches high ; the 

 younger ones never did much, the sun was too hot for them. 

 The beets seemed to do well until the dry hot weather oi 

 August, when the tops seemed to die and fall off. They art.- 

 putting out again new, and seem to be taking tlie second 

 growth. I estimated the yield to be about 210 bushels per 

 acre. If planted earlier, wiih suitable preparation of good 

 manure, and good cultivation, the yield vv'ould have been 3 

 times as large. The land has a clay sub-soil, red, iit about 

 12 or 14 inches from top. Sorry I did not get the seed in 

 time to make a more complete experiment ; will try again 

 next year." 



LOT NO. 6. 



Raised by Dr. G. W. Blacknall, Raleigh, Wake county. 

 Received in September : 



Total weight 51| lbs. 



Weight of largest 5| " 



smallest 3J " 



Average weight of 12 4 lbs. 4 ozs. 



Specific gravity of juice 1.0182 



