62 THE SUGAR INDUSTRY. 
the yield will average 12 to 14 tons per acre; many raised 15 to 18 tons per acre, and 
one crop made 28 tons of good beets per acre. The factory, illustrated on Page 61, 
has a capacity of 275 tons of beets per day of 24 hours. 
This factory is the outcome of elaborate inquiries conducted by the Wisconsin ex- 
periment station that show almost the entire state to be wonderfully adapted to the 
sugar beet. The beet ripens ordinarily by Sept 15 or 20, and until Nov 10 there is 
little danger from cold, but after that silos will be necessary if a factory is to run 
much over 60 days. Hundreds of pounds of beets have been grown all over the state 
and analyzed at the station, showing total averages of from 124 to 144 per cent of 
sugar, while many samples ran up to 18 per cent and the co-efficient of purity aver- 
aged over 80. The Vilmorin gave the richest sugar and the Despez Richest the next. 
As a result of all this work, there is a deep interest in the sugar question. 
OTHER STATES. 
So much fo” results in states in which beet sugar factories are already in opera- 
tion. In many other states much work has been done in growing beets to test the 
adaptability of the soil to this crop. Thousands of analyses have been made by the 
United States department of agriculture and by several of the state experiment sta- 
tions. It is evident from all this work during the past ten years that beets can be 
commercially grown at a profit over most of the vast area indicated in Map No 3,"fron- 
tispiece—from the Hudson to the Pacific, from the Carolinas to the Lakes. We’do 
not advocate the industry for New England, because the limited areas suitable for 
beet culture can hardly compete with the wider areas and more fertile soils of the 
middle and western states. 
New YorkK—We did nothing in the way of testing sugar beets in 1895. In the 
spring of 1894, we sent out 45 packages of seeds to the various counties of the state. 
The following table sets forth in brief the average weight of beets, the average yield 
per acre, the per cent of sugar and the average yield per acre of sugar of three varie- 
ties in 1894: 
Average Average Average Average 
weight in ounces yieldin tons %sugar yield of sugar 
Variety per beet per acre per acre 
Mette, 32.76 26.5 10.05 5326.5 lbs 2.66 tons 
Vilmorin’s Imperial, 34.16 34 6.92 4705 “ 2.35 
D K'wanz, 30.59 24,77 9.38 4246.5 * 2.12 « 
Average of all, 32.50 28.42 8.78 4759.4 lbs 2.37 tons 
These plots were small, and it is to be supposed that the yield was much larger 
than could have been secured on large areas and that the beets selected were larger 
than the average. During the season the beets stopped growing in midsummer, and 
became nearly ripe. Fall rains started them ‘to growing most vigorously and they 
put out new leaves, which without doubt greatly diminished the sugar content. The 
largest yield (D. K’wanz) was 56 tons per acre with 8.5 per cent of sugar. The next 
largest (Vilmorin’s Imp) was 54 tons with 5.05 per cent sugar. Westchester county 
reported a yield of 12 tons and 12.7 per cent sugar of the variety Vilmorin’s Im- 
proved, and Seneca county 6 tons with 5.7 per cent sugar. The yields and per cent 
of sugar were extremely variable. In 1893, eight plots of Dippe’s Kleinwanzlebener, 
in various counties, gave an average of 21 tons with 12.86 per cent sugar. Twelve 
