66 THE SUGAR INDUSTRY. 
concludes: ‘‘The state is well adapted to sugar-beet culture, tonnage very high, pu- 
rity co-efficient quite satisfactory, averaging about 85.’’ 
NortH DaKkota—E. F. Ladd, chemist, reports analyses of beets grown in 791 
from 129 farms in all parts of state, yielding estimated average of 13 tons per acre, 
containing 7 to 18 per cent sugar, average 11.43, purity 46 to 98. In ’92, Prof Ladd 
believed other crops would be more profitable in most of the stutes; his letter in the 
fall of 96 expresses no opinion. But further private tests and experiments in Utah, 
Nebraska and Wisconsin, prove beyond question that the beet sugar industry can be 
made a great success in most parts of North Dakota. 
MICHIGAN—Tests were made all over the state in 1891. Season was unfavorable, 
drouth serious, results conflicting. In western counties 28 farmers reported an aver- 
age of 15 tons of beets per acre containing over 14 per cent sugar; southeast, 21 re- 
ports averaged 164 tons and 134 per cent sugar; central, 40 reports averaged 13 tons of 
144 per cent sugar; northeastern, 49 reports averaged 15 tons and 134 per cent sugar. 
This makes a promising outlook for both farmer and manufacturer, especially in 
southern Michigan. See Bulletin 382, Experiment Station, Agricultural College P O. 
InpIANA—About 300 analyses reported (by H A.Huston, chemist) of beets grown 
in 150 different localities all over the state in 1889-94, show highest yields of 12 to 42 
tons per acre, lowest 3 to 13 tons; sugar,in juice, highest 14 to 18 per cent, lowest 5 
to 10; purity, highest 87 to 90, lowest 5&8 to 70. Small plot tests prior to ’94; that 
year, ten fields of ¢ to 1 acre averaged 19 tons per acre, and half of these fields gave 
beets of quality sufficient for sugar manufacture. Chemist Huston adds: ‘‘Beets of 
satisfactory quality can be grown in all parts of Indiana. With one exception, 4ll 
correspondents who have raised beets in large plots believe that at $4 per ton this 
crop would pay a profit.’’ H. Cordez, who has been working for two years to estab- 
lish a factory near Evansville, southern Indiana, obtained 154 and 16 per cent sugar 
of 85 to 90 purity in small plot tests in ’96. 
ILLINoIs—Because farmers failed to raise enough beets to run the factory at 
Freeport many years ago, and because on some soils the crop did not seem to thrive, 
the impression has gone out that this state could not grow beets. The experiment 
station has done very little to ascertain the truth. Until the matter has been as 
widely tested as in Minnesota or Wisconsin, correct judgment cannot be formed. 
Until such tests prove to the contrary, we shall believe Illinois has thousands of acres 
that can be readily adapted to this crop. 
MINNESOTA (Prof Henry Snyder)—It has been the aim of the state experiment 
station to test, in as thorough and impartial a way as possible, the adaptability of 
Minnesota’s soil and climate to the growing of sugar beets. The work has been car- 
ried on for eight years, during which time 1079 samples of sugar beets have been ana- 
lyzed, showing of sugar 10 to 20 per cent, an average of 14 per cent; purity 70 to 94, 
an average of 804. The beets have been grown in a large number of counties through- 
out the state. It is believed that the experiment station has demonstrated that sugar 
beets, with a high per cent of sugar and co-efficient of purity, can be raised in Min- 
nesota, at a cost of $2 to $3 per ton. The average yield per acre was 15 tons. 
IowA—For the purpose of ascertaining by repeated experimentation how well 
Iowa is adapted to growing sugar beets, we began in 1891 and have grown and tested 
