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D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



Sugar 'Beet 



Contintied 



^wi#li*m. 



ViLMORIN'S 



Improved 

 Sugar Beet. 



In general the most desirable beet 

 for the sugar factory is the one con- 

 taining the largest percentage of 

 sugar. In this variety we have one 

 of the richest sorts in cultivation, 

 and moreover it will do better on 

 new lands than any other variety, 

 suffer less from an excess of nitro- 

 gen and will keep the best. In size 

 it is medium or a little below, yield- 

 ing from ten to sixteen tons per 

 acre, and containing, under favorable conditions, as 

 sugar. The beet grows below the surface. The green 

 spreading. Pkt. 6«; Oz, 10c; 2 0z. 10c; ^ Hi. 15c; 



A little larger than Vil- 

 morin's Improved and con- 

 taining about the same 

 amount of sugar. Its yield 

 of beets is from twelve to 

 eighteen tons per acre. 

 The beet grows below the 

 surface. The green leaves 

 are rather large and 

 spreading, with wavy 

 edges. A Kttle hardier and 

 easier grown than Vilmo- 

 rin's Improved. Probably 

 the best sort for the ex- 

 perimenter to use. Pkt. 5c; 

 Oz. 10c: 2 Oz. 10c: 



^ Lb. 15c; Lb. 35c. 



high as eighteen per cent of 

 leaves are smooth edged and 

 Lb. 35c. 



'Beet^J^or StocK. Feeding 



Giant Feeding Sugar Beet, or Half Sugar Mangel <S^|?'^siSfflf''me''n 



and the experience of practical stock feeders have established that a ration of some 

 appetizing green food is of such great importance as to be practically 

 essential to the profitable winter feeding of stock. In the northern states 

 a supply of such food can only be obtained from some root crops. Of these 



Mangel Wurzel is popular because of the immense 

 yield, but is not fully satisfactory because of the low 

 nutritive value. By the same system of careful selec- 

 tion and breeding which has accomplished so much 

 with the Sugar Beet, there has been established in the 

 GIANT FEEDING SUGAR a strain of beets which, 

 while giving nearly as large a yield of easily grown and 

 harvested roots as a crop of Mangels, supplies a food 

 of very much higher nutritive value, the roots for 

 feeding purposes being reaUy more valuable, pound 

 for pound, than those of the very best strains of Sugar 

 Beet, and the yield under equally favoi-able conditions 

 being more than double. The roots grow partly out of 

 the ground and because of tliis and their shape the 

 crop can be harvested and stored at less expense than 

 any other root crop. We ai'e certain that every one 

 who plants this variety and grows it with care will be 

 much pleased with the crop. Every farmer should try 

 it. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 10c; % Lb. 15c; 

 Lb. 35c. 



French White Sugar fSucttou »? 



PpH Tnn G^i3,nt Feeding Sugar, this was 

 i\ISU I up t,he sort most largely grown for 



stock feeding in Europe, where the supe- 

 rior feeding value of the Sugar Beets over 



the coarse Mangel Wurzels is generally 



recognized. This sort is so rich in sugar 



that it is sometimes grown for sugar fac- 

 tories. We do not recommend it for this 



purpose, but do as a most profitable crop 



for feeding stock. The numerous green 



leaves are quite erect, and the elongated, 



egg-shaped root is tinged with red at the top. 



It is very hardy and productive, yielding 



about twenty tons to the acre. Pkt. 5c; 



Oz, 10c; 2 Oz. 10c; ^ Lb. 15c; Lb. 35c. 



French White Sugar 

 Red Top Beet. 



French Yellow Sugar 



Grows to a large size; root 

 half long, yellow and sweet. 



Excellent for stock feeding. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c: 2 Oz. 10c; 



h Lb. 16c; Lb. 40c. 



Giant Feeding Sugar Beet, or Half Sugar Mangel. 



