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FERRY 



CO 



DETROIT, MICH 



SUGAR 



Sugar Beets are desirable not only for the rai 

 valuable for stock feeding and table use. Our lis 

 the market. 



SOIL — The best soil for Sugar Beets is a rich 

 Rich, mucky soils will often give an immense yiel( 

 lent for feeding are of little value for sugar makir 



MANL'RE— Sugar Beets do much better when 

 a preceding crop than when the fertilizers are aj 

 condition of the ground necessitates the use of a : 

 greatest care should be taken to have it evenly 

 surface soil. 



SEED— There is no crop where the quaUty of 

 portance than this. A great deal of most pati 

 expended in establishing and developing strains 

 sugar making. It is only by the use of the best see 

 is possible. 



PLANTING AND CULTIVATINQ-The great s 

 leal culture of Beets is thorough preparation of th( 

 should be planted as soon as the soil can be gotte 

 not likely to be before the middle of April, but tlj 

 last of May. We plant in drills twenty to thirt;^ 

 twelve to twenty seeds to the foot. This will reqi 

 of seed to the acre. It is very important that the 

 exceed one inch of soil pressed firmly over it. As 

 started sufficiently to make the rows visible they| 

 field should receive constant attention so as to 

 destroy the starting weeds. When the beets are at 

 they should be thinned so as to stand six to ten inch 

 vation should be discontinued as soon as the root 

 Often a crop is injured by late cultivation which 



growth when they should be maturing and developii^ _-„^.. u-ugar oeeis ripeu 

 and become fit for harvesting as distinctly as do potatoes or corn, and they indicate 

 that they are approaching this condition by the outer leaves turning yellowish and 

 the top seeming to decrease in size owing to the curling of the central leaves. 

 They should be gathered and stored when ripe or mature, for if left they may 

 start into fresh growth, which lessens the proportion of sugar. The successful 

 cultivation of beets rich in sugar requires rotation of crops, however rich and good 

 the soil may appear to be. 



Jaensch's Victrix 



No plant has been more carefully studied than the Sugar Beet, and as a result 

 the improvements in it have been marvelous. We now have those yielding, under 

 most favorable conditions, 18 to 30 Per Cent Sugar. This increase has been 

 brought about not so much by improved methods of fertilization and culture, 

 though these have been factors, as by Improvement in Seed. 



The profitableness of a crop, even under the same conditions of soil and culture, is largely determined by thequality 

 of the seed used which affects the total weight of roots harvested, the amount of tare (or proportion of the root which 

 has to be removed in topping) and above all in the proportion of sugar the roots contain. Jaensch's Victrix is Unques- 

 tionably the Best Strain of Sugar Beet. 



It is grown by the most successful Sugar Beet experts in the world, Gustav Jaensch & Co. This firm has worked for 

 many years in the midst of the best Sugar Beet growers and factories in Germany, and Mr. Jaensch himself has devoted 



years of careful study to determining what a Sugar Beet should be 

 and how it may be pi-oduced. Jaensch & Co. select each year a few 

 of the best, and from these they select those which show the greatest 

 power to perpetuate their good qualities. Having obtained a superior 

 beet, they skillfully increase the stock and are able to offer seeds by the 

 ton, every one of which is the direct descendant in 

 the second or third generation of a single beet. 

 Such seed has a special value, since it gives greater 

 Uniformity of Product, which is of great import- 

 ance to both the manufacturer and farmer. Not 

 only do Jaensch & Co. produce the best seed grown 

 but before sending it out they submit it to a process 

 by which the Germinating' Power is conserved and 

 its abihtv to resist the attacks of insects and diseases increased. Often 

 \f this special treatment enables growers to get a good stand when all 

 - other seeds fail. We have been appointed sole agents for the sale of 

 Jaensch's Victrix in America. Every sugar beet grower should procure 

 at least enough for an acre or two and compare the product with that 

 ofotherseed. Per Lb. 35c; postpaid. Lots of 5 lbs. to 25 lbs. by express, 

 ^ at purchaser's expense, 25c. per lb. Original sealed sacks, weighing 



about 110 lbs. each, $17.50 per sack f.o.b. Detroit. 



Vilmorin's Improved 



In general the most desirable beet for the sugar factory is the one contain- 

 ing the largest percentage of sugar. In this variety we have one of the rich- 

 est sorts in cultivation and moreover it will do better on new lands than any 

 other variety, suffer less from an excess of nitrogen and will keep the best. In 

 size it is medium or a little below, yielding from ten to sixteen tons per acre, and 

 containing, under favorable conditions, as high as eighteen per cent of sugar. 

 The beet grows below the surface. The green leaves are smooth edged and 

 spreading. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 10c; % Lb. 15c: Lb. 35c. 



Klein Wanzleben 



A little larger than Vilmorin's Improved and containing 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 little hardier and easier grown than Vilmorin's 

 Improved. Probably the best sort for the expei'imenter to use. Pkt.5c;0z. 10c; 

 3 Oz. 10c; h Lb. 15c: Lb. 35c. 



Jaensch's Victrix 

 Sugar Beet. 



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ViLMORlN'S 



Improved 

 Sugar Beet. 



