Sugar-Beets and Beetroot Distillation. ' 71 
Myton Hall, Helperley. Both lots are excellent sugar-beets, 
No. 2 being particularly rich in sugar, and free from an undue 
proportion of albuminous and saline constituents, which present 
obstacle? to the extraction of crystallizable sugar. 
The roots marked Nos. 3 and 4, were grown near Sandwich, 
by Sir Walter James. 
Of a number of roots sent for examination I selected two 
very large ones, weighing, when trimmed to the same extent as 
they are by manufacturers of beetroot-sugar, 6 lbs. 5 ozs, and 
6 lbs. respectively, and analysed them together. I fully expected 
the amount of sugar in these big roots to have been low, but, 
contrary to my expectation, I found as much as 9 per cent, of sugar 
in them. The analysis in column No. 3 was made with a sample 
of 6 beets, weighing on an average nearly 3 lbs. per root, and 
containing 11| per cwt, of crystallizable sugar. 
This is a very satisfactory result, showing that good sized 
roots, of a high sugar-producing quality, can be grown in England 
under favourable conditions. 
In the next place, I have to report on the quality of sugar- 
beets grown in 1870 on various farms in the county of Kilkenny, 
Ireland. The beets were sent to me for examination by the 
Hon. Agar Ellis, M.P., and the results of their examination are 
incorporated in the Table overleaf: — 
Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Avere beetroots grown by Viscount Clifden, 
Gowran demesne, on heavy loam, with yellow clay subsoil ; ley- 
oats, in 1869; manured for beet in 1870, with 6 cwts, best 
superphospate per Irish acre. 
No. 4, grown by Mr. Thomas Seigne, Kilfane Farm, on heavy 
clay land resting on limestone bottom ; manure 6 cwts. super- 
phosphate per Irish acre. Preceding crops — oats following 
potatoes. 
No. 5, grown by Mr. Thomas Seigne, Coppena Farm, on light 
loam, marly bottom ; manure 6 cwts. superphosphate per Irish 
acre ; preceding crop, barley. This farm is situated on a hill- 
side, upwards of 600 feet above the level of the sea. 
No. 6, grown by Mr. Thomas Lyster, Dunbell, on a stiff clay 
soil ; manures — half farmyard manure, and 6 cwts. superphos- 
phate per Irish acre. 
No. 7, grown by Mr. Thomas Murphy, Coppena. 
No. 8, grown at Mount Loftus, on rich loam, with farmyard 
manure. 
Nos. 9 and 10 were grown by Mr. Henry Flood, Viewmont. 
The preceding analyses were made of fair average samples of 
5 or 6 roots, perfectly clean, and having the top part or crown 
cut off. 
The roots grown by Viscount Clifden are capital sugar-beets. 
