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The alkalized portions of our land are wet and the 
beets grown on the College Farm in such soils have con- 
tained but little sugar. The Vilmorin made the best show- 
ing with 10.00 per cent, sugar. Whether this is due to the 
alkali or the water, matters not so far as the value of the 
beets is concerned. 
. The only attempt to raise sugar beets in the more ele- 
vated portions of the State, which has come to my knowl- 
edge, was made in the counties of Garfield, Eagle, and Pit- 
kin, during the past season. The individual beets were 
mostly large^ and no history of the soil in which they grew, 
or the cultivation which they received, was furnished with 
the samples. But it was the first experience which any of the 
growers had had in this, line and they had apparently chosen 
the richest soil in which to make their experiment. Still 53 
percent, of the samples contained from 10 to 15 percent, of 
sugar. The results of the experiment show that these 
counties can produce beets suitable for the manufacture of 
sugar, perhaps not to the same extent or at so fair a profit 
as our lower-lying districts, but still with great advantage 
to themselves. 
