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dred and eleven persons, representing forty-seven counties. 
One pound of seed was sent to each person, accompan- 
ied with a copy of a bulletin giving full directions for the 
planting and care of the crop. How the directions were 
carried out will be noted in another place in this bulletin. 
The seed was sent out in April and early May. About 
the middle of June a circular was sent to each one who had 
received seed, asking for information as to the planting of 
the crop. A copy of this circular is given later in this bul- 
letin. 
Of the six hundred circulars sent out, less than two 
hundred and fifty were ever returned, showing that not half 
of those who applied for the seed really desired to ascertain 
whether or not they could grow beets fit for sugar purposes. 
When the time came in the fall for taking samples of 
the crop for analysis, it was deemed best that some at least 
of these samples should be taken by a representative of the 
Station so as to know better than it could be told on any 
blank, the exact circumstances under which the crop was 
grown and its condition at the time the samples were taken. 
With this object in view, the agriculturist of the Station 
visited about forty farms situated east of the range, secured 
samples of the beets, and made full notes of the conditions. 
When the work of the season was planned it had been 
hoped that the new chemical laboratory of the college would 
be completed in season, so that mostof the beets could be an- 
alyzed in Fort Collins. Owing to unavoidable delays, this 
building has not even }^et been completed, and in the crowded 
condition of the old laboratory still in use, it was found 
impossible to make many more analyses than were required 
by the tests of beets grown on the college farm. 
In this predicament, the Secretary of Agriculture at 
Washington came to the rescue, and through his kindness, 
nearly all the samples taken of beets grown outside of Fort 
Collins, were analyzed at Washington, 
It was soon found that to get samples enough to fairly 
represent the different parts of the state would require more 
time than any representative of the Station had to spare, and 
therefore the first of October a circular was sent out asking 
those who had grown sugar beets to take samples and for- 
ward them direct to Washington. 
At the same time there was sent to them from Wash- 
ington, blanks for describing the samples and shipping tags, 
so that the beets could be sent by mail free of postage. 
Below are given copies of the two papers sent from 
W ashington. 
