Chemical Section. 
The subject of sugar from sugar beets was continued 
from the year 1888; the result of the work of that year 
being embodied in Bulletin No. 7. 
In 1889, it was proposed to grow beets on poor 
(unfertilized) soil and on rich (fertilized) soil, and to note the 
difference, if any, in the substances present in the ash; 
to compare the specific gravity of the expressed juice, and 
the per cent, of sugar present. 
It was expected to determine the relation of the 
sugar content in the beet to weight of top, and the feeding 
value of the top as well as that of the roots. 
The early frost killed the tops, and thus prevented 
the completion of that part of the experiment. 
In order to study the amount of material removed 
from the soil by the different kinds of beets—both when 
the beets were grown upon rich soil and poor soil— 
analyses have been made of the ash of the beets, as 
shown in the following table: 
