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EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAR BEETS. 
An average of over twenty-six tons per acre for the 
three kinds. Taking into consideration the unfavorable 
kinds (large) sent for analysis, the per cent, of sugar is 
very good. 
It has been estimated that the per cent, of sugar in 
the sugar beets in Germany last year averaged 12.55 per 
cent., and the average yield, according to Mr. Licht, was 
14 tons per acre. In this respect Colorado compares 
favorably, as the average of those raised by the Horticul¬ 
tural Section was over 15 per cent., and the yield per acre 
over 26 tons. The cost of land in Germany being about 
ten times what it is in Colorado, gives our State another 
advantage. With the proposed bill recently introduced 
in the Legislature, giving a bounty on sugar made from 
sugar beets of one cent a pound, it must be an induce¬ 
ment to the manufacturer to invest his money in our 
midst, provided it becomes a law. A correspondent of 
the Portland Advertiser has very truthfully stated that the 
sugar beet industry conflicts with no other industry ; 
“ There is no interest that it would injure, while it would 
be difficult to find one that w T ould confer so many, so 
great and so general advantages upon the country A 
It must always be a source of gratification to a coun¬ 
try to supply, or be able to supply, its own wants. From 
the official figures it has been estimated that over one 
million tons of sugar have been imported into our coun¬ 
try during the last year. We could raise this surplus and 
have some to spare, on two million acres of land. It 
would give profitable employment to nearly one fourth of 
a million of men, women and children, while the capitol 
recpiired to manufacture it would be counted by the hun¬ 
dred millions. 
