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The six cars of beets from Loveland were several days on the 
road, and of course dried out considerably. This would tend to 
lower the weight and raise the analysis, as is seen in the table below 
Car. 
Loveland 
weight. 
Grand 
Island 
weight. 
Loveland Analysis. 
Grand Island 
Analysis. 
Sugar in 
beet. 
Purity. 
Sugar in 
beet. 
Purity. 
U.tP. 27599. 
81070 
29600 
16.00 
84.8 
17.1 
84.8 
O. R. & N. 6147. 
30850 
30000 
15.24 
81.5 
16.8 
83.7 
U. P. 40847. 
31870 
30800 
15.60 
82.3 
16.9 
80.8 
U. P. D. & G. 26964... 
19000 
17700 
14 50 
80.7 
16.0 
82.8 
U. P. 66800. 
29460 
25800 
15.19 
81.0 
15.8 
80.2 
U. P. 41001. 
17590 
16700 
15.62 
85.7 
15.8 
79.8 
Average.. 
26640 
25100 
15.36 
82.7 
16.4 
82.0 
Tiie above show3 a shrinkage, during the time of shipping, of 
1,540 pounds per carload, or 6 per cent. In addition to this 
shrinkage, there was a still further deduction made for the “tare,” or 
the dirt on the beets, and improper trimming. After making both 
these allowances, the record stands as follows : 
Car. 
Grand 
Island 
weight. 
Per 
cent 
of 
tare. 
Net 
weight. 
Sugar 
in 
beet. 
Purity. 
Price 
for 
beets 
per 
ton. 
Pure 
sugar 
per 
car. 
U. P. 27599 . 
29600 
11.0 
26344 
17.1 
84.8 
$4.75 
4505 
O. R. & N. 6147. 
30000 
7.0 
27900 
16.8 
83.7 
4.75 
4687 
U. P. 40847. 
30800 
9.0 
28028 
16.9 
80.8 
4.75 
4737 
U. P. D. & G. 26964. 
17700 
5.0 
15930 
16.0 
82.8 
4.50 
2549 
U P. 66800. 
25800 
13.0 
22446 
15.8 
80.2 
4.50 
3547 
U. P. 41001. 
16700 
10.0 
15030 
15.8 
79.8 
4.50 
2375 
Average. 
10.0 
16.4 
82.0' 
$4.62 
Total. 
150600 
135678 
22400 
No complete records were kept of yield per acre. There was 
some trouble about getting the cars for shipment, and owing to a 
shortage of cars there were so many beeis that had been raised that 
were not shipped that it was impossible in several cases to tell the 
amount of land on which the part of the crop grew that was 
shipped. We have the records of about three fourths of the beets, 
and the average of these is a trifle less than nineteen tons to the 
acre, gross weight, or, after taking out the tare, a little over seven¬ 
teen ton3 net per acre. This gives about 5,300 pounds of pure 
sugar per acre, or about 300 pounds more sugar per acre for these 
