Il. SUGAR BEET INVESTIGATION IN 1898.* 

L. L. Vaw SLYKE. 

SUMMARY. 
I, COOPERATIVE EXPERIMENTS IN GROWING SUGAR BEETS. 
Experiments were undertaken in cooperation with farmers in 
ten different counties to study the yield, composition and cost of . 
sugar beets, with and without fertilizers. Seventeen different sets 
of results were reported. | 
(1) Yield. The yield of sugar beets, trimmed and washed, 
varied from 8,670 lbs. to 58,990 lbs. an acre and averaged 26,720 
lbs. | 
(2) Percentage of sugar. The percentage of sugar in beets 
varied from 10.1 to 18.5 and averaged 15.5 per cent. 
(3) Coefficient of purity varied from 72.5 to 87.3 and averaged 
82.3. | 
(4) Size. The weight of beets analyzed varied from 5 to 27 
and averaged 15.7 ozs. 
(5) Cost of growing beets. The results presented show in 
many cases what beets cost when grown under favorable condi- 
tions. According to the results reported, the cost of growing one 
acre of sugar beets varied from $33.34 to $108.86 and averaged 
$59.87. This made the cost of one ton of sugar beets vary from 
$2.60 to $10 and average $4.50. 
(6) Money value of crop. The amount of money that would be 
received for the beets grown on one acre according to factory 
prices without bounty would vary from $18.42 to $95.86 and would 
average $63.46. 

* Reprint of Bulletin No. 155. 
