conclusion of study of sugar beets
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Wiley's conclusion on sugar beets testing and resultsTRANSCRIPT
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From Professor Maercker's ninth report the following table has been
compiled, showing the character of some of the different varieties of
beets investigated :
Contparative mean results of Professor MaerTcer^s experiments in 1888.
Sugar
in the
beet.
Siigfir
in the
juice.
Purity
quo-
tient.
Yield
of beets
per
acre.
Yield
nfanjiar
per
acre.
No. of
beets
per
acre.
Sugar beets of Vibiiorin origin :
Gebr. Dippo's zuckerrcirliste ]5lite
Heine-Emersleben vorbusserte Viluiorin
Schreiber & Sohn Origiii.al
Knocbe-Wallwitz, Viluioiiu
Mette Vilraorin
Strandes Vibiiorin
Scblitte-Aumiihle Vilmorin
Grasshofif-Quedlinburg Vilmorin
Means
Sugar beets of Klein-Wanzlebener origin:
Geiir. Dippe's verbesserte Klein-Wanzlebener
ifilite
Knoclie-Wallwitz Klein-Wanzlebener
Kortuni-Sondershausen Klein-Wanzlebener
Klein-Wanzlebener Original
Heine-Eniersleben Klciu- Wanzlebener
Neu-Querfnrter Riibe
Grassbofl-Qiiedlinburg Klein- WanzloViener
BranneBieudoif Klien-Wanzlebener
Schreiber & Sohn Klein-Wanzlebener
Kimpau Schlanstedt Klein-Wanzlebener
Wilke Gr.-Mohi'ingen Klein-Wanzlebener
Ziemann-Quedlinburtr Klein- Wauzlebenor
Strandes-Zehringen Klein-Wanzlebener
Means
Sugar beets of other strains:
Bestehorn-Beli tz Dividenden
Mette Specialitiit
Bniune-Biendorf Kreuzung
Schlieckman-Auleben Specialitiit
Means
Per ct.
15. 9R
15.70
15.4!)
15.48
15.37
15.22
15.04
14.82
Per ct.
18.15
17.81
17.87
17.90
17.67
17. 37
17.20
17.05
15.39
15. 55
15.53
1.5. 44
15. 38
15. 3G
15.21
14.91
14. 85
14.71
14. C9
14.56
14.43
14.40
15.00
15.15
14.78
14.71
14. 38
14.70
87.70
87.70
87.10
88. 23
87.80
87.30
87. 40
88.40
Ponndn.
25, 942
27, 702
26, 752
29, 128
27, 262
25, 274
27, 202
28,019
Pounds.
4, 141
4,349
4, 145
4, 509
4, 189
3,810
4, 101
4,154
17.63
87.71
27. 174
4,180
17.89
17.48
17.61
17.44
17. 56
17.24
16.71
17. 01
10.02
10. 75
10.67
10.44
16.04
88.75
87.30
88.20
88.73
88.70
88.80
88.30
88.10
87. 80
87. 00
88. 20
87. SO
87.40
31, 698
31,004
28, 670
32, 965
32, 102
31,708
29, 374
32, 894
33, 080
33, 950
33, 422
34, 109
33, 810
4, 928
4, 822
4, 428
5, 071
4, 933
4,831
4,379
4,884
4, 950
4,988
4,806
4, 475
4,870
17. (
8.13
32, 278
4,836
17.88
10.00
10.90
10.35
87.70
87. 70
88. 04
87.80
28, 670
32, 877
33, 264
33, 352
4,344
4,859
4,893
4,790
16.93
87.81
32, 050
4, 724
34, 773
33, 894
34, 401
34, 077
35, 254
34, 738
34, 253
34, 482
34, 566
34, 909
36, 1.54
34, 525
35, 103
35, 048
30, 059
34, 260
35, 440
37, 200
35, 222
35, 170
30, 133
35, 971
35, 482
34, 936
34, 9.55
34, 912
34, 349
34, 787
GENERAL CONCLUSION.
The result of the analyses at Grand Island and other places show
that beets of high sngar content and great pnrity can be grown in many
parts of the United States. The average size of tlie beets, however,
in many places is too small to assume that their culture would prove
profitable. It would be far better for all intere^sts to grow beets aver-
aging from GOO to 700 grammes in weight, even if the percentage of
sugar should drop one or two points. The causes of the small crop at
Grand Island have already been set forth, and it is not necessary to
repeat them here. The Department has organized an experimental sta-
tion for the culture of the sugar beet at Schuyler, Nebraska, and it is
confidently expected that rich beets with high tonnage can be pro-
duced.
In a critical study of the data given above there are many points
of interest. In judging of the character of a beet for sugar-making
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