The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1892-01-30
Percent Of


Wisconsin ......... .-.....fS la
Iowa. ............ 49,. .Sl4 IL 81
Illinois ............ ...... "a IL Is
New York ... IL 05
Missouri ll 1913
To the statement relative to Ne.
braska's heels, Prof. H.H Nicholson,
director of the Nebraska station and
q man who has done much towards
the advancement of sugar beet
industry in the West, takes excep-
tions and comes forward with figures
showing that instead OF there being
LA per cent sugar in Nebraska
beets there is l4.05 per cent, which is
an average OF over 10000 analyses.
Therefore. Nebraska stands second
on the list instead of eleventh.
Now the question is, What position
does Nevada occupy? Ths statement
of our best record does not appear in
the above list presumably for the
reason that at the time it was COM
piled our results had not been made
public.
BY referring to Bulletin No. 10,
Nevada Experiment Station, page 81,
It will be seen that the known varie
ties from the Stale al large averaged
14.42 per cent sugar, and those grow n
IA 1tt
per cent sugar, giving general aver
age of Is 90 per cent, which would
have been the seasons average had
1t not been for the number OF sam
pies of unknosn variety. the seed of
which was purchased from the sup
ply OF garden seed usually found in
the general country store. These
samples analysed very low and re-
duced the final average TO 10 20 (av-
erage of 2l0 samples ranging from
2.0l per cent 10 % per cent).
These figures, according to the
above table, place Nevada third in
the list of beet growing States. OF
the 30 samples analysed, 81 had a
sugar percentage between II and Is;
and 81 attained a percentage of Is or
over. one sample Analysing 23.O6 per
cent sugar. This Is certainly good
showing when we consider that l42
of these samples were grown by far
mers aud received only such care
and cultivation as the busy farmer in
the rush of the seasons work could
give them. Where beats receive
attention and thorough cultivation
they attain a irst-class sugar per-
centage.
In further discussing the beet ques.
ton Prof. Nicholson says, with all Of
which we heartily agree: 1.-The sugar
contents at best is but one OF the
many factors in very complicated
problem. Taken by itself IL is of lit
tie or no value. or greater import
ance are the factors OF soil, climate
and people making up the commu-
nifty. In determining whether or not
this Industry can be planted in any
locality all these factors should be
taken into account-each by itself
and then In their complicated rela-
tons 10 each other. For exam pie,
in considering the climate, the tenn
perature may be favorable, there may
be the proper amount of precipitation,
yet the climate as whole may be
unsuited. With the ideal soil and
climate and the people not sufficiently
interested to thoroughly learn the
business it could not be introduced.
.sThere is no royal road to the So
luton of this great question Of such
paramount interest TO the Northwest;
1t cannot be studied at arms length.
Information of any value must be
obtained on the ground of experts
who are in tonch with the people and
can patiently study the question from
its very foundation.
"The United States Government
has established and maintains in
each State and Territory an expert
ment station manned by such experts
whose business 1t is to seek for infor
nation on these far-reaching and
deep-seated questions; when found