Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1893-07-07
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would be found well adapted to sugar
beet culture. We are situated on the
parallels which this plant inhabits,
our rainfall is properly distributed and
| our SOIL seems to be Of the right con-
StitutiOn. But these facts alone
would not warrant one in saying off
| hand that the sugar beet would -four
iSh here. An actual trial was neceS-
sary. Sugar beet seed must be pro-
cured and pIatS must be grown
grown in every county Of the state
and samples Of bCCtS from each plat
must be subject to chemical ANALYSIS.
Nor would Il single trial extending
over one year be accepted as conclusive
evidence. The trials must extend over
Il series OF years in order to reach
safe conclusion.
Consequently four years ago series
of experiments was instituted for the
| purpose OF throwing light upon this
| question. The results of each years
work has been published in bulletin
describing each year the successes
and the the failures. Bulletin No. 81
has just been issued giving the
| analyses Of the bCctS growth i'm var
louS parts Of the state during 1892.
Also other work in connection with
the sugar beet industry is included.
Some Of the incidents connected
| the work may prove interesting.
The plat of bccts giving the highest
| per cent. Of sugar in the beet was
grown by Jas. Naylor, Jr., of Potter
| county. His bCctS reached the cX-
ltraOrdinary figure OF 20.4 per cent.
| The largest yield of bectS per acre was
reported by ii. III. Miner, of Charles
Mix County, who grew at the rate Of
80 tons per acre. His bCctS analyZed
l3.4 per cent Of sugar in the beet and
at that rate he received 25,46O pounds
of sugar per acre. This Is the largest
yield OF sugar per acre reported.
| The average per cent of sugar in the
beet reported from France and Ger
many is between l3 and II per cent.
Sugar bcetS giving - per cent. sugar
in the beet can be manufactured at a
profit OF the 100 platS analyzed this
year all except 27 samples gave over
| IL per cent. 1lS of these samples gave
beetS as rich as the French and Ger
man average and over half of that
number gave beets richer than that
| average. i. G. % samples or over half
of the whole number analyZCd, CX
ccedCd II per cent.
The yield per acre has been found
satisfactory and the per cent. of sugar
has been found to be high enough to
warrant the establishment Of sugar
| factories in this state. So far as the
question can be settled by this station
! the fact is demonstrated that the
state is well adapted to sugar beet cul-
| ture. There are now some other facts
| to be taken into consideration. These
are questions OF labor and of fuel and
of tariff on sugar. When these points
are satisfactorily determined upon we
may confidently expect to see capital
coming into this state for the purpose
of creating another great industry
amongst us, the industry of raising
our own sugar.
One other popular error in regard to-
sugar beet sugar might well be men
toned here. Some suppose that this
sugar is not SO sweet as that derived
from the sugar cane. This is not true.
Both sugars are the same. Both have
the same Sweetning power. In short
both when refined are nearly pure
sucrose and have identically the same
chemical composition and the same
physical properties II. Shepard,
in Industral-CO -COllegian.