The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-17
THE sUaAR 8EET IN YIRGINIA.
Results OF Experiments mt the University
Farm.

Filter Times: Your edition OF sunday
June "a. contains an article III TIE edI-
to-ial columns with the title OF sugar
Beet In the south" and an interesting *
tract from IL letter ci large manufac-
r,rer Of beet sugar in NeDyas@a, Who
r.afp- mat the more the SUBJECT Oh tiI9
Industry IS looked into the more interest
iny n becomes. not only because II means
q permanent ana rapid ennancement IN
'alue OK all real estate ctlce.tuS ~
I2ude Cor many miles surrounding 4iV-
torv but is benefits are feit Dy every
,tttyrr i1 ria. state" The account gwen
OF the factory in Call. ornla Is also Nti9
interesting IN detail, as well as IN NhoIe, ~
he alsn stated IN a different connection Nua1
land producing the hhes' pctts, VIA ."o
,,reafe+t uer.entage of sugar, nave peen
I,c5ted In south Carolina, along the llHe
nj IN. Columbia and ofreeii|lt. '"t.
road" have niue Iottc~
~ ~ s"Srt ,,t1,lsn hav, TO knowieIs
- ~, Governmental work done IN thtl
rsgi6n with the sugar beet by Ielrlc
IA the tenth annual report oi JONI a.
f5sg NJ d.. then professor OF a5rl Oul-
,ire zoology and botany IN the l. niveIs.Y
~ Tircinia. YOU viii find this whoie SUD
ieet OF sugar beet culture very ','i U.s.
" treated Results We're puolshed an
widely circulated, but maze 10 niDLe
t,,,,,r,'a-fon uuan the farmers than psalms
~ 20 a dead horse These field triair.
80 esxn ~ EXTENDED over the period
fr,,rn ls73 % 1875. inclusive, On SOILS %.
vorir,is kinds, and with fertilizers anu
r-r,ires wiih and without the most
nrouineut factor clements OF plaht
food rs well as in different proporllons.
An 8b~fr9ct OF these reports VIII anotd
rqef,i Information to those interested lh
ne subject. and I Will try 20 give X as
'' Tef Eoof Culture and Beet Sugar on
r-vnorf01erfnl farm ~ the University OK
virginia. 1872. ID White Suesian suS"r
beef s-ed imported and Obtained lIom
The United states Department or All
culture. Product per &crr. I'VE IONS! aN-
ey-age eize ~ the roots. II inches long,
average weight. one pound, eight ounces,
irics analyzsi by Professor Mallet ylelc-
cd sugar. u.15 per cent. 49,.
~ Carter Prize Nursery sugar beet:
Product. nearly four tons per acre aver
average size OF roots, - inches averase
weight. one poun1, juice yielded sugar.
a. Vn,roriI- improved SUGAR beet:
Product. nearly four tons per acre aver
age sire. SIS inches long aVeTase "eiF,It;
one pound. fourteen ounces; Juice yielded
sugar 1884 per cent.
- white sugar beet: Product four and
, half tons. average size, 50 inches
long. averarc weight. two pounds; juice
Welded sugar. 1917 per cent .,,..,-. $500,
fs7i Two varieties, White Silosi7n ana
white Sugar brots. werc cultivated ms
season. tine seed haVba been oDIt11llttoi
from Buist. noted scotsman ia Pnlid-
Iointia Tho crcp yielded over twelve
tons Der acre. Of large r, ots, but the
v,od Of sugar was only 7 per cent.
IS, Tho seeds of the same varieties
we're obtained from the Department Or
sS,bo ,.aar pr.vious. but heavily manuei
with compost manure The heets we're
much larger than We ever made and me
mro1uct vas over thirteen tons per acre.
but the juice yielded only $50 per cent. Oh
is7s This season we lost the largest
crop we ever made. by a killing frost
eariy in November. From liability t2
injury from frost the crop should be-
gathered IS early as possible with ma
tdritv. -
1871 The season was ordinarily fayora-
HE ard the heets grew we'll ard were
well worked. The result viii be seen IN
the following tabulated statements.