The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-22

SUGAR eEsT-GRO"lNi.

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I,rii.,e the Industry Wan II. a success
Ia Missouri IN. Results from Illinois,
Indiana aud Texas.
WAsmISuroN. Oct. i3.-Prof, Niicy,
the chief chemist OF the department. 81
agriculture, j. making rapid progress
in the work OF m~nalyzing the sample
sugar beets submitted 10y growers
throughout the country. Up 10 TINS
time more samples have been analy @ea
for Missouri growers than for amy other
state.
Very few Of the samples submitted
were furnished in exact accordance
with the directions OF the department.,
and the percentage OF sugar shown IN
them is not, therefore, as hign as
would appear had instructions been FOL
lowed precisely. An important error
made by many If the growers in Mis-
souri, was that they did not allow
the beets to mature. Many oi
the samples were forwarded
in early September, and twc
weeks more in the ground would
have added materially to their sac
charine matter. and given a much
higher showing in the analysis. SuA
another mistake was h sending oil
the largest samples available. inns
again lowered the percentage OF sugar
shown in the samples. The experience
of the department has been that the
smaller beets contain u much higher
percentage of sugar than do the large
ones. a beet weighing about "A pound
is the best size Tor analysis. and wlll
give a much better showing than a
sample weighing two pounds.
A percentage OF Ii Is regarded "a
very good, and anything higher Is
rated as excellent. A showing below
IL oes not preclude the growing oil
beets with reasonable profit. The
amp.es from Missouri have not all
been analyzed. but the following state.
ment will show the average vun IN
many counties of the state. In max
ing the analyst the top Of the beet Is
cut off and rejected. and the weight
stated is of sample after being dressed,
or topped" The percentage given
means the percentage OF sugar on the
weight of the beets, that is. ID per
cent. mean hat 100 pounds of topped
tNttT VI '%sANA
would give 10 pounds of sugar.
The following statement of the re-
suit on Missouri grown beets shows the
county, the grower, quality OF soil,
weight Of beet-sample submitted and
percentage of sugar found therein. The
yield per acre has not bee computed
in each case. 1t is given for one grow
er in Charlton county. and shows there
a yield of IL tons of beets and n sugar
2.Vd0 pounds per acre. The sample
submitted in that case was not above
the average. and the conclusion is fair
that the yield per acre would be nat
urrlly higher than that throughout the
state.
Barry County-James A. Daniel, Exeter clal
soil; ll-ounce beet, II lilo per cent. sugar.
Barton County-A. Wolr. verdella; clay ant
sand mixed soil. two samples; one - ounces
1914 per cent the other "a ounces, las6 pc
cent
Benton County d. A. Smith. Lincoln; Lgh
loan. IS ounces; 1907 per cent
Boone County-Samuel Cameron, sandy soil
~ ounces, la2 per cent.
Cass County,. A. Duncan. Freeman; high
red soil, - ounces; l.U1 per cent. Matthew
Dale. Creighton. White ash soil; ~ ounces
L. 10 per cent
Charlton County-S. c. Carpenter. Fores
Green; black sandy loan; Is ounces; il2l pe
cent: yield per acre, IL tons, sugar per acre
.,U66 pounds.
Christian County j. n. Payne, NIxa; re
clay soil; : ounces; IL 40 per cent.
From Cooper county numerous samples hay
been anal zed. an show good percentages. Tn
samples were from Boonyille. New Palestine
Pilot Grove and Otteryllle.
Crawford Couuty-A T.. Brace, Jacobstoi
black sandy lOam ounces; li.-5 per cent.
Dade County,. 4. HemDree. sandy loan,
ounces, 1893 per cent.
Dallas COunty-E. Z. Darby: black prair
soil; ~ ounces; ia per cent.
Dayicss County Simon Bickle. Winston
black prairie loan % ounces. 10 81 per cent.
Dekalb County-W. {. Harland. Maysyill,
heavy black clay soil: Il ounces, g.gs per cen
Douglas County J.r. Edwards, Little Beayc
light SANDY soil. lOounceS, l5.s. per cent.
Franklin County-Benj schlatz, sullivan
creek bottom loan: 1. ounces. I.2O per cent.
Henry County-H. T.. Brown, Alberta; lLgl
loan; 5 ounces, 1855 per cent.
Holt County-A. j. Landres, Fores. City; dan
timber land. q ounces; li2l per cent
D Jasper County n. Is Dollar. Sarcoxic; lin
stone soil; - ounces, 1874 per cent NJ
hickman. Mod0c; clay subsoil, l42l pee cent
: Jefferson County y. 4, Herbert, De Sot
4 black bottom soil, - ounces; li4i pr cent.
: Laclcde County-D H. Walker. Drew lig
4 ella. loan; : ounces; IL. 81 per cent
Lawrence County-S. W. Goss, Pnc.ps; r
soil. II ounces; iLOd per cent.
: Lincoln County Charles Eberiing, Nose,
: Mills; Is ounces, la54 per cent.
q Monitcau County-D r.. bcrrier, Clarksbur
10 ounces; l2.Os per cent
, Monroe County,. w. Adams. Grccnvili
u dark prairie loan; ~ ounces; IL II per cent
Newton county shows "A good percentage.
IS Phelps county George A. Doyle. Spri
g Greek; sandy loan; II ounces. 1871 per cent
Pulaski County J. stabcn, Hancock yeilc
u sandy loan; ~ ounces. 1874 per cent.
a PutnamCounty- ). Pickett, Cnionville; san
J. loan, q ounces; i5ss per cent.
~ The samples from 81. Charles an 81. Cls
O. counties snow good averages.
~ Wright County-W. ii. Northway, Mount;
- Grove. clay and sand. Is ounces, 1901 \
cent.
Specimens from Phillips county, Ark. Ia
been analy zcd and show 1904 per cent OF
gar.
Clark county. Illinois. shows 1878 per ce
, Clinton county makes an unusually good sho
ing, q. rs per cent These samples we're gro
!. by John Tiger. Breese. in light loan. Cumb
20 land and Cook counties also make very x,
= showings.
Indiana percentages are shown as follows
th Mad son County-l2O' per cent
"A Morgan County lsii per cent
4, Nanderburg county submitted many sampl
~ which show a fair average.