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10 best sugar-b< t countries the average c atent of sir of beets delivered at the factories readies si\f< • per cent The gradual improvement in the quality of this plant can be seen from the following statistics. For the production of one- ton of sugar there were requir I:

In In In In In 183G 1842 1S57 1871 1894 18 tons of beets. 16 tonfl of beets. 12 tons of beets. 11 tons of beets. 7y2 tons of beets.

At the present time under favorable conditions less than seven and one half tons of beets are undoubtedly required to manufacture a ton of sugar. To show how this industry has grown in importance it is only necessary to say that of the total production of sugar of the world in 1905, amounting in round numbers to thirteen millions of tons, seven millions of tons were produced from sugar beets. Other plants are no doubt capable of a similar improvement, and in this connection the writer refers with great pleasure to the work of, and result in, coni-lu d i n g inaugurated by Professor Eopkins, of thi institution. The production of corn rich in starch for the manufacture of starch, alcohol and glucese, and rich in protein for the stock-feeder, will add immensely to the value and usefulness of Ibis stapl rop, Chemistry has rendered a eival service to a riculture in furnishing the m ue f combating the in ect and other enemies of

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