Excerpt from The Southern Planter, Vol. 59: A Monthly Journal Devoted to Practical and Progressive Agriculture, Horticulture, Trucking, Live Stock and the Fireside; January, 1898 The reports concerning the practicability of grow ing beets in the Eastern States, containing a profitable amount of sugar, have so far been conflicting in the extreme. The Department reports - especially those of 187 7 - 8 and l886 - are decidedly discouraging; how ever, ih your November number it is stated that more than 100 samples have been tested, and, in few cases, does the sugar content fall below 12 per cent., and one case rises as high as 17 per cent. This news is so satisfactory to one who has followed the discussion on this matter that possibly many far mers will now try a small area in sugar beets, who, having perused former statements, had left the busi ness severely alone. Would it not be most interest ing to have the details of the 100 samples in print? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.