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Show MORE SUGAR OF ! PEDIGREE BEETS, Lack of Importation of Elite Seed of the Red Root i Is Deplored i 1 It is time for the American beet to have a pedigree, ncordlnp to the opinion of augar chemists. The falling fall-ing off of the Importation of pedigreed pedi-greed beet seed as a result of the European war 'has kept back the American beet sugar industry, which had ben depending for seed upon France, Russia and Germany. 1 Tho success In tho deriving- of sugar su-gar from the PJuropcan beet has been due largely to selecting for propagation propaga-tion those roots which yielded the largest percentage of thes weet constituent. con-stituent. .Beets blossom and develop seeds In tho second year of. their growth. Experts are able to tell by studying their shape and appearance approximately the amount of sugar which they will yield. Chemists also make diagonal borings In the selected roots and cstimato the percentage of sugar by analysing the samples. After the borings are removed, the holes are plugged and the beet is planted Jn the spring. The seeds grown froni this selected or 'ellto" I beet, as It Is called, are then sown, and become the means of producing roots of high sugar content. , A member of tho Sugar Section of the American Chemical Society said In New .York, that the American sugar su-gar beet industry would be greatly I benefited if more time and expense were devoted to the very Important subject of developing a high class pedigreed seed along these lines. "Ultimately," he continued, "the success of the American beet sugar industry will depend upon how far it can be protected during its formative state by suitable legislation. The sugar su-gar beet Is a very valuable vegetable I andits cultivation should bo encouraged encour-aged on a large scale. After It has wielded its percentage of sugar, thoro remains some of the molasses and also the pulp, 'which Is an excellent cattle food. 1 f a suitable arrangement j could bo made with the railroads, thisj pulp could be returned to the farmers at a moderate price, or on a rebate 1 basis." Reports from the wc3t show that several new beet, factories arc being built and that the industry which may servo as a check on the prlco of cane sugar, Is recovering from the depression depres-sion which it underwent on account of the world war. |