Porter County.-Seventeen samples in six years.

Sugar, 13.1 per cent.

Purity, 80.9 per cent.

The conditions in this county are very favorable to beet production.

Pulaski County. -Ten samples in three years.

Sugar, 13.7 per cent.

Purity, 86.1 per cent.

Both soil and climate conditions are very favorable to beet culture.

Putnam County.-Three samples in one year.

Sugar, 8.1 per cent.

Purity, 71.6 per cent.

Most of the soils in this county are too heavy for beet culture and there would probably be trouble on account of later ripening.

Randolph County.. -Five samples in three years.

Sugar, 12.7 per cent.

Purity, 80.5 per cent.

There is considerable land in this county that is suitable for beet raising, and the climatic conditions are fair.

Ripley County..-One sample.

Sugar, 12.2 per cent.

Purity, 77.8 per cent.

Neither soil nor climate are favorable to beet culture.

Rush County.-One sample.

Sugar, 9.0 per cent.

Purity, 72.0 per cent.

It is not probable that beet culture would be generally successful in this county on account of heavy soils and tendency to late ripening.

Scott County.-Two samples in one year.

Sugar, 4.5 per cent.

Purity, 51. per cent.

Neither soil nor climate favorable.

Shelby County.-Ten samples in five years.

Sugar, 11.9 per cent.

Purity, 77.9 per cent.

While some of the soils in this county are suitable, there would probably be trouble on account of late ripening.

Spencer County.-Two samples in two years.

Sugar, 10.9 per cent.

Purity, 73.6 per cent.

Neither soil nor climate favorable.

Starke County.-One hundred and ten samples in five years.
Sugar, 14.5 per cent.

Purity, 87. per cent.

This county is admirably adapted to sugar culture. We have conducted considerable special work in this county, and the results show that beets of the best quality can be produced at low expense and that the beets ripen early and the soil is so porous that there is little tendency to start a second growth when the fall rains begin. Doubtless the same would be found true in the surrounding counties.

St. Joseph County.-Twenty-one samples in five years.

Sugar, 13.2 per cent.

Purity, 79.1 per cent.

Both soil and climate are very well adapted for beet culture.
Steuben County. -Six samples in three years.

Sugar, 14.5 per cent.

Purity, 84.7 per cent.

Both soil and climate well suited for beet culture.

Sullivan County.-One sample.

Sugar, 9.5 per cent.

Purity, 75.4 per cent.

Neither soil nor climate favorable.

Switzerland County.-Three samples in three

Sugar, 13.4 per cent.

Purity, 82.3 per cent.

years.

The location of this county is such that beet raising is not likely to be successful.

Tippecanoe County.-Two hundred and ninety-seven samples in twelve years.

Sugar, 12.3 per cent.

Purity, 82.2 per cent.

Practically all these samples were raised on the Station farm which is a second bottom underlaid with gravel and very susceptible to drouth. The above record includes many samples of varieties of sugar beets that no one would think of raising for commercial purposes. During the earlier years we had some difficulty in getting good seed and much of the commercial seed purchased, showed by comparison with seed of known good

quality, that the commercial seed was hardly entitled to be considered seed of sugar beets. Of late years good seed has been easily obtained, and the comparison of five year periods shows the effect of this. Thus 131 samples raised here between 1892 and 1896 show

Sugar, 11.5 per cent.

Purity, 80.9 per cent.

While 90 samples between 1897 and 1901 show

Sugar, 13.9 per cent.

Purity, 85.3 per cent.

These figures are hardly comparable with the tests in other counties, because we have never had less than five varieties of beets each year, of which some were not well suited to our soil, while to other counties we furnished seed most likely to do well on the soils that experimenters said that they would use. There is an abundance of land in the county that is well suited for beet culture, and climate conditions are satisfactory. This is the only county in the State having a continuous record since 1888. The above record does not include a large number of samples on which special fertilizer work was conducted.

Tipton County.-Twenty-six samples in five years.

Sugar, 12.2 per cent.

Purity, 80.3 per cent.

Soil and climate are favorable. The low figures are due to bad results previous to 1895. Twenty samples in 1897 and 1898 show

Sugar, 13.3 per cent.

Purity, 84.9 per cent.

Vanderburg County. Thirty-eight samples in two years.

Sugar, 10.5 per cent.

Purity, 78.9 per cent.

While there is considerable land in this county that looks suited to beet culture, so far as our tests extend, the beets do not ripen. The autumn temperature and rainfall are too high. Vermillion County.-Two samples in one year. Sugar, 10.0 per cent.

Purity, 77. per cent.

This county is near the southern border of the beet belt. It contains considerable land suitable for beet culture, and is peculiar in having an exceptionally long river frontage. Coal is abundant. It deserves further investigation in regard to its capacity for beet production.

Vigo County. Four samples in two years.

Sugar, 14.0 per cent.

Purity, 84.2 per cent.

This county is on the southern border of the beet belt and

in the coal region.

ture.

Much of the soil is rather heavy for beet cul

Wabash County. Ten samples in four years.

Sugar, 12.8 per cent.

Purity, 76.7 per cent.

This county is favorably situated and can doubtless produce much better beets than the average figures indicate.

Warren County.. -One sample.

Sugar, 12.2 per cent.

Purity, 83. per cent.

The county has considerable amount of land suitable for beet raising, and is close to the Danville coal fields. Wayne County. -Eight samples in two years.

were raised in 1892 and 1893. The county ought to produce good beets.

White County.-Three samples in three years.

Sugar, 12.5 per cent.

Purity, 75.9 per cent.

This county has suitable soil and climate for beet raising. The low average is due to a very poor sample, variety unknown, received in 1897.

Whitley County. -Eight samples in three years.

Sugar, 11.8 per cent.

Purity, 79.7 per cent.

This county is favorably located for beet culture. The low average is due to some bad samples of beets raised from poor seed in 1894.

APPENDIX.

Gifts have been made to the Station from time to time, and acknowledgment is herewith made to the friends of the Station for their favors, with thanks for the same. Gifts have been re

ceived from the following:

Syracuse Plow Co., Syracuse, N. Y. One three section spring tooth harrow.

Executors of the late Willis Manor House, Carperby, Arysgarth, England. Wensleydale wool.

Sutton & Sons, Reading, England, Cabinet and Vasculum of grass seeds. Copy of Sutton's book on Pastures.

Clem Graves, Bunker Hill, Ind. Plaster model of Hereford bull "Dale."

German Kali Works, N. Y. Potash salts.

United States Department of Agriculture, Washington. Many agricultural publications and seeds.

Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co., Canton, Ohio. One plow.

Our Husbands Mfg. Co., Lyndon, Vt. One Common Sense Calf Feeder.

Hallock Weeder and Cultivator Co., York, Pa. One Weeder. Propaganda for Nitrate of Soda, New York City. 1200 lbs. Nitrate of Soda.

Farbenfabriken of Eberfeld Co., New York. Two Vials of

Alinit.

H. R. Bussler, Waterloo, Neb. One package Pencillaria Zeavides.

Mrs. R. D. Moore, LaFayette, Collection Miscellaneous Agricultural books.

Joseph E. Wing, Secretary, Mechanicsburg, Ohio, Vol. I Continental Dorset Sheep Record.

C. R. Thomas, Secretary, Kansas City, Mo., Vol. XXII American Hereford Record.

F. L. Houghhton, Secretary, Brattleboro, Vt.,Vols. 17 and 18, Holstein -Friesian Herd book.

W. H. Morris, Secretary, Indianapolis, Ind., Vols. 19, 20 and 21 of Central Poland China Record.

Carl Friegau, Secretary, Dayton, Ohio, Vol. 7 American Chester White Record.

Geo. F. Woodworth, Secretary, Maryville, Mo., Vols 10-14 inclusive, Standard Poland China Record.

Dwight Lincoln, Secretary, Milford Center, Ohio, Vol. 2 American Rambouillet Sheep Record.