Ontario Sessional Papers, 1901, . hat each plot selected was suitable and properlycultivated, and that the seed was planted at the time and in the manner required, 2« THE REPORT OF THE [No. 48 In Welland on April 28th, I addressed a eimiUar meeting on the above subject, afterwhich the seed was delivered, the plots inspected, etc., as at Aylmer. At the time of the above inspection of the plots a copy of a special bulletin, entitled The Oultivation of Sagar Beets, and published by the Ontario Department of Agriculture for the direction of the farmers in these experiments, was given to e
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1901, . hat each plot selected was suitable and properlycultivated, and that the seed was planted at the time and in the manner required, 2« THE REPORT OF THE [No. 48 In Welland on April 28th, I addressed a eimiUar meeting on the above subject, afterwhich the seed was delivered, the plots inspected, etc., as at Aylmer. At the time of the above inspection of the plots a copy of a special bulletin, entitled The Oultivation of Sagar Beets, and published by the Ontario Department of Agriculture for the direction of the farmers in these experiments, was given to each farmer witha request to follow closely the directions for cultivation, thiuniag, etc , therein given. Following a request from the farmers about Newmarket for a sugar beet experiment,the local member for North York, the Hon. E J. Davis, Minister of Crown Lands, ar-ranged for a meeting of the farmers of North York to be held in the Town of Newmarketat two oclock on Wedneeday, May 9th. This meeting, called at the request of the per pie. Figure 5 is a photograph of a most magnificent patch of beets belonging to J. M. Van Patter, LutonP O Elgin Co This photograph shows Mr. Van Patter and four of his bright little boys eagerly waitingfor an opportunity to cultivate beets for an Aylmer Beet Sugar Factory. His patch yielded, net weight,30 tons, 681 lbs. ot beets at a cost of § per acre. for the purpose of arranging for a sugar beet experiment, was attended by a large bodyof representative farmers, many of whom, after a full discussion of the subjeot, volun-teered to sugar beet plant seed. Seed known as the Mangold sugar beet seed, imported from Germany, was immedi-ately distributed in two or four pound lots among forty-five farmers, whose plotswere inspected and who received copies of the above bulletin as in the case of those atAylmer and Welland. 1900 J BEET SUGAR INVESTIGATION. 29 Commencing in Aylmer on May 30th, between this date and June 3rd every plot ofbeet plants w
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