Sugar Beet
Experiments to determine if. sugar could be profitably produced from sugar beet were conducted in South Canterbury. The scheme was unsuccessful and is now in abeyance owing to economic factors. The plant grew best m South Canterbury, where yields of up to 35 tons to the acre were harvested, compared with average yields elsewhere of about 25 tons. Sugar beet is grown for pig food in Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay and to a minor extent in the Waikato. It would probably suit .Nelson’s soil and climate, but . there - is no record of any trial growth there.
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Cue (NZERS), Issue 9, 15 October 1944, Page 17
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97Sugar Beet Cue (NZERS), Issue 9, 15 October 1944, Page 17
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