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While for a single trial the results of this experiment seem par- 

 ticularly marked and conclusive, it yet remains to be determined 

 whether it will pay for a farmer to remove any considerable pro- 

 portion of the tassels from his corn, what proportion it will be 

 best to remove, (for some evidently must be left), and whether all 

 that it is advisable to remove may be taken off at one time or not. 

 So far as we could estimate the time taken, it certainly paid us 

 from a commercial standpoint to remove all the tassels from one- 

 half the rows this year. It is also still to be determined whether 

 the removal of the tassels would be followed with the same effect 

 in a season and on a soil where there was abundant moisture for 

 all the needs of the plant at the time when the tassels were shoot- 

 ing and the ears forming. 



SUGAR BEETS. 



Seed of five varieties of sugar beets was received from the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, and was planted April 25th on a w T arm, 

 fertile, gravelly loam. The beets grew well but suffered severely 

 from a drought in the latter part oi July. 



Seed from the same source was also sent to seven correspondents 

 in different parts of the state, but only four returned samples of 

 beets, and of these two were unfortunately lost or destroyed in the 

 confusion of moving the laboratory from one building to another. 



Below is given the percentage of sugar as determined by Harry 

 Snyder, Assistant in Chemistry. 



Variety. 



Yield Total Total 



per acre, dry mat- sugar, 

 ter. 



Per ct. Per ct. 



Simon LeGrand's White Improved 



Bulteau Desprez Richest 



Florimond Desprez Richest 



Dippe's Vilmorin (sample lost) 



Dippe's Kleinwanzleben 



Aureiius, Cayuga Co. 



" " Groton, Tom]). Co. . 



" " Slaterville, Tomp. Co. 



«< " Clyde, Wayne Co. . . 



Lbs. 



4' '450 

 70950 

 44S00 



34230 

 40450 



23335 

 36950 



34850 



26395 



15.75 

 18.52 

 16.80 



16.4S 

 14.47 

 13-17 



9.91 

 11.64 

 10.60 



10.34 

 9.00 



7-93 



