CO-OPERATIVE TEST OF SUGAR BEETS. 



In the Spring of 1893 the Station received a quantity of sugar 

 beet seed from the Agricultural Department, Washington, D. C. 

 This seed was sent to seventy representative farmers of the state, 

 with the request that they co-operate with us in a test of growing 

 sugar beets, and that a sample of a half dozen average beets be 

 sent us in the Fall for analysis. Later in the season blanks of the 

 form indicated below were sent out with the request that they be 

 filled out and returned with the sample of beets at the time of 

 harvesting : 



Previous crop 



Kind of soil 



Date of planting 



Date of harvesting 



Distance of rows apart 



Weight of trimmed beets from one row two rods long 



Kind and amount of fertilizers applied 



Name of grower 

 Post Office 

 County 



The samples of seed were sent with the idea of distributing 

 them over the entire state as much as possible and consequently 

 were sent into fifty-one counties. Of the seventy farmers receiv- 

 ing seed thirty-one responded by sending us more or less data 

 concerning the growth of the beets. The majority, however, 

 sent all the data asked of them and thirty sent samples for analy- 

 sis. The following table gives the names of the growers, their 

 addresses, the yield per acre, the per cent, of sugar in the beets, 

 arranged alphabetically according to the county where grown : 



