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per acre is very satisfactory, yet the per cent, of sugar and the quotient 

 of purity run somewhat low. This is probably due to the fact that 

 barn manures have been used liberally on the land, and to the same 

 cause may be ascribed the failure of the fertilizers to give any marked 

 results. It is generally stated that sugar beets are especially benefited 

 by the application of potash and phosphoric acid, and that the form 

 of the sulfate of potash is preferable. Sd far as our experiments 

 with fertilizers this year go we have not verified the truth of this 

 statement. 



