Sugar Beet Investigations. igi 



(Form A.) 

 Description of Sami'le of Sugar Beets. 



Variety , Klein JVanz/cbencr. 



Date Planted ^ May 7, 1897. 



Date thinned June 10, 1897. 



Date harvested October 18, 1897. 



Character of soil clay loam; in cultivation 65 



years. Used 30 years for garden, level. Tile drained. Barn 

 manure in ^q2. Hen vianio'e used occasionally. Last in fall 'g6. 



Character of cultivation (dates, implements, etc.) plowed Afay 



1st, 9 indies deep; Jiar7'owed 3 times. Seed S07vn bv hand. 

 Up May 1 6th, stand excellent ; horse cultivated 3 times; hand-, 

 hoed twice. 



Length of row harvested (feet) 42.9 



Width between rows (inches) 28 



Number of beets harvested 60 



Total weight of beets harvested, less necks and tops (pounds) .... 95 

 Weather for each month 



State ' ,. N. Y. 



Post-office Rim. 



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Date October 18, 1897. 



Name Arnold A. Palmer. 



Note. — Samples of beets will not be analyzed unless accompanied with 

 this blank filled out as indicated in model B. 



G. C. CALDWELL, Chemist. 



G. W. CAVANAUGH, Ass't Chemist. 



