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Bulletin 143. 

 Crowns and Crownless Beets Compared. 



How Much Plafit Food does the Sugar Beet Plant Consume ? 



On November 6, 1897, composite samples of three freshly-pulled 

 plants were made as follows : The leaves were put in one lot, the 

 crowns in a second lot, the crownless beets in a third lot, and the moist- 

 ure determined in each with the following results : 



