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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



seed sown upon the ridges. Sugar, 10.97 per cent. Harvested 

 6th of November. 



4. On a farm at South Hartford, Washington Co., X. Y. — Soil, 

 a gravelly loam, richly manured with stable compost, and plowed 

 twice previous to planting. Harvested middle of Movember. 

 Sugar, 11. Y per cent. 



5. On a farm at Greenwich, Washington Co., N. Y. — Soil, a 

 sandy loam, underlaid by a fine sand. Seed planted on ridges 

 covering trenches containing a little rotten stable manure. Har- 

 vested last of November. Sugar, 9.5 per cent. 



7. On a farm at Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y. — Soil, a dark, red- 

 dish brown, rich, deep, sandy loam. Clover had been raised on 

 the land previous to a crop of carrots which preceded the sugar 

 beets. Twenty loads of horse manure had been applied the 

 autumn previous to the crop of carrots, which made the sugar 

 beets the second crop after the application of any manure. Har- 

 vested November 13. Sugar, 15.1 per cent, in the small speci- 

 mens (a), and only 9.7 per cent, in the large specimens (b). 



Except ia the last case mentioned, the roots examined were of 

 a uniform size, from 1 to 2 lbs. each. 



In another series of experiments to test the beets from various 

 seed, some raised on the College farm, and the effect of several 

 manures on the development of sugar in the roots, a field 287 feet 

 by 157 feet was taken, and divided into six plots of equal size. 

 The plots ran east and west across the field, with a two feet space 

 between. The manures were applied at the same time to the 

 different plots — abont two weeks previous to planting — except 

 No. 6, which, with the rest of the field, had been well manured 

 two years before with stable manure. The following table shows 

 the results : — 



Kind of Fertilizer. 



Fresh stable manure 



Blood guano, without potash.. 



Blood guano, with potash 



Sulphate potush and superphos- 

 phate 



Sulphate potash 



No manure; second year after 

 ■table manure 



Amount of 



fertilizers per 



acre. 



14 tons. 

 1200 lbs. 

 1200 lbs. 



300 lbs. each* 

 300 Ibs.t 



Percentage of sugar in juice of roots raised 

 from followiuj; seeds: 



Freeport, 

 Illinois. 



11.96 

 10.99 

 12.55 



13 15 

 14.52 



13 90 



[Electoral, Vilmorin, 

 Sutton's Colicije College 

 English. Farm Farm. 



9.71 



9.17 



)0 01 



10.91 

 12.42 



9.42 

 10 10 



13 21 



12.16 



14 32 



12.78 



7.80 

 10 20 

 10 60 



10 50 

 12 78 



12.19 



'The Kaioite contained 15.2 per cent, potash. t'^bis contained 29.3 per cent, potash. 



