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Table IX. — Results ob- Applying Stable Manuee in Geowing SuGxYr 



Beets, 1S98. 



Amount 

 of stable 

 manure 

 applied 

 per acre. 







20 tons. 

 20 tons. 

 20 tons. 

 20 tons. 

 20 tons. 

 20 tons. 

 20 tons. 

 20 tons. 

 20 tons. 











20 tons. 

 20 tons. 

 20 tons. 

 20 tons. 

 20 tons. 

 20 tons. 



Yield of 



trimmed 



and washed 



beets. 



Lbp. 

 20.425 



2.5. 3G0 



2i;>.::;40 



28,690 

 27,100 

 28,354 

 28,630 

 29,656 

 29,533 

 31,944 

 16,050 

 18,022 

 23,514 

 25,025 

 24,780 

 25,485 

 27,034 

 26,750 



Sugar in 

 beets. 



Per et. 

 15.2 

 18.5 

 17.2 

 16.4 

 15.7 

 16.2 

 17.2 

 17. S 

 17.9 

 17.7 

 14.4 

 15.5 

 18.2 

 15.7 

 13.1 

 14.3 

 15.2 

 17.9 



Coefficient 

 of purity 

 of juice. 



85.2 

 85.2 

 86.2 

 86.7 

 85.2 

 85.7 

 87.4 

 86.4 

 87.7 

 87.8 

 77.8 

 82.0 

 81.3 

 78.8 

 78.0 

 79.0 

 80.3 

 87.5 



Average 



weight 



of beets 



analyzed. 



Ozs. 

 161/2 



12 

 13 

 15 

 11 



121/2 

 13 

 11 

 14 

 12 

 131/2 

 16 * 

 81/2 

 111^ 

 141/^ 

 111/2 

 151/2 

 121/2 



Distance 



between 



beets 



in row. 



In. 



8 

 6 



8 



10 

 6 

 8 



10 

 6 

 8 



10 

 8 

 8 

 8 

 8 

 8 

 8 



8 

 8 



Place of 

 experiment. 



Station. 



Station. 



Station. 



Station. 



Station. 



Station. 



Station. 



Station. 



Station. 



Station. 



Fayetteville. 



Fayetteville. 



Fayetteville. 



Fayetteville. 



Fayetteville. 



Fayetteville. 



Fayetteville. 



Fayetteville. 



Table X. — Summary Showing Effect of Stable Manure on Yield op 



Amount of 

 stable manure 

 used per acre. 







20 tons. 



Sugar Beets, 1898. 



Number of 

 experiments. -Lowest. 



Lbs. 



3 



15 



16,050 

 23,514 



Yield per acre. 



Highest. 

 Lbs. 



20,425 

 31,944 



Average. 

 Lbs. 



18.730 



27,450 



Increased 

 average. 



Lbs. 



8,720 



Table XI. — Summary Showing Effect of Stable Manure on Percent- 

 age OF Sugar in Sugar Beets, 1898. 



Amount of sugar in beets. 



Number of , 



Amount of stable mmure used per acre. 







20 tons. 



Table XII. — Summary Showing Effect of Stable Manure Upon Co- 

 efficient OF Purity of Sugar Beets. 1898. 



Coefficient of purity. 

 Amount of stable manure used per acre. Lowest. Highest. Average. 



77.8 85.2 82.6 



20 tons 78.0 87.8 84.2 



