New Yoek Agricultdeal Experiment Station. 



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The time of planting was June 4 and of harvesting Nov. 23. The 

 dimensions of the plats were 165x6J feet. Twenty beets from 

 oach plat were analyzed. 



The results appear in Tables XV and XVI. 



Table XV. — Results feom Manuring Sugae Beets, 1900. 



No. 

 Plat. 



1 



2 

 3 



4 

 5 

 6 



7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



Variety of beets. 



Plats with Commercial 



Fertilizer, 1000 Lbs. per 



Acre: 

 Vilmorins Improved White. . 

 White Queen of the North . . 

 Austrian Special Kleinwan- 



zlebener 



Vihnorins Improved White.. 

 White Queen of the North.. 

 Austrian Special Kleinwan- 



zlebener 



Plats with Farm Manure, 

 40,000 Lbs. per Acre: 



Vilmorins Improved White. . 



White Queen of the North.. 



Austrian Special Kleinwan- 

 zlebener 



Vilmorins Improved White. . 



White Queen of the North.. 



Austrian Special Kleinwan- 

 zlebener 



Yield 

 triiniued 



beets 

 per acre. 



Lbs. 



Sugar 



iu 

 beets. 



Per ct. 



Suijar 



iu 

 juice. 



Per ct. 



;7,171 14.2 15 



Coef- 

 ficient 



of 

 purity. 



42,568 15.9 S.3.6 



39,029 IG.l 84. S 



38,822 14.6 81. G 



40,051 13.4 15.8 83 



35,035 14.9 16. 6 84 



84. 4 



41. .395 16.1 83.7 



38,077 17.6 85.2 



40,. 550 15.7 84.3 



43,908 15.5 16.8 86.2 



38,784 15.4 17.5 83.9 



44,851 14.7 IG.l 85 



Average 

 weight 

 of beets 

 analyzed. 



Ozs. 



19 



20 



18 

 18 

 18 



ITi^ 



21 

 19 



19 

 18 

 19 



20 



Table XVI. — Summary Showing Effect 

 Composition of Sugar Beets 



OF Manure Upon the Yield and 



(BY VARIETI£S), 1900. 



Yield 

 per 

 Varieties and manures. aere. 



Lbs. 



Commercial Fertilizer, 1000 Lbs. per 

 Acre: 



Vilmorins Improved White 41.310 



White Queen of the North 37, 632 



Austrian Special Kleinwanzlebener 37,996 



Stable Manure, 40,000 Lbs. per Acre: 



Vilmorins Improved White 42,681 



White Queen of the North 39, 430 



Austrian Special Kleinwanzlebener 42,700 



General Summary': 



Beets with commercial fertilizers 38,979 



Beets with stable manure 41 , G04 



