232 Report on Ckop Pkoductio:"! of the 



EXl'EIilMEXT OF 1001. 



The seed of the two varieties of beets came from the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. Each variety was planted in dupli- 

 cate on both commercial fertilizer and farm manure plats 



Table XVII.— Results of Manuring Sugar Beets, 1901. 



Coef. 

 Yield ficients 



of of Av. 



-,, beets Sugar Sugar purity weinht 



*['*"• per ill iti of beets 



No. Variety and treatment. acre. beets, juice, juice, au'lyz'd 



Lbs. Per ct. Per ct. Ozs. 



Dep't No. 6359, Meyers Friedb- 

 rickswerter: 



1 80,000 lbs. stable manure per acre. 40,710 1.3.2 14.9 78.1 13.7 



2 1000 lbs. commercial fertilizer 36,660 12.3 16.5 83.7 14.2 



3 No manm-e 25,226 13.1 17.1 82. 9 13. & 



Dep't No. 5772, Dippes German: 



4 80.000 lbs. stable manure per acre. 33,570 13.4 18.6 80 13.1 



5 1000 lbs. commercial fertilizer 28,190 15.6 20.7 87.7 12 



Table XVIII. — Summary Showing Effect of Manures upon Yield and 

 Composition of Sugar Beets, 1901. 



Yield Sugar Sugar Coef- 



of beers in In flcifnr of 



per acre. beets. juice. purity. 



Z,bs. Per ct. Per ct. 



No manure 35,226 13.1 17.1 82.9 



1000 lbs. commercial fertilizer 32,425 13.9 18.6 85.7 



80,000 lbs. stable manure 37,140 13.3 16.7 79 



In this experiment the commercial fertilizer used was similar 

 to that applied in former years, both in kind and quantity, but 

 the stable manure was increased from 40,000 to 80,000 lbs. per 

 acre. This was an excessive application of an animal manure, 

 twice as much as what most farmers would consider a liberal 

 quantity. Fifty beets from each plat were analyzed. Tables 

 XVII and XVIII show results. 



DISCUSSION OF KESULTS. 



These experiments, which have been carried through four 

 years, have included the growing of beets from high grade seed 

 from various sources, at least six different varieties (names) 



