Circular No. 5. 343 



Extra Plats for Special Experiment on Hilling. 



State fully the treatment given and the weight of marketable 

 •and small potatoes harvested. 



Sugar Beets— Tillage Experiment. ^ 



Enough sugar beet seed will be sent by the Cornell Univer- 

 sity Experiment Station to plant one-twentieth of an acre. All 

 who wish to co-operate in the experiment are requested to write 

 for seed, which will be distributed as long as the supply lasts. 



It is desired that the plats be laid off as follows (See Sugar 

 Beet diagram). Measure off an area 52 feet long and 50 feet 

 wide. In plowing add 23^ feet to each side, making the total 

 area to be plowed 57 by 55 feet. This additional area to be 

 plowed is for the purpose of giving room for tillage on the out- 

 side of the outer row. Stake off four plats each 12^ feet wide 

 and 52 feet long. This will provide for four rows of beets to 

 the plat (indicated by the dotted lines) and an extra row between 

 and outside of plats (indicated by solid black lines). These ex- 

 tra rows are not to enter into the experiment and are to be 

 harvested and removed before the regular four rows of the ex- 

 periment (indicated by dotted lines) are harvested. 



The following directions regarding sugar beet culture maybe 

 found helpful. An open'porous soil, not over sandy, should be 

 selected avoiding heavy clay subsoils or hardpan. While the 

 soil should be fertile yet fresh barn manure should not be applied. 

 Where it is desired to fertilize with barn manure it should be 



