452 Keport of the Department of Field Chops of the 



(6) Cost of growing sugar beets. — Mr. Dawley reports the cost 

 of growing one acre of sugar beets as $28.20, not including cost 

 of fertilizer. His items are as follows: 



Fitting ground $ 5 20 



Planting 1 75 



Applying fertilizer * 00 



Ten times over with weeder 



Thinning 



5 25 



One hoeing 3 00 



Digging and topping 7 50 



$28 20 

 Drawing to railroad • 4 ^0 



Total $ 32 70 



[The cost of 500 lbs. of fertilizer would increase the cost to $34.70 or, 

 including delivery at railroad, $39.20.] 



II. EFFECT OF STABLE MANURE UPON THE YIELD AND QUALITY OF 



SUGAR BEETS. 



This work was carried on at the Station and in duplicate al 

 Fayetteville. Stable manure was applied at the rate of 20 tons 

 an acre. The different amounts of plant-food applied in this form 

 would approximately equal 200 pounds of nitrogen, 100 pounds 

 of phosphoric acid and 200 pounds of potash. 



The stable manure was applied to the land in the spring. This 

 method is commonly reported to increase the size of the beets at 

 the expense of the percentage of sugar and purity coefficient. 

 But in the work done both at the Station and at Fayetteville, the 

 very opposite effects were found. 



