456 Report of the Department of Field Crops of the 



Tabulated Statement Showing Summary of Comparison of Results Ob- 

 tained with Stable Manure and Commercial Fertilizers. 



Fertilizer used per acre. 



•3 0- 



<0 



.0 



u 



cS 



bo 



3 



Eft 



o 

 O 



None 



500 lbs. commercial fertilizer 

 20 tons stable manure 



Lbs, 

 18,000 

 23,990 

 27,450 



Per ct. 

 15.5 

 14.9 

 16.6 



82.3 



82.1 

 84.2 



IV. EFFECT OF GROWING BEETS AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES APART 



. IN THE ROW. 



The Station carried 011 three parallel sets of experiments to 

 study the effect of growing beets at different distances apart in 

 the row. The detailed data are given in the table on page 369. 

 We summarize these results as follows: 



Tabulated Summary Showing Effect of Growing Beets at Different 



Distances Apart in Row. 



With increase in distance between beets in the row v notice 

 an increase in yield, coefficient of purity and size of ber Is, with 

 little change in the percentage of sugar. 



V. TEST OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF SUGAR BEETS. 



The United States Department of Agriculture furnished the 

 Station with several varieties of beet seed with the request that 



