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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



VARIETY TESTS— YIELDS. 



E. Distance Apart of Roivs. 



To continue the tests as to the influence of the distance apart of rows 

 on the total yield of beets per acre and their ijuality, fifteen plots were 

 set aside in field No. 6 of the College farm. The soil was a gravelly loam, 

 to which was added wood ashes at the rate of two tons to the acre. 

 There was also applied, May 20, 175 pounds nitrate of soda and 475 

 pounds of mixed fertilizer per acre. The beets were sown May 22 and 

 23. Three varieties were used, Dippe's Kleinwanzleben, Virmorin's Very 

 Rich and Strandes' Kleinwanzleben. 



The beets were cultivated frequently and thinned prior to June 26. 

 They were harvested between October 11 and October 15. 



The following table gives the data as to yields: 



