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extraonlinary drouth ami would not likely occur wore the conditions normal. If one 

 will study the followinf; table ho can realize how the vmnatural conditions of weather 

 might seriously decrease the yield of late sown beets. 



Table of temperature and rainfall hy u-eel-s during growing period of beet crop, summer 



of 1899. 



Week ending. 



April 7 



" 14 



" 21 



" 28 



May 5 



" 12 



" 19 



" 26 



June 2 



" 9 



•' 16 



" 23 



" 30 



July 7 



" 14 



" 21 



" 28 



August 4.. . 

 •' 11... 



" 18... 

 " 26... 



September 1 



8 

 " 15 



" 22 



" 29 



October 6.. 



13.. 



" 20. . 



" 27. . 



November 3 

 " 10 

 " 17 

 " 24 



December 1 



Max. temp. 

 Degrees h\ 



45 

 79 

 80 

 83 



86 

 76 

 76 

 79 



83 

 89 

 87 

 92 

 83 



89 

 86 

 86 

 96 



87 

 90 

 95 

 97 



93 

 94 

 75 

 91 

 62 



74 

 83 

 81 

 80 



60 

 59 

 57 

 60 

 50 



Min. temj). 

 Degrees F. 



10 

 26 

 32 

 45 



42 

 42 

 37 

 34 



54 

 52 

 46 

 43 



45 



62 

 50 

 48 

 53 



43 



47 

 41 

 61 



51 

 44 



31 

 32 



27 



21 

 31 

 31 

 36 



28 

 23 



28 

 27 



28 



Av. temp. 

 Degrees F. 



.31.5 

 49.5 

 66.9 

 68.1 



66.3 

 62.1 

 52.1 

 57.0 



66.4 



74. 



67.4 



71. 



69.8 



71.9 

 67.8 

 70.9 

 74.2 



69.7 

 71.2 

 69.7 

 74.6 



75.5 

 71. 



57.5 

 58.9 

 47.9 



44.3 

 59.1 

 53.5 

 57.6 



40.2 

 37.9 

 41.6 

 43.3 

 39.4 



Rainfall. 

 Inches. 





 .04 

 .24 

 .18 



1.58 

 .48 



1.22 

 .16 



1.25 



.57 



.30 







.28 



.97 

 .56 

 .23 

 .35 



.03 



.12 







Trace. 



.55 

 .67 

 

 .84 

 .63 







Trace. 



1.04 



.60 



2.05 



.23 



.46 



Trace. 



.02 



In Colorado,* 189S, early planting on the Experiment Station farm gave highest 

 results in per cent of sugar, yield of beets and yield of sugar per acre. While at 

 Rocky Ford, in the same state, there was in planting from April 18 to June 1 a gradual 

 increase in per cent of sugar, but a decrease in average weight of beets, tonnage per 

 acre, and the resultant sugar. 



From the above we may decide that it is safe and wise to plant beets as early in the 

 spring as we do any farm crop, that prolonging the date of planting gives a longer 

 period for thinning and, in ordinary years, should lengthen the season of ripening 

 and harvesting, and finally that the date of planting seems to have but little influence 

 on the percentage of sugar. 



Dr. Wiley says, "Beets should be planted as early in the spring as possible."' 



* Colorado Experiment Station Bulletin Xo. .51. 



