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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 



Total 5ield of fall planted . . . 

 Total yield of spring planted . 



In favor of spring planting 



Total yield of level cultivation. 

 Total yield of hilled up 



In favor of level cultivation . 



Total yield of sprayed . . . . 

 Total yield of not sprayed . 



In favor of spraying. 



Pounds. 



1,181 

 1,559 



SUGAR BEETS IN 1905. 



The seed wliich ripened in 1904 was planted May 20, the two varieties 

 being Jaeusehe's Yictrix and Meyer's Fredericlvswerther Elite. Im- 

 ported seed of the former variety was planted on the same day for the 

 purpose of noting the difference in growth and yield of the beets 

 when compared with those from the home-grown seed. This difference 

 became very conspicuous soon after the beets were large enough for 

 thinning out, and was greatly intensified when the beets attained their 

 full growth. The glossiness, deeper shade of green and larger size of 

 the leaves made it appear as if the beets from the home-grown seed had 

 been highly fertilized, and the final weight of the beets showed that 

 the roots had fully responded to the healthier growth of the tups. It 

 was not expected tliat the test for sugar would show a similar dilference. 

 Nor would such a difference have been anything more than accidental 

 had it been found, for the mother beets had not been tested, and obvi- 

 ously beet seed growing by this or any other method cannot give any 

 satisfactory results unless this station is ])rovided witii the necessary 

 apparatus for testing on the ground such beets whose composition shows 

 them to be adai)ted for the raising of high grade seed. 



The entire j»lot occupied one-tenth of an acre, of which onehalf was 

 planted with Jaensche's Victrix imported seed, and the other half was 



