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tion to the necessity of thorough preparation of the ground, of thick 

 sowing, of early and frequent cultivation, of thinning at the right time 

 and in the right way, and finally to the method of harvesting to insure an 

 accurate report of the results to the Station. 



Four hundred and eighty-four samples have been sent to the Station 

 for analysis from points outside of the College farm. The available 

 results from these samples and reports of the experimenters, together 

 with the results of the analyses of the beets are presented in the follow- 

 ing table, giving by counties the name and residence of each experi- 

 menter with as full a report of the conditions of the experiment as the 

 Station could procure, and the results of the analysis of each sample. 



This table is given to the public in the hope that it will be of inter- 

 est and benefit to the people of our State, and especially to those locali- 

 ties where the samples were raised. The table does not include the report 

 of all the samples sent to the Station. Some ha\e Keen omitted because 

 the precise points which chiefly gave valuable information to the public 

 were omitted, when sending the samples. This information was solic- 

 ited often by a personal letter sent out after the receipt of the beets, 

 yet was not furnished. Other reports have been omitted either because 

 the beets were sent without the name or residence of the experimenter, 

 or because the beets sent were dried and shriveled, and on that account 

 no fair conclusion as to their value could be drawn from the analysis. 

 With tht^e exceptions, every sample of sugar beets sent to the Station 

 has been analyzed and reported. 



In the table there is included the report of the analyses of the sugar 

 beets grown on the Station farm. Reports of analysis have not been 

 sent, to the persons forwarding beets, prior to the publication of this 

 bulletin, because of the pressure of other duties on Station officers. The 

 work has been pushed as rapidly as possible to let all parties know of 

 the outcome of the experiment. 



