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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



Upon oxaininiiijr llio above tahlp wo obspivo iliat stalilo iiiatiure applied oarly in 

 the winter <iave the hirj^est tonna^^c of beets, likewise llie lowest i)er eent ot sugar, 

 but even then the market price of the product per acre is over $3.00 more than that of 

 ajiy other jdot. The apjilicalion of stable manure made the day prior to plowing 

 the field resulted in a yield third in rank, but as the i)er cent of suuar is correspond- 

 ingly low, the money value of the product is brought uiulcr that of the home mixed 

 fertilizers. 



There is much significance in the results from ap])lying incomplete fertilizers, no- 

 tably plots 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 and IG. But for the accidental high \h'v cent of sugar 

 in 10, the money value results of these ap])lieations would have remained near the 

 mark fixed by the average of the nothing plots. In no case is the increased yield com- 

 mensurate with the increased cost of the fertilizer applied. 



Below is the analysis and cost per ton of the fertilizers employed in the experiuicnts 

 in this bulletin: 



Nitrate of soda (18.71 ^ ammonia) $50 00 



Sulphate of potash (49.10% K.^ O) 50 00 



Muriate of potash (49.85% K^ O) 50 00 



( available Pj O., 15.85';'. ^ 

 Dissolved phosphate rock ' insoluble P., O5 1 .82% ■ 



/total P, O5 17.67%. ... ) 

 Sulphate of aminouia (25.38% ammouiat 



( 2.59% ammonia 1 



Commercial fertilizer \ 11.83 Pj O., 



/ 6.60 K, O ) 



iPs 051.51% / 



\K, O 6.49% ) 



Woocl ashes . 



15 00 

 70 00 

 25 00 



5 00 



KKSULT.S FROM TRAXSI'LANTING. 



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M -0^ m 



7 K>\ ij ' '"> 



H: 



Drilled Beets— Yield. l.'),972 pounds 

 per acre; % sugar, 13.16; purity, 

 81.38. 



Transplanted Beets— Yield, 12,124 

 pounds per acre; % sugar, 10.21 ; 

 purity, 74. (iO. 



