40 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



and bhe west. th half of the Held was plowed ;i second time 10 in. deep 

 and four lilt lis of it subsoiled to 10 in. on May 20. The field was not 

 particularly adapted to the sugar-beet crop, and on part of the field the 

 crop failed. Thirteen different varieties were grown. Kleinwanzleben 



(seed imported fr Germany) produced the highest yield on the unsub- 



soiled half of the field and Agnew Kleinwanzleben (a variety grown 

 in California) on the largely subsoiled half. On the unsubsoiled half 

 the average yield was L8,043 lbs. per acre, with an average of 13.213 per 

 eenl of sugar in the beet, while on the other half the average yield was 

 is, 172 lbs. per acre, with an average of 14.18 per cent of sugar in the 

 beet. The cost of growing an acre of beets in these experiments, not 

 including the cost of seed and rent of land, was found to be $32.15. 



Eight varieties were grown from high-grade seed. The sugar con- 

 tent in the juice ranged from 13.81 per cent in the Demesmay variety 

 to 1 7.85 per cent in the High Grade Commercial Klein wanzleben. The 

 purity of the latter variety was the lowest, being 79.5 while that of 

 Vilmorin La Plus l{iche was highest, being 86.1. The average yield of 

 beets per acre for all varieties was 28,103 lbs. with an average of 15.04 

 per cent of sugar in the beet. 



Fertilizer experiments with beets were conducted on a tile drained 

 marshy soil, and the etlect of different kinds and combinations of fer- 

 tilizers was compared. The average yield of beets per acre on the 

 marshy soil was 11,774 lbs. The best results were obtained from the 

 plat to which a mixture of double carbonate of potash and magnesia, 

 bone superphosphate, and nitrate of soda had been applied. As a rule 

 the beets grown on the unmanured marshy plats were not so good in 

 quality as those grown on the 3 acre field described above. 



The sugar beet in Pennslyvania, H. P. Armsby (Pennsylvania 

 Sta. Bui. 40, pp. 23). — This bulletin contains a report on cooperative 

 culture experiments with the sugar beet in different counties in 1897 

 with notes and suggestions of a general character on the beet crop, the 

 requirements for manufacturing beet sugar, and the adaptability of the 

 industry to the State. The results of the experiments and the meteor- 

 ological data for the season are given in tables. 



Of the 69 samples reported upon 55 had a sugar content of over 12 

 per cent in the beet and 35 a coefficient of purity above 80; 32 showed 

 a sugar content of over 12 per cent and a coefficient of purity above 80. 

 The average size of the beets and the yield were rather small. 



Report on the results obtained with sugar cane on the exper- 

 imental fields at Dodds' Reformatory, 1896, J R. Bovell and 

 J. P. ^Albuquerque (Kpt. Ucupt. Fields Dodds' Reform. [Barbados], 

 1807) pp. 30). — Work in this line has been formerly reported (E. S. R., 8, 

 p. 394). The amount and composition of the rainfall are given in a 

 table, and the results of experiments with manures and varieties of 

 cane and seedling cane are reported. 



Nitrogenous and phosphatic fertilizers were applied at different times 

 and in different forms and proportions. Potash was used in the form 



