242 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The average sugar content of G63 samples obtained from the coopera- 

 tive tests was 13.07 per cent, with an average coefficient of purity of 

 77.4. The samples harvested earliest were poor in quality, while those 

 harvested later made a better showing as the season advanced. This 

 was also found to be the case in the experiments at the station. Six 

 varieties were tested at the station, each variety being grown on six 

 different plats under varying conditions. The results are given in the 

 following table : 



Average results of variety tests of sugar beets. 



Name. 



Sehreiber 



Original Kleimvanzleben. 



Dramez Elite 



Zieman 



Dippe 



Vilniorin 



Sugar. I Purity. 



Per cent. 

 15.09 

 14.72 

 14.30 

 13.90 

 13.83 

 13.32 



Per cent. 

 83. 23 

 82.62 

 81.60 

 79.72 

 78.81 

 80.11 



Experiments in the fertilizing and curing of tobacco, 1897, E. 



H. Jenkins {Connecticut State Sta. Bpt. 1897, pp. 223-230). — A series 

 of fertilizer experiments were begun to compare the effect of barnyard 

 manure and commercial fertilizers — a mixture of barnyard manure and 

 commercial fertilizers, and green manuring with a leguminous crops — 

 on the quality of the leaf. The crop was harvested and was undergoing 

 curing by artificial heat when it was destroyed by fire. 



A note is given on the process of pole-curing, and the work of curing 

 the crop so far as completed is fully described. The temperature of the 

 curing barn was never higher than 88° F. and seldom over 82°, and 

 was kept as nearly uniform as possible throughout the building. The 

 author cautions against chilling tobacco by low temperatures and allow- 

 ing it to become dry before it has come to color and against curing it 

 irregularly. 



Experiments in growing tobacco with different fertilizers — 

 report on the fermented crops of 1896, E. H. Jenkins ( Connecti- 

 cut State Sta. Bpt. 1897, pp. 230-243). — This report is the conclusion of 

 experiments begun in 1892 and completed in 1896, some of the results 

 obtained in these tests having been previously reported (E. S. R., 9, p. 

 543). The details of expert judgment on each lot of tobacco from the 

 experimental plats in 1896 are given. The average results obtained by 

 fermentation and the relative quality of the leaf from the different 

 plats, taking the entire period into consideration, are reported below. 



Results of the experiments with tobacco fertilizers for the 

 years 1892 to 1896, E. H. Jenkins {Connecticut State Sta. Rpt. 1897, 

 pp. 243-256). — The results of these experiments and the manner in 

 which they were conducted are discussed in a previous report of the 

 station (E. It. S., 9, p. 543) and are here briefly summarized, with the 



