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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Beets obtained in cooperative experiments carried on by 100 farmers 

 in the vicinity of Albert Lea averaged 13.8 per cent of sugar, with a 

 purity of 82. An experiment in seeding beets at different dates gave 

 the following results : 



Results of seeding beets at different dates. 



1 (ate seeded. 



May 15 

 May 15 

 May 27 

 May 27 

 June 5 

 June 5 



September 21. 



Sugar in 

 juice. 



Per cent. 

 14.0 

 13.9 

 13.7 

 13.1 

 14.2 

 13.8 



I'nrity. 



Per cent. 

 81.9 

 86.9 

 85.6 

 87.3 

 88.8 

 85.2 



OctoliiT28. 



Sugar in p urit 

 juice. 



Per cent. 

 16.5 

 16.5 

 16.6 

 17.7 

 18.2 

 17.9 



Per cent. 

 86.0 

 86.4 

 84. 3 

 86.0 

 . 87.0 

 86.0 



Average 

 n eight. 



Ounces. 

 12.8 

 11.2 

 15.2 

 10.0 

 11.6 

 10.8 



An experiment was made by the station to ascertain the best dis- 

 tance at which sugar beets should be grown. The following table 

 gives the average results of two trials : 



Results of sugar beets grown at different distances. 



Distance. 



In the row. 



Between 

 rows. 



Sugar 

 content. 



Value per 

 acre. 



4 inches 

 6 inches 

 8 inches 



10 inches 

 4 inches 

 6 inches 

 8 inches 



10 inches 

 4 inches 

 6 inches 

 8 inches 



10 inches 

 4 inches 

 6 inches 

 8 inches 



10 inches 



Indies. 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 



Per cent. 

 17.3 

 17.7 

 16.1 

 15.6 

 18.0 

 16.8 

 16.2 

 16.0 

 16.5 

 15. 7 

 16.3 

 16.8 

 15.9 

 16.0 

 15.4 

 14.9 



$68. 80 

 64.80 

 67.60 

 67.60 

 64.80 

 66.40 

 70.40 

 68.40 

 60.80 

 65.20 

 64.40 

 63.60 

 66.00 

 65.20 

 70.00 

 62.80 



There was practically no difference in the average results from tlie 

 rows which were 11 and 18 in. apart, and these distances gave the best 

 returns. There was little difference in the average results from plats 

 on which the beets were grown 2, 4, G, and 8 in. apart in the row. 

 "Economy of labor would dictate that for our conditions we plant the 

 rows 18 in. apart and thin the beets to 5 to 7 in. apart in the row." 



Sugar-beet investigations of 1897, G. W. Shaw (Oregon Sta. Bui. 

 53, pp. 36, Jigs 14, dgms. 3). — Cooperative culture experiments with 

 sugar beets in 1897 were limited to the counties of the State which 

 seemed best adapted to the production of sugar beets and the manu- 

 facture of sugar. The results of analyses of beets from each county are 

 given in tables and the climatic conditions of the season are compared 

 with the normal conditions of the region and those of France and Ger- 



