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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



results obtained tluit the su<rar content of fodder beets in the rejjion concerned is 

 more dependent upon the woil and methods of cultivation than upon the variety. In 

 general the varieties low in sugar content gave the best yields. 



Selection of fodder beets, P. Zabkinski {Zeml. Ghaz., 1902, Nu. 4^J; uhn. In Zhur. 

 Ojmitii. AijriDi. [Jour. K.rpt. Landw.l, 4 {1903), No. 3, pp. 356, 357). — From results 

 obtained by Zaykevich in 1901 the author concludes that the form and specific grav- 

 ity of fodder beets bear relation to the sugar content. — p. fireman. 



Florida beggar weed, (i. d'Utra {Bol. Agr. Sao Paulo, 4. ser., 1903, No. 0, jip. 

 251-266) . — In connection with a discussion of the culture, uses, and value of the 

 crop, analyses made before, during, and after the flowering period are reported and 

 compared with the composition of a large list of leguminous crops at the correspond- 

 ing stages of growth. 



Abnormal growtb of carrots, E. Gross (Dent. Landw. Presse, 30 {1903), No. 97, 

 p. 831, fiij. 1). — The results of observation and experiments carried on for 3 years 

 indicate quite conclusively, according to the author, that transplanting carrots induces 

 abnormal forms. It is stated that conditions similar to those resulting from trans- 

 planting are accidentally caused in hoeing or cultivating, and that the occurrence of 

 malformed specimens may be ascribed to this fact. On loose friable soils the abnor- 

 mal forms of transplanted carrots were less pronounced than on soils of a hard tex- 

 ture. Ten typical specimens of transplanted carrots weighed on an average 192.8 gm. 

 each, as compared with 87.7 gm. for specimens which had not ]>een transplanted. 

 This difference was jiartly due to the greater area given each plant in transplanting, 

 but mainly to the abnormal branching of the transplanted specimens. 



The growth of crimson clover, C. L. Penny [Delaware Sta. Rpt. 1902, 

 pp. 79-34). — A comparison was made in 1901 between the weight and the composi- 

 tion of roots and tops of crimson clover 3 or 4 weeks before full bloom and during 

 full bloom. The samples studied were taken from a loose sandy soil and from heavy 

 clay. 



At the earlier stage of growth the roots of the samples from the sandy soil consti- 

 tuted about 40 per cent of the whole plant, and those from the clay soil about 25 per 

 cent, and at the later stage of growth approximately 32 and 12 per cent, respectively. 

 In discussing these results the author calls attention to the greater ease of recovering 

 roots from the sandy soil, and to the fact that during the interval the samples were 

 taken the tops on the sandy soil increased consideralily less than those on the clay 

 soil, thus materially affecting the ratio between tops and roots. It is further stated 

 that root development may possibly be greater in sandy soil. About three-fourths of 

 the roots on both soils were found within 6 in. of the surface, and it is concluded that 

 quantitatively the manurial \'tilue of the crop is almost entirely in the portion near 

 the surface. 



The fertilizing constituents as determined in these experiments are shown in the 

 following table: 



Fertilizing constituents of crimson clover at different Mages of growth. 



