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1,000 lbs. was thoronghly washed and dried, after which the 

 crowns were removed. 



Weight of beets taken 1000 pounds. 



Loss by washing 49 pounds. 



Weight of crowns 73 pounds. 



Weight of washed beets without crowns 878 pounds. 



At this rate the yield of topped, washed beets was 14 tons 577 

 lbs.; of topped, unwashed beets 15 tons 200 lbs. At |4 per ton 

 the returns per acre would not be over |60. 



The shape of these beets was very satisfactory. With but few 

 exceptions, they were symmetrical and sent down a tap root to a 

 good depth. 



The average size was rather small, being not over three-fourths- 

 of a pound. This was the result of close planting, as the average 

 distance between the beets was probably less than eight inches. 

 The beets grew wholly in the ground, no special precautions 

 being necessary to secure this result excejiting the subsoiling. 

 A careful chemical examination of these beets gave the following 

 results : ' 



Sugar in beets 15.2 per cent. 



Sugar in juice 16 per cent. 



Coefficient of purity 81 



According to these figures about 12 lbs. of sugar could actually 

 be made from 100 lbs. of washed topped beets. This shows that 

 the yield of manufactured sugar from the Station farm would be 

 3,429 lbs. per acre. 



An observation was made on the value of an application of 

 commercial fertilizer in sugar beet growing. The plat from 

 which the two acres of ground was measured for the experiment 

 recorded contained an additional area of four-fifteenths of an 

 acre. This ground was prepared with the two-acre plat and re- 

 ceived the same treatment, except that it was not fertilized in 

 any way. The seed was sown at the same time and the crop re- 

 ceived the same treatment, only that it was the last to be reached 

 in thinning. From the start a marked difference was noticed 



