CULTURE OF THE SUGAR BEET. 



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Please fill ont the blanks in the following table, showing the comparative cost per 

 acre of culture of sugar beets, corn, and potatoes : 



Operations. 



First plowing 



Harrowing 



Second plowing 



Harrowing and rolling 



Marking and planting 



First weeding and thinning 



First hoeing or cultivating 



Second hoeing or cultivating 



Third hoeing or cultivating 



"Pu llin g and topping, or harvesting 



Delivering at place of sale 



cords stable manure, at 



pounds artificial manure, at .. 



Other operations of culture 



Total cost of culture 



Quantity of product per acre tons, at 



Beets. 



Corn. 



Potatoes. 



Name of grower, 



town, 



-; county, 



■ ; State, 



Of this circular over 1,300 copies were distributed to addresses furnished by the 

 Maine Sugar Beet Company, and the number returned with replies worthy of being 

 entered in our record did not exceed 200. The information thus received has been 

 arranged in the following tables. The table A is intended for detailed record, and 

 the table B is a condensation for more convenient reference and study of the principal 

 conditions of the culture and the results obtained. 



