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The Sugar- Beet in America 



CONDITIONS PRODUCING GOOD BEETS 



Climate is one of the most important agencies affect- 

 ing the quality of beets. Wiley/ after several years of 



Table VI. — Table of General Averages of Agricultural 

 AND Analytical Data for the Five Years, 1900-1904 



Stations where Irrigation Was not Used 



Stations where Irrigation Was Practiced 



Logan, Utah * 

 Pomona, Cal.* 

 Fort Collins, C0I0.2 



18.9 



8.0 



20.4 



13.2 

 14.2 



14.7 



81.2 

 82.5 

 83.9 



69.5 

 70.5 

 65.1 



62.4 



68.9* 



59.4 



1 Wiley, H. W., U. S. Dept. of Agr., Bur. of Chem. Bui. No. 96. 



2 Data for 3 years. ' Data for 4 years. 

 * Data for 2 years. 



' 1904 ; data for March to September. 



