Factors Affecting Quality of Beets 



209 



experimentation, has pointed out how the weather, par- 

 ticularly the temperature, affects the percentage of sugar 

 in beets. In this connection, he shows that a high sugar- 

 content usually indicates a high purity also. 



Tables VI and VII summarize the results of five years' 

 experiments with sugar-beets raised under widely dif- 

 ferent climatic conditions in the United States. The 

 author points out the fact that temperature, or, in other 



Table VII. — General Averages op Meteorological Data 

 (May to October) for the Five Years, 1900-1904 



Stations where Irrigation Was not Used 



Station 



Lexington, Ky 



Washington, D. C. . . . 



Blacksburg, Va 



Madison, Wis 



Lafayette, Ind 



Ithaca, N. Y 



Ames, Iowa 



Agricultural College, Mich. 

 Geneva, N. Y 



Sttnbhimd 



Per Cent 

 71.6 

 62.9 

 53.7 



64.7 

 60.4 

 64.2 

 59.6 



Stations where Irrigation Was Practiced 



Logan, Utah ' . . 

 Pomona, Cal.^ 

 Fort Collins, Colo. 



78.7 

 73.8 

 63.8 



* Three years' data. 



» Two years' data ; 1904 data for March to September. 



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