SUGAR BEET EXPERIMENTS. 



The Nebraska Experiment Station has just issued Bulletin No. 73, 

 which gives the results of a number of experiments in sugar beets, 

 by T. L. Lyon and A. T. Wiancko. 



The experiments were conducted during the season of 1901 upon 

 the farm of the Standard Cattle Company, at Ames, Dodge county, 

 Neb., and included tests of varieties, tests of fertilizers, distance of 

 planting, time of planting, methods of cultivation, and the treatment 

 of sugar beet diseases. 



Hand-hoeing sugar beets at Ames, Neb. 



A test of 37 varieties under similar conditions showed a wide 

 variation in the total amount of sugar produced per acre, the original 

 Klein Wanzlebener occupying first place. 



A comparison of light and heavy soils for sugar beet production 

 showed a considerably higher sugar content in the beets grown upon 

 the heavy soil. 



Slight increases in the yield, sugar content, and purity of beets 

 were produced by the use of commercial fertilizers, but their use did 

 not seem to be profitable upon tho land where the tests were madei 



