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of space between them, July 1, and sul)sequently kept clean 

 from weeds by a periodical use of the cultivator and the hoe. 

 A blight which appeared during the lirst week of August on 

 the leaves did considerable injury to the earlier foliage; the 

 later leaves suffered less seriously. The crop was harvested 

 October 22 ; the roots weighed 170 pounds. Photographs 

 representing fair specimens of the roots will l^e found farther 

 on. An analysis stating the composition of a medium-sized 

 root is reported at the close of this chapter. 



Lant's Sugar Beit. — 1 he seeds used in this case were 

 sent on by C- H. Lane of Middlebury, Vt. The area 

 occupied by the plant measured 1,090 square feet. The 

 seeds w^ere planted in rows two feet apart, May 3 ; the 

 young plants appeared above ground May 11 ; they were 

 thinned out in the rows to six inches space between them, 

 June 18, and kept clean from weeds by cultivator and hoe 

 in the same manner as the previously d< scribed crop. The 

 first growth of leaves suffered seriously from a blight, the 

 later leaves were entirely free from blight, and made a vigor- 

 ous growth. The crop was harvested October 19 ; it weighed 

 610 pounds, without the leaves. A photograph of different 

 sizes of the roots, and an analysis stating the composition of 

 a medium-sized root, will be found farther on. 



Saxony Sugar Beet. — This crop occupied an area of 

 15,587 square feet. The seed was sown in rows two feet 

 apart, to admit the use of a one-horse cultivator, May 3. 

 The seeding was heavy ; five and one-half ounces of seed 

 were used. The young plants were thinned out and treated 

 like the previously stated crop. The unfiiivorable, cold, wet 

 weather during the fore part of the summer season aff'ected 

 this crop in a similar way as the preceding root crops. 

 Insects and a blight destroyed almost entirely the first leaf 

 growth. The later leaves were vigorous, and apparently 

 free from blight. The roots were harvested October 19; 

 they weighed 6,450 pounds, or nine tons per acre, which 

 is about one-half an average crop. Photographs and a 

 chemical analysis accompany these statements. 



Carrot.^, Danvers. — The land occupied by this crop 

 measured 18,420 square feet; the seed was sown in rows, 

 leaving fourteen inches of space between. May 13 ; fourteen 



