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acres, 38.90 tons; 3 acres, 55.89 tons; 4 acres, 64.89 tons; 

 6 acres, 82.68 tons. Whether, in consideration of the 

 scarcity of water and the abundance of land, it would be 

 preferable to grow twenty-one tons of sugar beets on 1 

 acre with 30 inches, or eighty-three tons on 6 acres, with 

 the same quantity of water, is a thing that each community 

 must determine for itself. However, it is questionable if 

 sugar beets should receive during any season more than 

 18 inches of water, representing three heavy irrigations, 



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FIG. 77. Yield vs. water (sugar beets? 



