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THE SUGAR BEET. 



for years past hundreds of experiments have been made 

 to ascertain exactly the harm done. The most interest- 

 ing have been those of Corenwinder, he having grown 

 a certain area in beets, one-half of which were stripped 

 and the remainder w^ere untouched, and he concluded 

 that the oj^eration caused a decrease in the yield of roots 



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of 14,500 kilog. (31,900 lbs.) to the hectare (two and 

 a half acres). The necks had greatly augmented in 

 length, and with this an increase of 3.7 per cent, in the 

 weio^ht of the mutilated. Two of the averajce normal 



