19(3 THE SUGAR BEET. 



CHAPTER YII. 



YIELD AND COST OF CULTIVATION. 



It is impossible to give any exact figures to be ex- 

 pected as a yield from a given acre of land. As before 

 shown, with cei'tain fertilizers the crops can be made 

 several times as great as they would have otherwise been. 

 Then, again, the distance between the lines and each 

 particular plant also varies, the set.'ds having many 

 varieties corresponding to great fluctuations in the final 

 yield. The variations of the weather also produce the 

 same effect. In examples we give below the cost of 

 working supposes that the land has been previously cul- 

 tivated, as otherwise very secondary crops could alone 

 be expected. As a principle, the growing of the beet 

 requires more care than the cultivation of corn or 

 wheat, etc., and the farmer can make no calculation of 

 an exact nature, when these alone are taken as a basis. 

 For years past we have seen many estimates made by 

 those having never grown the beet, being otherwise 

 interested, wishing to convey to the public mind that 

 these roots could be cultivated with but little more 

 care than is given to the crops just mentioned and yet 

 have most excellent I'esults. It is true they can be, 

 but the sugar they contain would not pay for the cost 



