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ments were made upon the station grounds with different varieties, 

 which yielded the following results : 



The experiment station field consisted of 1.3 acres. The cost of culti- 

 vation and harvesting was $51.25, or at the rate of $39.42 per acre. 



The beets were grown in rows 23 inches from center to center and 

 the plants were thinned to 8 inches apart in the rows. The chief con- 

 clusions drawn from the experimental work at the station were as fol- 

 lows: 



(1) Early planting gave the greatest tonnage and the most sugar per acre. 



(2) Very large beets did not sugar well. 



(3) Subsoiling gave the best-shaped beets and the highest per cent of sugar in No- 

 vember, needing the least trimming. 



(4) Cutworms destroyed most pf pur early plantings, but did not affect the Jater 

 plantings. 



