SUGAR BKEr 



i::i 



workinl l)ctbro thi' trials began, so that it was in L^otxl tanniipj 

 C'Oiulitiun. Tlio seed {Vilinorin's Wliite (Jrccn-top lirahaiit) 

 was sown in rows 17 inches apart, with 8 inches apart in the 

 rows. 



The following Table (XLVII.) shows the averaire ivsuhs 

 for the four years 1898-1901. 



Table XLVII. — Sugar-Bcct, Second Scries. Avcratjc i>i'^»liirc. per arre, 

 Siufar per cent, and per cure in the Roots, 4 years (1898-1901). 



Roots per acre (as carted) Tons 



Leaf do. Tons 



" Cleaned and Trimmed " Roots per acre . . Tons 

 Sugar per cent, in "Cleaned andTrinimcd" Roots per cent. 

 Sugar per acre Lb. 



Plot 9-1. 



Basic 8lag, 



400 lb., 



and 

 Sulphate 

 Potash, 

 5001b. 



12-8 

 4-5 

 11-7 

 14-11 

 3693 



14-6 14-0 

 5-9 6-5 



13-3 12-7 



13-.')3 13-63 



4099 :!938 



Tlic results go to show that the land was initially in very 

 good condition, for very little increase of root is produced by 

 the use of the nitrogenous manures. Even in the fourth year 

 of the experiment the plot receiving no nitrogen still grew 

 nearly 13 tons of roots; the nitrate produced no increase, and 

 the sulphate of ammonia an increase of 1 ton only. As a 

 nitrogenous manure sulphate of ammonia was more effective 

 than nitrate of soda; this is never the case with mangels, but 

 the sugar-beet, growing smaller and more closely planted roots 

 than the mangels, does not search the ground so deeply, and 

 derives more benefit from a manure like sulphate of aninmnia, 

 which is held up near the surface. The proportions of su<,'ar 

 obtained were not in any case high, and considering that no 

 very large crops were grown the amount of su^Mr produced 

 and the low quotient of i)urity were (lisa[)pointin,<:. i'lohal.lN 

 the land is too heavy and its situation too hi^h and rxjid.-cd 

 for a good result to ))e expected, save in rather exceptional 

 seasons. 



