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The following letter in rega rd t< rf ban est ing 

 cooperating stations under date o^Septembur/ fiy 



DEAK SIK: Relative t<> the siurar beetfi j 

 special: " 



When the beets appear to he approaching maturity and before any second Drouth 

 can take place, please harvest a snllieient quantity to enable von to make a fair e-ti 

 mate of the yield per acre. Select : 10 average beets from those harvested, have the 

 tops removed, leaving about an inch of stems, and wash and \\ipethe root-. 



Tack the carefully dried beets in a box, inclose full data relative to the sample on 

 the slip "A." and forward the package to me by express, charges collect. 



I will forward you the necessary slips "A" and envelopes. Please repeat this 

 sampling and the estimate of yield at intervals of a \\eek until end of season, timing 

 the shipments, if practicable, so that packages will not reach here Saturday or 

 Sunday. 



Keep accurate data of all field work, which please transmit at end of season. 

 Respectfully, 



II. \V. WII.KV, Chl.j. 



Slip "A." referred to in the above letter, calls for the following data: 

 Variety; when planted; when thinned; when harvested; date of ship- 

 ment of sample: character of the soil; width between rows, inches; 

 character of the growing season, favorable or unfavorable; estimated 



yield per acre, tons; remarks. 



EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED AT WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Fourteen rows of the Dippe Kleinwanzlebener Elite beet seed (S. P. 



I. No. .M7_?) were sown on the experiment farm at the Potomac Flats 

 on May Is. They showed above the ground on May ^r>, and were 

 cultivated once a week and oftener when there were frequent rains. 

 Between June 11 and 14 the beets were 4 thinned, one-half being allowed 

 to remain s inches apart and the other \'2 inches apart. The distance 

 between the rows was Is inches. Hand hoes and rakes were used for 

 the first cultivation, after which wheel hoes were employed. In the 

 following tabulated data the thick stand and the thin stand of 

 have been separately considered for purposes of comparison. 



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 THICK STAND PLANTS - INCHES APART). 



