Agricultural ami analytical data on hcftx aroirn at tin- Indiana e.i [>fr<int'nt xtation, l.afat/i ttf. 



"'1'lii-M- :in:ilvsi'- \vcn- niailr al L;i fiivt't tc, with the except iuii of the one datcil Octolu-r L'S. which 

 \\;t^ iii.-nif .-it \Va<liiii.LrI'H I'roin a sainph- corresponding to tliat atialyxed on October 26 at the Indiana 

 station. 



Tin 1 <l;it:i for Lafayette show the growth of a beet very much under- 

 sized, the averao-e si/e of the topped beet as prepared for the factory 

 beino- only T ounces. The average yield per acre was also only about 

 one-half the normal average- -namely, 5.4 tons though this figure is 

 open to suspicion, only one estimate having been made. The percentage 

 of sugar in the beets was (juite high, and (he purities were phenome- 

 nally high, as has been the case in previous reports. In the sample ana- 

 lyxedin the Bureau of ( 'hemistry the puuity was found to beS^.5. which 

 leads us to believe that some modification of the ordinary method of 

 a>certaining purity is used at the Lafayette station, which is the cause 

 of the phenomenally high figures. In the platting of the curves in 

 the charts which follow, the data used are those obtained in the Bureau 

 of Chemistry on October !iS. 



The meteorological data for Lafayette and Indianapolis as given in 

 the following tables Illustrate clearly the conditions of drought and 

 excessive sunshine that prevailed, although the actual average tem- 

 perature wa> l.'J lower than in 1JMM). 



, /,/,/., 1901. 



