August showing a very small precipitation, made the season unusually 

 dry. Tin 1 data tor DCS Moines show a much smaller precipitation 

 and at the same time a much smaller number of clear days than the 

 data for Ames. These data show that the beet crop, properly planted 

 and cultivated, is independent of variations in precipitation to a sur- 

 prising extent. The total precipitation during the growing season at 

 Ames for 1901 was considerably less than one-half that of the previous 

 year and yet no deleterious effect was produced thereby on the size of 

 the beets. In this respect and in quality the beet crop was markedly 

 superior to that of 11)00. These data are valuable as showing that, in 

 regions where deficient rainfall may occur during the summer time. 

 the sugar beet may produce a satisfactory crop if the proper attention 

 is paid to the preparation of the soil and the cultivation. 



EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED BY THE KENTUCKY STATION. 



The special beet seed was planted at Lexington, Ivy., on April _!'.. 

 1901, 18 inches between the rows, thinned on May '2l\ and June 10, 

 and harvested on October 17. The soil was plowed s inches deep and 

 subsoiled 5 inches. 



The analysis made at Wasmngton of a sample of these beets gave 

 the following data: 



a in] analytical data on huts i/roirn at /lit Ki'itlnckif Experiment Station, 



Lexington, 



The analytical and agricultural data obtained at Lexington during 

 the season are as follows: 



Agricultural ana 1 analytical <lt<i ,t,t< rminl t tin K< ntnck;/ station . 



The data for the Kentucky -tatinn show that the beets produced 

 there were slightly under the normal si/e, and neither the content of 

 sugar nor the purity wa> high enough to enable thes<- heeN to compete 



