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The meteorological conditions at Logan are interesting in showing 

 the distribution of the precipitation and the variations in temperature. 

 During July it is seen that only a trice of rain fell, while in August 

 and October the precipitation compares favorably with that of some 

 of the nonirrigated stations. The temperature at Logan during the 

 growing season is decidedly lower than at the nonirrigated stations. 

 July shows a high temperature, but June especially is low, and the 

 August temperature is not much above 70. 



The data for Salt Lake City show practically the same distribution 

 of precipitation as at Logan during the months of June, July, and 

 August. The temperature, however, at Salt Lake was decidedly 

 higher, especially during July, and the precipitation during the month 

 of May was nearly twice as groat as at Logan. 



EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED BY THE VIRGINIA STATION. 



For the first time the experimental beet work was carried on at 

 Blacksburg, in 1901, thus supplying a Southern station to take the 

 place of North Carolina, where the work was temporarily discontinued. 



The beets were planted on June 1, with 18 inches between the rows. 

 thinned on July .">. and the first sample forwarded was harvested on 

 October 12. The determinations of the percentage of sugar in the 

 juice, as made at the experiment station, were as follows: 



Per cent. 

 September 20, 1901 ....................................................... 6. 65 



September 30, 1901 ....................................................... 8. 95 



October 12, 1901 .......................................................... 12. 62 



October 22, 1901 .......................................................... 12. 69 



October 31 , 1901 .......................................................... 1 '2. 77 



A vrrage .................................................... ...... 10. 74 



The analytical data obtained at Washington on the samples for- 

 warded from Blacksburg and the climatic conditions prevailing during 

 the period of growth are shown in the following tables: 



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