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EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED BY THE WISCONSIN STATION. 



While the beets grown at the Wisconsin station were of very fail- 

 quality, they were far inferior to those of the previous season, showing 

 a decrease of sugar in the beet of 2.5 per cent and a decrease in purity 

 of 8.8. The beets grown in 1900 ranked next to the highest among 

 the cooperating stations, and undoubtedly the falling off in quality in 

 1901 was due not solely to the drought (the total precipitation for the 

 growing season being 7.7 inches less than in the previous year), but 

 also in part to the unfortunate distribution of such rain as fell. The 

 drought was most extreme in the first months of growth and the rain- 

 fall greatest in September and October, thus probably inducing a 

 second growth and lowering the quality of the beets. The average 

 temperature and the number of clear and cloudy days remained prac- 

 tically the same as in 1900, the rainfall being thus the only important 

 variant. 



The tables given below show the analytical data obtained at Wash- 

 ington on these samples and also the meteorological conditions under 

 which the beets. were grown: 



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Sfadison. 



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Meteorological data far M<nlix<m, IIV*., i:mi. 



The fbllowing oommeitt OD the climatic oonditionfi as shown in the 



above table is made by Mr. Shaw: 



The season of I'.MM \\a>. a- a \\ln.li-, VTV util'avoral.lc f ( , most mips in Wisconsin. 

 The extremely hot ami !?> weather during' July and AUL'UM .11. 1 irr.-at .lamaire to 



