crops all over the State, the southern part of the Slat.' Buffering most from the 

 drought. The average temperatuiv >!' .Inly was -I.S" !'. above normal, and in the 

 region along the western border of the State the a\-rage for this month rose 10 F. 

 above the normal temperature. The rainfall during the season was very uneven, 

 the average for the northern and central comities beini: ne.irly I'.'l inches for the 

 seven months, March to Se[)temher, and only aliont II inches for the southern 

 comities. Tin- total rainfall for the seven months was, on the average for the \\ hole 

 State. L'O.ll inches, which is two-thirds of an inch below normal. 



The following detailed report of the cultural data and other inter- 

 esting items as to the season's w;>rk was forwarded lv Messrs. \Voll 

 and Shaw, in charge of the cooperative work at the \Vi>coi)sm Nation: 



The land was plowed early in the spring of I'.lOl and a few weeks later prepared in 

 the usual manner for the planting of the beet seed by disking and pulveri/ing. The 

 planting was done by means of a hand seeder on May 1 7, in rows running north and 

 south, is inches apart. The experience of last year was duplicated this spring; a 

 hard crust was formed on the land through heavy rains a few days before the young 

 plants began showing themselves above ground; as most of the young plants prob- 

 ably would have been unable to break the crust formed, it was decided to reharrow 

 and replant the entire plat, and thin was accordingly done on June 7. 



The {lants began appearing above the ground about June 14. A terrific thunder- 

 storm appearing <>ii June li> did great damage to the beets, as to all crops in this 

 vicinity, and the soil of the eastern part of the field was washed badly, in places to 

 a depth of 2 or 3 inches; in other places the young beet plants were covered to a 

 similar depth. The field was thoroughly hoed, and although the crop at first seemed 

 entirely ruined, the beet plants gradually recovered. In the eastern part they seemed 

 struggling for existence against heavy odds for a week or more. 



The plants were thinned from June 27 to July 1 , a strong plant being left every 

 9 inches in the row. Owing to the severe drought, no transplanting was attempted. 

 For over a month after this date no rain fell and the beets grew but little, the best 

 stand being in the southwest corner and the poorest in the southeast corner of the 

 field. The drought in this vicinity completely ruined some crops, and the prospects 

 were at this time that there would not be a yield of 50 per cent of the usual average 

 of any crop. 



The sampling of the beets for analysis took place for the first time September 25, 

 and from that time up to harvest the variety No. 5772 was sampled e\ cry week. The 

 results of the analysis are given in the following table: 



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 Station. 



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The sampling of No. 5772 was done by digging all l>eets in 60 feet of a row of aver- 

 age luxuriance and selecting three beets from the lot. Samples were forwarded to 

 the Bureau of Chemistry, United State- I >epartment of Agriculture. The low results 

 of analyses we re due to the immature condition of the beets. A rainy period set in 

 on October 7, which lasted for five days; over L' inches of rain fell during this time. 



