140 The Sugar-Beet in America 
are illustrated in Figs. 16 and 17. In Fig. 16 both the 
percentage sucrose and the purity are shown to be some- 
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Fie. 18, — Effect of weekly irrigations on average weight and length of 
beets. Utah. 
what higher in all the beets that were irrigated weekly 
than in those receiving no irrigation. The highest sugar- 
content was in the beets receiving two and one-half inches 
of water each week. Figure 17 indicates the lowest 
sugar-content, as well as the lowest purity, to have been 
produced on the plat receiving water only when the beets 
were approaching maturity. The highest sugar-content 
