208 The Sugar-Beet in America 
CONDITIONS PRODUCING GOOD BEETS 
Climate is one of the most important agencies affect- 
ing the quality of beets. Wiley,! after several years of 
Tasuet VI. — Tasie or GENERAL AVERAGES OF AGRICULTURAL 
anD ANALYTICAL Data FOR THE Five Years, 1900-1904 
Stations where Irrigation Was not Used 
AVERAGE 
Estimatep |Sucar 1n} Purity THMPRRATURE 
Station YisLD PER THE CorrrFi- 
ACRE BEET CIENT June to | May to 
August | October 
Tons Per Cent oF, °K 
Lexington, Ky. . . 8.4 9.0 | 71.2 | 75.2 | 69.6 
Washington, D. C. 15.7 9.1 71.3 74.2 | 68.9 
Blacksburg, Va.? 13.3 12.9 77.7 69.9 64.4 
Madison, Wis. . 18.2 13.0 81.4 69.3 63.3 
Lafayette, Ind.® . 7.5 13.2 83.2 72.4 67.4 
Ithaca, N. Y.. . . 13.3 13.2 79.0 67.7 62.1 
Ames, Iowa?. . . 14.2 13.8 79.6 73.0 66.6 
Agricultural College, 
Mich? . ... 13.4 14.2 83.6 68.0 62.3 
Geneva, N. Y. 16.1 14.6 85.1 69.3 64.0 
Stations where Irrigation Was Practiced 
Logan, Utah? . 18.9 13.2 81.2 69.5 62.4 
Pomona, Cal. . 8.0 14.2 82.5 70.5 68.9 § 
Fort Collins, Colo.? 20.4 14.7 } 83.9 65.1 59.4 
1 Wiley, H. W., U.S. Dept. of Agr., Bur. of Chem. Bul. No. 96. 
3 Data for 4 years. 
2 Data for 3 years. 
4 Data for 2 years. 
51904; data for March to September. 
