Sugar Beetroot in Great Britain. 



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TREATMENT, AND YIELD OF SUGAR BEET, GROWN 

 BRITAIN DURING THE SEASON OF 1898. 



Previous Cropping. 



Cultivation 

 and Treatment. 



Yield of Beet 

 per Acre. 



ence 



ber 1 



With 

 Tops. 



Without 1 

 Tops. 



V ~ 







Tons. 



Tons. 





Fallow, barley 



10 loads dung, 4 cwts. superphosphate per acre 



9 



8 



I 



Spring cabbage, man- 

 gold 



18 loads dung per acre ; 4 cwts. superphosphate per 

 acre 



49i 



17 



2 



Oats .... 



5 cwts. artificial potato manure per acre - 





24 



3 



(1) Linseed, clover, (2) 

 Wheat, oats. (3) Bar- 

 ley, barley 



Dung, dry closet manure, and burnt ashes, turnip 

 guano. 



18 



14 



4 



Mangold, cabbage- 



Sewage applied December, 1897; and February, 1898 



- 



20 



5 



Mangold, wheat - 





22 



20 



6 



Hay, wheat - - - 



15 tons dung per acre ; 4 cwts guano and 3 cwts 

 damaged malt culms 



19! 



134 



7 



Barley, hay - - 



Dung, March, 28 lbs. nitrate of soda, 1 cwt of dis- 

 solved bones, May 1st 



25 



20 



8 



Red Silesian cattle sugar 

 beet 



24 loads of dung per acre (April) ; mixture of 2 cwts 

 of sulphate of ammonia, 4 cwts of dissolved 

 bones ; 1 cwt chloride of sodium, 8 cwts of 

 gypsum — applied at the rate of 4 cwts per acre 

 before last harrowing 



2 7 J 



16 



9 



Do. potatoes, rye - 



Do. Do. Do. 



2 8| 



18$ 



TO 



Red Silesian cattle beet 



Do. Do. except mixture applied at t he 

 rate of 6 cwts per acre 





i9i 



II 



Do. Do. 



Do. Do. except mixture applied at the 

 rate of 8 cwts per acre 



2O4 



I64 



12 



Do. Do. 



Do. Do. except mixture applied at the 

 rate of 7 cwts per acre 



29 



20 



13 



Do. Do. 



Do. Do. except mixture applied at the 

 rate of 8 cwts per acre 



27J 



17 



T 4 



Do. Do. 



Do. Do. except mixture applied at the 

 rate of 6 cwts per acre 



i7i 



J 4 



15 



Do. Do. 



Do. Do. Do. Do. 





12* 



16 



Do. Do. 



Do. Do. Do. Do. 





T 3s 



17 



Oats, vetches - 



8 loads pig and horse dung mixed - - - - 



47 



40 



18 



Beans, potatoes 



30 loads dung per acre Nov. 10 ; 4 cwts. rape dust at 

 seed time 



32 



-5 



19 



Swedes, barley 



15 loads dung ; 2 cwts. superphosphate, 1 cwt. salt, 

 1 cwt. kainit, 2 cwts. nitrate of soda 



«d 



14 



20 



Mangold, oats 





x 5 



I3 1 ! 



21 



Clover, wheat 



20 tons stable dung per acre at Xmas - - 



20 



i5| 



22 



Barley, peas - 



-ri cwt. sulphate of ammonia, and 4 cwts. super- 

 phosphate per acre 



15 



12J 



23 



Peas, oats 



4 cwts. kainit, 4 cwts. mangold manure, broadcast 

 April 27th ; 3 cwts. superphosphate inrow,2 cwts. 

 nitiate blast, May 10th ; 1 cwt. nitrate, July 23. 



30 



20 



24 



Potatoes, mangold 



Night soil applied in autumn ; stable dung, 18 tons 

 per acre, ploughed in at Xmas 



36 



iS 



25 



Potatoes 



10 loads dung per acre, 5 cwts. brod salt per acre - 



23 



10 



26 



D 



