Experiments in the Growth of 



Table I. — Acreage, Soil, Cultivation and Treatment, 



MENTERS IN GREAT BRITAIN DURING- 



Reference 1 

 Number. 1 



County. 



Name of 

 Experimenter. 



Acreage planted 

 with Beet. 



Soil. 



Sub-soil. 





England — 





Acres. 







27 





f Cornwall 



Hoblyn, W. P . - 



1 



Clayey loam - 



Clay - - - - 



28 





Salop 



Adshead, J. W. - 



i 



Strong loam 



Rotch and gravel 



29 





Do. 



Arden, W. 



i 







3° 





Do. 



Danford, W. L. - 



i 



Strong loam 



Gravel and clay - 



3 1 





Do. 



Dyas, A. B. - 





Stiff clay - 



Clay - 



3 2 





Do. 



Edwards, R. S. - 



i 



Clay and loam - 



Clay - - - 



33 





Do. 



Galbraith, Peter 





Sandy loam 





34 





Do. - 



Hollis ; J. 



i 



Loam 









Divisi 



Do. 



Rider, E. 



1 



Light sandy loam 



Gravel and sand- 



36 





Do. 



Wilkinson, A. and H. - 





Loam 



Clay --- - 



37 





Somerset 



Gooding, T. - 



i 



Loam 



Peat - - - - 



38 





Wilts - 



Holloway, W. 



i 



Sand 



Clay - - - - 



39 





Do. 



Lawrence, W. F.; M.P. 



i 



Light on chalk - 



Chalk - - - . - 



40 





Do. 



Do. Do. 





Light sandy 



Sand - - - - 



41 





^Worcester 



-Hutchinson, B. 





Brashy sandy 

 loam 





42 



IV. Cheshire 



Williamson, J. B. * 



i 



Loam 



Clay 



43 





Cumberland - 



Shanks, R. - 



i 



Loam 



Gravel on limestone - 





Wales :— 











44 





Flint - 



Taylor, H. - 



1 



Sandy 







Scotland :— 











45 





Aberdeen 



Ironside, R. - 



A 

 4 



Alluvial - 



Alluvial - 



46 





Do. 



Strachan, L.- 



1 



Sandy loam 



Sandy loam- 



47 





Ayr. - - 



Logan, John - - - 



k 



Sand and heavy 

 loam 



Sand and gravel - 



