SUGAR BEETS :, PREVENTABLE LOSSES IN CULTURE. 21 
The data here presented show a strong correlation between per- 
centage of stand and yield. The existence of a relation between yield 
and percentage of stand has been demonstrated frequently under 
experimental conditions in Europe and rather less frequently in the 
United States. Therefore, it is believed that the losses in stand 
shown to take place progressively throughout the season correspond 
to a loss in yield. However, it is also shown, through apparent 
exceptions to this correlation, that despite a stand of fair percentage 
at the outset the yield may remain comparatively small through 
neglect and carelessness during the season. 
There is found to be a moderate uniformity in methods, but great 
irregularity and discrepancy are. conspicuous in the thoroughness 
of their application; in other words, efficiency varies greatly. 
It is not to be expected that every beet grower, although he may 
possess fields well adapted to beet culture, can at once obtain such 
yields as the best of those mentioned in this paper. However, such 
yields should be possible on many farms when, after a few years 
of thorough cultivation, the fields have been worked up into equally 
good condition. The benefits accruing from increased yields of beets 
through improved tilth of the soil are especially pronounced. 
These studies were made among fair and good beet growers in an 
old beet district whose mean yield reached the respectable total of 
rather more than 17 tons to the acre, while the average for the United 
States for 1910-11 was only 10.17 tons and that for the State of 
Utah, where these studies were made, was 11.42 tons per acre. The 
magnitude of preventable loss incurred by a very large proportion of 
beet growers must be amazing; in fact, it must exceed the entire cost 
of raising the crop. 
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