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Row. 
Intended 
distance 
apart. 
Inches. 
Actual dis- 
tance apart 
of beets. 
Inches. 
Number of 
beets in 
One row. 
Weight of 
crop in 
tons per 
acre. 
Sugar in 
beet. 
Purity. 
21 and 24 
4 
8 
301 
16.1 
16.97 
79.8 
27 and 30 
4 
8 
251 
15.6 
18.31 
86.0 
103 and 104 
4 
8 
272 
16.5 
16.52 
75.1 
22 and 25 
6 
8 
215 
16.5 
17.63 
83.0 
28 and 31 
6 
8 
251 
15.5 
17.55 
83.2 
105 and 106 
6 
8 
293 
14 9 
16.54 
78.3 
Average 
8 
264 
15.8 
17.26 
80.9 
23 and 26 
8 
10 
211 
15.5 
18.38 
80 3 
20 and 32 
8 
10 
196 
16.2 
17.03 
81.5 
107 and 108 
8 
10 
198 
13.4 
15.12 
68.7 
Average 
10 
202 
15.1 
16.69 
78.6 
Seeing that this form of the test was a failure, am)ther trial of 
the same point was made by going through the rows that were 
intended to have the beets 4 inches apart and selecting twelve beets, 
each of w^hich was just four inches on each side from the next 
nearest beet. The same was done with the 6 inch rows and the 8- 
inch rows. The following results were obtained : 
Row. 
Dh tance 
apart of beets 
Inches. 
Average 
weight of 
beets. 
Pounds. 
Weight of 
full stand 
in tons 
per acre. 
Sugar 
in 
beet. 
Purity. 
21 and 24 
4 
1.12 
36.6 
17.58 
80.6 
22 and 25 
6 
1.01 
22.0 
17.67 
79.9 
23 and 26 
8 
1.21 
19.8 
18.34 
80.3 
The beets at 8 inches apart are a little heavier than the others, 
and this is about the only noticeable difference. The generally 
accepted belief is that these beets at 8 inches apart should be poorer 
in quality than those growing closer together. In this particular 
case they are a little better. The most noticeable result is the com- 
putation on a full stand. If a field had a complete stand of beets 
four inches apart and of the same size as these, it would yield 36.6 
tons of beets. While, at 6 inches apart, the yield would fall to 22.0 
tons, and at 8 inches, to 19.8 tons. Judged in this way, the results 
are favorable to the thicker stand. 
Lastly, a third test of the same point was tried with rows 27 
and 30, that had been intended to be thinned to four inches apart, 
by selecting from the two row^s twelve beets 4 inches apart on each 
side, another twelve beets from the same row’s 6 inches apart, and a 
third tw’elve beets from the same row’s 8 inches apart: 
