— 35 — 
at all. In only a few cases was the thinning done with any degree 
of care. 
In every case where the last analysis has shown a purity less 
than 80, the crop was irrigated from two to four times. 
The work was repeated in 1894, and as many of the growers 
had had the benefit of the previous year’s experience, the tests as a 
whole show an improvement. Only one set of samples was taken, 
and the results show that several of these were taken before the 
beets were ripe. 
Sample Number. 
Num- 
ber of 
beets in 
sample. 
Sugar 
in 
beet. 
Purity. 
Sample Number. 
Num- 
ber of 
beets in 
sample. 
Sugar 
in 
beet. 
Purity. 
1 
6 
16.0 
84.4 
21 
6 
16.1 
85.0 
2 
9 
13.0 
78.2 
22 
6 
12.8 
79.4 
3 
9 
15.8 
78.0 
23 
4 
12.2 
73.1 
4 
6 
12.5 
72.0 
24 
9 
14.4 
81.3 
5 
5 
1 16.8 
86.2 
25 
4 
11.9 
75.3 
6 
4 
1 
15.0 
74.5 
26 
4 
12.8 
76.7 
7 
4 
14.2 
78.8 
27 
7 
12.5 
69.6 
8 
6 
15.8 
86.3 
28 
9 
15.1 
84.6 
9 
7 
12.0 
78.8 
29 
4 
13.3 
81.4 
10 
4 
17.5 
87.4 
30 
18 
17.6 
85.6 
11 
3 
16.0 
83.3 
31 
7 
13.9 
81.6 
12 
4 
18.0 
87.0 
32 
8 
15.0 
84.0 
13 
4 
17.5 
86.1 
33 
5 
14.3 
77.3 
14 
8 
17.0 
86.2 
34 
2 
12.8 
79.0 
15 
4 
14.7 
82.9 
35 
9 
15.2 
82.0 
16 
5 
12.1 
74.2 
36 
4 
12.6 
74.3 
17 
5 
16.9 
85.6 
37 
8 
15.0 
83.7 
18 
6 
13.5 
79.3 
38 
1 
15.7 
84.6 
19 ... 
5 
14.6 
81.5 
39 
11 
14.5 
83.1 
20 
7 
15.0 
82.9 
Several of these samples deserve special attention. Numbers 
2, 18 and 34 grew very large beets, from four to six pounds weight 
each, and had an enormous weight per acre, and yet, although these 
beets are not so rich as some of the others they are above the stand- 
ard required by factories and would have brought a large return 
per acre. Numbers 27 and 28 came from the same field, the first 
from sandy soil and the other from heavy adobe soil. Number 39 
is also from sandy soil, while number 30 is from new land and 
heavy adobe. In both cases the sandy soil gives poorer beets than 
