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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, another 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 which 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 w r ere 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 rows twelve beets 4 inches apart on each 
side, another twelve beets from the same rows 6 inches apart, and a 
third twelve beets from the same rows 8 inches apart: 
