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A comparison of the results from the different kinds of seed 
shows, first of all, that they are all good seeds. An average of 25.1 
tons of beets per acre testing 15.57 sugar and 81.3 purity is a very 
high yield. There is, however, considerable difference in the results 
from the different varieties. The Elite Kleinwanzlebener and the 
Vilmorin were sent us by the United States Department of Agri¬ 
culture as the best beet seed that they could get. The Original 
Kleinwanzlebener was selected by the Utah Sugar company as in 
their judgment the best brand of seed on the market from which 
to raise their own seed. If we take the average of these three first- 
class seeds and compare it with the seed raised in Utah, the com¬ 
parison is in favor of the Utah-grown seed in per cent of sugar and 
purity, while the crop per acre is equal. The Utah seed is, there¬ 
fore, superior in pure sugar per acre and in available sugar per acre. 
The Utah seed is superior to the seed from which it is descended in 
sugar and purity, but a little inferior in quantity of crop. 
The seed grown at Eddy does not give so good results as the 
Utah seed, but it equals the Vilmorin and is not far behind the 
Original Kleinwanzlebener. The germinating quality of the seeds 
is quite satisfactory. The four Kleinwanzlebener varieties give 87 
per cent of stand, while the Vilmorin gives 80 per cent, and the 
Mangold 75 per cent. 
In the light of these experiments there can be no doubt that 
sugar beet seed can be grown in the United States fully equal to 
the best of the imported seed. 
The tables of the yield of the small plots include the figures 
from the field of Mr. J. D. Payne, of Grand Junction, but these 
figures are not used in making the averages, because they are so 
different from those of the other experimenters and so different 
from the average of Colorado results. 
Mr. Payne planted his beets in a deep sandy loam, where the 
roots had unlimited room to grow downward. The soil below was 
full of water that was constantly being brought up to the roots by 
capillary action. The ground was also full of plant food. These 
beets, therefore, had the very best possible conditions and they 
improved their opportunities. The rows were 18 inches apart, and 
the beets thinned to 9 inches apart in the row. The stand was 
perfect and the growth enormous. Toward the latter part of the 
season the tops crowded so that the patch seemed one large beet. 
It was impossible to see any ground or to distinguish one beet from 
another. The beets averaged five pounds each and almost touched 
each other, making practically a solid row of beets. 
As would be expected under these conditions, they never 
ripened and their quality is low. The figures of the crop are as 
follows: 
