Sugar Beets. 
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§ 45. Being altogether dissatisfied with the results of these 
observations, I thought to eliminate the variation in the individual 
beets by digging a section of a row, dividing the beets according to 
weight into different samples, and determining the sugar in these. 
Further, to decrease the chance of error by happening to get either 
too good or too poor a sample, I took two sections of each row, one 
from the east half and one from the west half, and further still, I 
took four varieties. The east half and west half of the patch 
received the same treatment, except in one particular. The dis¬ 
tance to which all of the beets so far mentioned were thinned was 
from 6 to 8 inches. The results are interesting, and are given in 
the following table: 
TABLE VI.—RELATION OF SIZE OF BEETS TO SUGAR CONTENT— 
(Continued). 
X 
VARIETY. 
East Half. 
West Half. 
Number of Sample. 
Number of Beets. 
AverageWeight of Beets. 
Average Distance 
Between Beets in Inches. 
Percentage of Sugar in 
Beets. 
Coefficient of Purity. 
Number of Sample. 
Number of Beets. 
AverageWeight of Beets. 
.Average Distance 
BetweenBeets ininches. 
Percentage of Sugar in 
Beets. 
Coefficient of Purity. 
Yilmorin Improved... 
1 
9 
2.72 
7.3 
13.11 
75.5 
.... 
7 
1.51 
8.25 
15 06 
81.7 
2 
4 
2.49 
13.30 
75.0 
13 
1.05 
16.15 
83.3 
3 
11 
1 56 
13 90 
79.2 
9 
0.43 
15.11 
79.5 
4 
6 
1 05 
13 78 
78 2 
5 
6 
0 62 
13 78 
75 8 
White Imperial. 
6 
4 
3.30 
6.99 
12.11 
69.3 
3 
2.66 
6.66 
13.07 
72.4 
7 
9 
2.33 
10.40 
64.8 
6 
1.49 
13.68 
75.8 
8 
13 
1.46 
11.88 
70.9 
16 
0.97 
14.73 
80.0 
9 
H 
1.00 
11.64 
66.4 
11 
0.58 
12.88 
70.9 
10 
12 
0 46 
12 30 
68 1 
White French. 
11 
4 
3.82 
8.13 
11.92 
76.8 
11 
2.36 
9.3 
13.68 
73.7 
12 
6 
2.45 
14 25 
84.3 
9 
1.70 
13.44 
72.4 
13 
4 
1.67 
14 25 
86.0 
4 
1.12 
14.20 
70.3 
14 
4 
1.17 
13.44 
72.2 
7 
0.49 
14.73 
74.8 
15 
13 
0.60 
13.35 
71.9 
Dippe’s Improved 
Kleinwanzlebener... 
16 
4 
2.22 
6.3 
15.25 
76.3 
14 
1.42 
6.48 
16.63 
79.8 
17 
7 
1.66 
. 
15.77 
77.1 
11 
0.97 
16.37 
77.9 
18 
10 
1 09 
15 34 
75.0 
12 
0.48 
16.58 
75.7 
19 
17 
0.48 
15.91 
74.7 
