Sugar Beets. 
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The results are highly satisfactory. The pulp is said by Superin¬ 
tendent Geo. Austin, of Lehi, to give the best results after ferment¬ 
ing in the silos for thirty days, and should not be fed sooner than 
this. 
The experiments made in 1898 are grouped as follows in bul¬ 
letin No. 51: 
1 . Different dates of 'planting. Results in favor of early plant¬ 
ing in respect to yield, sugar content, and purity. 
2 . Planting on freshly plowed ground as compared with planting 
on ground ploived a few days before planting. Resulted in favor of 
planting on freshly plowed ground by 2.3 tons in yield, two per 
cent, in purity, and a slight excess in sugar. 
3. Seed irrigated at planting as compared with that not irrigated. 
Results obtained on the College Farm showed no advantage from 
this practice. The soil was a rather heavy loam and was moist 
at planting time. Good results have been observed from this prac¬ 
tice on lighter soils. 
4. Soaking seed before planting. Results did not show any 
gain from the soaking of the seed. 
5. Sowing at the bottom of a three-inch furrow. The resulting 
stand was not so good as that obtained by sowing at ordinary 
depths. The yield was once as good and twice poorer than that 
from similar rows of ordinary planting. The percentage of sugar 
and purity were not perceptibly different from other plantings. 
6 . Different depths of planting. The depths at which the seed 
was planted were from one-half an inch to an inch and a half. The 
first series, planted May 11th in a wet soil, showed no difference, but 
the later planting, made May 27th when the soil had dried out con¬ 
siderably, showed an advantage in favor of the deepest planting, 
amounting in comparison with the shallower plantings to more 
than one-third of the crop. The stand, yield, and quality were all 
better than in the cases of shallower planting. 
7. Transplanting. Transplanted beets are usually ill-shaped. 
The yield may be good, percentage of sugar and purity high, but 
the method would not be a financial success. 
8 . Different distances of thinning. The results obtained , show 
that the distance apart of the beets, from four to ten inches, has but 
slight influence on the quality of the crop as to sugar and purity. 
In a general way the thicker stand tends to a larger yield, but there 
are exceptions to this statement. 
9. Different dates of thinning. The results show that the 
