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stirred as soon after irrigation as practicable. From experi¬ 
ence at this Station it seems safe to state that the more care¬ 
ful cultivation, with a proper amount of water when needed, 
the more sugar per acre; conversely, the less cultivation, with 
more irrigation, which necessarily follows, the less sugar per 
acre and consequently less profit, although yield in tons may 
be the same, or greater. 
Thinning should be done when four or six leaves appear 
and it is considered best to have no two beets nearer than 
four inches to each other. This, however, is governed by the 
distance apart of the rows and the fertility of the soil. 
The best varieties of sugar beets, so far as our experi¬ 
ments have determined, are the Vilmorin with its various 
strains, and Klein Wanzlebener. 
As a fertilizer for sugar beet land I would recommend 
the plowing under of alfalfa. 
The crop of sugar beets raised on the Station has been 
sold each year to different parties and used as feed for cattle, 
sheep and hogs. In each instance, good results have been 
reported. 
Below will be found a list of beets raised on this Station 
during each of the past three years, with the chemical analy¬ 
ses of the same. 
TABLE. 
Name. 
Area. 
Sugar, 
per cent. 
Purity 
coef. 
Tons 
Beets 
per A. 
Pounds 
Sugar 
per A. 
Red Top. .. 
y % A. 
11.94 
13 1-2 
Dippe’s Vilmorin. 
Row 
14.29 
12 1-6 
Florimond JDesprez. 
vv 
14.95 
10 1-2 
Simon Le Grande’s White Imperial. 
V V 
13.44 
8 1-3 
Bultean Desprez. 
vv 
12.99 
12 1-6 
Dippe’s Klein Wanzlebener. 
vv 
12.69 
15 1-8 
French Rose. (Samples sent to A. R. ) .. 
9 1-2 
Pierce,Pueblo, for analysis; no report .) 
German W hite. 
13 1-3 
« i J ■ 
Verbesita Rosa 
7 1-2 
Late French Rose. 
17 1-10 
Vilmorin. 
M. A. 
14.25 
80.5 
9 
It 
vv 
15.2 
81.3 
10 4-5 
VV 
“ 
14.22 
79.5 
9 9-10 
tv 
t. 
13. 
76 
9 9-10 
k Klein Wanzlebener. 
1-100 A. 
13. 
76.9 
24.829 
4256 
iHGlmorin. 
VV 
15.83 
85.4 
24.893 
5673 
Imperial. 
w 
9.66 
76. 
36.793 
4629 
Brabrant Imperial. 
vv 
14.24 
80.5 
34.412 
6765 
Year. 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
