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THE COLORADO EXPERIMENT STATION 
4. Help Preferred. —46 per cent, of those reporting pre¬ 
ferred Russian labor. No particular class of laborers received a 
satisfactory vote from the rest. 
y. Space Thinned in Rows. —'This varied from 6 to 16 inches 
the average being 10.4 inches. 
TABLE No. 4. 
SPACES THINNED IN ROWS AND AVERAGE YIELDS. 
(IN TONS PER ACRE)., 
8 to 10 in. 
11 to 18 in. 
14 
to 16 in. 
Arkansas Valley. .. 
Western Slope .--- 
Northern Colorado. 
18. 
17.7 
15.7 
20. 
19.7 
18.4 
28. 
20. 
Average . 
17.1 
19.8 
21.5 
The majority reported from 10 to 12 inches. Further work is 
necessary on this point. The table clearly shows the advantage in 
point of yield for the wider spaces in the row. 
6. Number of Cultivations. —44 per cent, cultivate 4 to 5 
times. 31 per cent, cultivate 6 to 7 times. 25 per cent, stated 
they cultivated two, three, eight, ten or as many times as the crop 
seemed to require cultivation. 
TABLE No. 5. 
NUMBER OF TIMES CULTIVATED AND AVERAGE YIELDS. 
(in tons per acre.) 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
As oft^n 
as needed 
Arkansas Valley ... 
20.0 
16.6 
20. 
22.2 
17. 
18.5 
Western Slope. 
19.2 
19. 
17. 
20.0 
Northern Colorado 
39.6 
18.3 
16. 
18. 
*13.5 
17.0 
Average. 
19.3 
18.3 
17.2 
18.3 
17.8 
17. 
18.5 
* Only one reported 
This table does not give us positive data and further work is 
necessary to draw conclusions. 
7. Times Irrigated. —56 per cent, report two to three times. 
18 per cent, report four times. 
15 per cent, report often as needed. 
From answers sent no definite data on yields could be obtained. 
