FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAR BEETS. 9 
The land was plowed in the spring and prepared for planting in 
the usual way. The seed used was Kleinwanzlebener grown in the 
otate of Washington, planted at the rate of thirty pounds per acre 
with the fertilizer applied April 27. A heavy rain occurred from April 
30 to May 3, amounting to four inches, and had the result of forming 
a thick crust on the surface, making it very difficult for the germina¬ 
ting seed to break through. This was assisted somewhat by the use 
of a roller, but the final result was that although uniform the stand 
of beets was rather thin, with a distance of 12 to 15 inches between 
beets after thinning. 
On Plats 8 and 9 the first top dressing of nitrate of soda was 
applied June 11, and the second. July 29. All the plats which had 
received nitrate of soda alone or in combination were in better grow¬ 
ing condition, July 15, with greener, larger leaves than those without 
it, except Plat.11, where the action of nitrate was only slightly appar- 
ent. This thrifty appearance was in about the proportion in which 
the nitrate had been used. This difference in appearance continued 
until harvest. 
The beets were weeded by hand and cultivated and irrigated 
three times, samples for analysis taken on October 15, and plats har¬ 
vested October 15, 16 and 17. 
Table 9. 
FERTILIZERS ON FIELD C3, 1904 —ONE-TENTH ACRE PLATS—PLANTED 
APRIL 27 
Plat Number 
Total Am’t of Ferti¬ 
lizer used per acre 
£ 
KIND OF FERTILIZER 
Per Acre 
Cost of Fertilizer 
per acre 
lield of Clean Beets 
per acre 
Sugar in Beets 
-—:—-— 
Purity Coefficient 
Am’t Received per 
acre for Beets 
Am’t Received Less 
Cost of Fertilizer 
1 
Pounds 
240 
... Pounds 
Nitrate of Soda. 14.1 
Sulphate of Potash. 96 
$ 7.34 
Tons 
14.75 
per ct. 
16.8 
89.1 
$73.75 
$66.41 
2 
128 
-— -—— 
Sulphate of Potash. 128 
4.03 
12.60 
15.3 
86.6 
63.00 
58.97 
3 
435 
Sulphate of Potash.109 
Acid Phosphate Rock. 326 
6.69 
12.77 
15.3 
88.8 
63.85 
57.16 
4 
330 
Acid Phosphate Rock.330 
3.30 
11.53 
14.6 
86.2 
57.65 
54.35 
5 
495 
Acid Phosphate Rock . 330 
Nitrate of Soda. 165 
8.25 
14.94 
14.3 
“lSdP 
89.0 
74.70 
66.45 
6 
No Fertilizer. 
10.98 
87.9 
54.90 
54.90 
7 
140 
JN itrate of Soda. 140 
4.20 
13.16 
15.2 
88.0 
65 80 
61.60 
8 
187 
Nitrate of Soda. 97 
June 11.45 
June 29. 45 
5.60 
13.92 
15.3 
86.1 
69.60 
64.00 
y 
431 
Nitrate of Soda. m 
June 11.160 
July 29.160 
12.93 
15.30 
15.4 
88.8 
76.50 
63.57 
10 
580 
Nitrate of Soda. 40 
(a) June 11..160 
17.40 
15.30 
14.8 
85.5 
76.90 
59.50 
li 
578 
Complete Fertilizer_ 
11.20 
11.72 
16.4 
89.0 
58.60 
47.40 
Nitrate of Soda.153 
Acid Phosphate Rock.315 
Sulphate of Potash.195 
12 
9360 
Lime Cake.4 68 tons 
9.73 
15.8 
88.1 
48.65 
(air dried) 
Average. 
U.. : . 1 
13 06 
15.4 
87.8 1 65.30 
(a) Applied by mistake. 
