FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAR BEETS. 19 
tially topping, weighing the beets and analyzing twenty-five average 
specimens. . In the samples shipped to Washington the sugar content 
and purity is based on the first weight of the beets, thus allowing for 
evaporation and shrinkage. The weight per beet and estimated yield 
pei acre is a little higher than the actual for the reason that all the 
crowns were not removed in trimming. The difference is also seen 
m the actual yield of each plat when harvested, being somewhat less 
than the tonnage from the samples. 
Table 16. 
SAMPLES FROM FIELD D, 1902 
Date of Sampling 
September 17 
September 26. 
October 3 _ 
October 10 ... 
October 17 ... 
October 24_ 
October 31_ 
November 7 . 
November 14. 
November 21 
November 28. 
December 5 . 
Average- 
Mean Weight of 
Topped Beets in 
Ounces 
Pounds 
19 
.6 
1 
.23 
24 
.5 
1 
.53 
25 
0 
' 1 
.56 
27 
0 
1 
.69 
27 
4 
1 
.71 
22 
9 
1 
43 
27 
0 
1 
69 
22 
0 
1 
38 
23 
4 
1 
46 
26 
9 
1 
68 
26. 
1 
1 
63 
27. 
2 
1 
70 
24. 
9 
1 . 
56 
Sugar in 
Beet 
Per Cent 
V 
Purity 
Co¬ 
efficient 
12.9 
80.5 
12.1 
78.3 
10.5 
74.0 
9.8 
66.6 
13.2 
81.4 
14.3 
83.8 
13.9 
80.4 
14.7 
87.0 
14.4 
84.3 
13.7 
78.0 
13.6 
79.1 
13.0 
79.7 
13.0 
79.4 
Estim d 
Yield 
Per Acre 
| Tons 
20.2 
26.0 
25.7 
27.3 
24.2 
25.5 
31.8 
24.4 
26.6 
28.6 
26.7 
25.7 
26.0 
W killing frost. Sept. 20-21, 6 inches rain, 
i leld of whole Plat when harvested was 25.4 tons 
Average space between beets 9.3 inches but with 9% of the beets missing the majority 
T we 8.56 inches apart. J J 
Table 17. 
SAMPLES FROM FIELDS F AND E, 1903 
Field F. Plat 6 
Date of Sampling 
» ^ 
Mean Weight of 
Topped Beets 
Ounces | Pound 
Est.Yield 
Per Acre 
Tons 
Sugar in 
Beet 
Per Cent 
Purity 
Coeffi. 
September 26 ... 
October 6 .. 
October 10 
October 17. 
October 26_ 
November 3 
Average.... 
19.8 
22.9 
23.5 
17.4 
25.1 
25.9 
22.4 
1.24 
1.43 
1.47 
1.09 
1.57 
1.62 
1.40 
20.4 
19.7 
24.2 
21.8 
22.2 
23.8 
22.0 
14.8 
16.7 
15.7 
18.5 
16.2 
15.9 
16.3 
82.0 
83.6 
81.1 
81.6 
85.3 
81.7 
82.5 
Yield of whole plat when harvested 21.5 tons. Spacing 8.2 inches 
Nov. 7. Sugar in beet 15.1.- Purity 85.0. 
