New York AcricutruraL Expertment Station. 227 
TABLE IV.—FERTILIZER MIXTURE! USED ON SUGAR BEETS. 
‘Material. 
Acid phosphate eeeoes oor ecereeoeeevesen 
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recreate Ot S004: 2... «6% eae tines care a 6 © 
Total eoeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeesvee eee ee 8 
MRIS CCTILADCS ww wavecceeedoasieccecacse 
In 
one 
ton. 
Lbs. 
900 
300 
400 
400 
2000 
fem cod lbs. of the mixture)... c.ccccecee 
eeoee028 
Containing approximately— 

emet e 
Nitro- 
gen. 
Lbs. 
eoeeeee 

PXPERIMENTS OF 1898.1 
——— 




ae = 
Phos- 
phoric Pot- 
acid. ash. 
Lbs. Lbs. 
126 @eeesove 
aie aatate 150 
8 eee 
13 150 
67 75D 
(Get 7.5 
These were carried on both on the Station farm and on the 
farm of F. E. Dawley, Fayetteville, N. Y. The plats were 1-12 
acre at the Station and at Mr. Dawley’s 1-16 acre. In the 
tables which follow the yields are given for one acre. 
TABLE V.—COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS ON SUGAR BEETS, 1898. 
Yield of 
trimmed and Coefficient 
Amount of washed beets Sugar of purity 
fertilizer used. per acre, in beets. 3 of juice. 
Lbs. Lbs. Per ct. 
0 20,425 15.2 85.2 
500 21,375 15.6 85.7 
500 27,140 14.5 86.0 
1000 26,928 14.4 83.6 
1000 26, 250 14.7 85.4 
1500 23 , 822 14.3 84.5 
1500 » 27,920 14.9 85.8 
2000 22,073 15.0 85.6 
2000 27,875 Lost) 87.1 
0 18, 585 15.4 81.6 
0 17, 740 Lio 85.0 
500 23,373 15.2 ieee 
500 24,075 14.3 19.3 
1000 24, 220 14.5 78.3 
1000 24, 220 15.9 81.3 
1500 26, 890 15.3 80.1 
2 79.7 
1500 26,330 15. 
1Reported in Bulletin No. 155. 
Average 
weight of 
beets 
analyzed, 
Ozs. 
1614 
16% 
15 
20 
16 
1 
15% 
16% 
13% 
12% 
9 
14% 
16% 
13% 
10 
18% 
13% 
Place of 
experiment. 
Station. 
Station. 
Station. 
Station. 
Station. 
Station. 
Station. 
Station. 
Station. 
Fayetteville. 
Fayetteville. 
Fayetteville. 
Fayetteville. 
Fayetteville. 
Fayetteville. 
Fayetteville. 
Fayetteville. 
2The percentages of sugar in the beets as given in the bulletins are 
the results of actual determinations on the basis of a weighed quantity 
of beet and are not calculated from the sugar in the juice. 
