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Report on Crop PRODUCTION OF THE 
TABLE VI.—SUMMARY SHOWING EFFECT OF FERTILIZERS ON YIELD OF SUGAR 
BEETS IN 1898. 
Yield per acre. 
2 Ae eee 
Fertilizer 
used 
per acre. 
Lbs. 
0 
500 
1000 
1500 
2000 
Number 
of experi- 
ments. 
he PR 
cn 


Lowest. 
Lbs. 
17,740 
21,375 
24, 220 
23, 822 
22,073 
a ee 
Highest. 
Lbs. 
20, 425 
27,140 
26,928 
27,920 
27,875 

Average. 
Lbs. 
19, 294 
23,990 
25,405 
26, 240 
24, 974 
A i 
Increased 
average. 
Lbs. 

4,696 
6,111 
6,946 
5,680 
TABLE VII.—SumMMARY SHOWING EFFECT OF FERTILIZERS UPON PERCENT 
AGE OF SUGAR IN BEETS IN 1898. 
Fertilizer used 
per acre. 
Lbs. 
0 
500 
1000 
1500 
2000 
Number of 
experiments. 
So hb mR OO 
Lowest. 
Per ct. 
15.2 
14.3 
14.4 
14.3 
15.0 
Amount of sugar in beets. 


Per ct. 
ib er. 
1 
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Highest. 
Average. 
Per ct. 
15.9 
14.9 
14.9 
14.9 
16.0 
TABLE VIII.—SumMMARY SHOWING EFFECT OF FERTILIZERS UPON COEFFI- 
CIENT OF PURITY OF SUGAR BEETS IN 1898, 
Fertilizer used 
per acre. 
Lbs. 
0 
500 
1000 
1500 
2000 
Number of 
experiments, 
to > hm OD 
Lowest. 
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Coefficient of purity. 
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Highest. 
Average, 
83.9 
82.1 
82.1 
82.5 
86.3 
