230 IRteport on Crop PRopvuctTion oF THE 
EXPERIMENT OF 1899, 
This was similar in plan to those of 1898 and was conducted 
on the Station farm. As before stated, the crop was a failure 
on part of the plats, owing to a failure of the seed to germinate. 
Only on the check plat and on the plats to which farm manure 
was applied was there a uniform stand of plants. Because of 
lack of rain at critical times the crop was reduced below the 
normal. The seed was sown June 1 and the crop was harvested ° 
November 22. The plats were 1-36 acre in area. To avoid 
error, 20 beets from each plat were analyzed. 
TABLE XIII.—SvuGAR BEETS GROWN WITH STABLE MANURE, 1899. 
Yield Average Distance 
trimmed Sugar Coefficient weight apart 
Plat Stable manure applied beets in of 9) of 
No. per acre. per acre. beets. purity. beets. beets. 
Lbs. Per ct. Per ct. Ozs. In. 
DLPEM ID Sah Wis save Se =F > 15,840 14.8 84.2 10 oi 
DPD GONG. 6's 5's 5a > 25, 200 14.9 83.9 8 6 
1S) 20 YEODS. ss ss eles 23 , 400 13 4 85.9 8.7 8 
ESP TOUS... ...5% ove os 21,960 15.1 85.7 10.4 10 
EAU OL LILES clave aoe elo boke 22, 320 15.4 83.3 ey 6 
2 Cicn Ne OTS Geer teal ok. 22,320 15.5 84.6 9.5 8 
DE ue EOL S sass hc 3 9k 21,020 16 86 ge 10 
ADs AP ECT ys cae ata 23,940 15.8 86.9 Ci 6 
1D a ALOUS ets nmin 21,800 16.3 88.1 10.38 8 
BAD nc) VL COED El pall 6 nell 22, 680 15.8 90.2 tip hey 10 
TABLE XIV.—SuMMARY SHOWING EFFECT OF STABLE MANURE ON THE 
YIELD AND COMPOSITION OF SUGAR BEETS, 1899. 
Yield Sugar Coef. Distance 
beets in of apart of 
é Mauuring per acre. per acre. beets. purity. beets. 
Lbs. Per ct. Per ct. In. 
A) ci csters tae ide pile ia doi te denies tei [aA en 15,840 14.8 84.2 i 
Stable manure, 20 tonsS........... 23,820 15.4 84.7 6 
Stable Manurea co CODE. sen 5 bes m 22,507 15.8 86.2 8 
Stable manure, 20 tons... ..... s- 21,887 15.6 87.3 10 
General average for manure plats. on 15.6 86.1 és 
EXPERIMENT OF 1900. 
In the experiment of this year three varieties of beets were 
grown, the seed of which was supplied by the U. S. Department 
of Agriculture. Each variety was planted in triplicate plats 
with commercial fertilizers and the same with stable manure. 
