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(1) Effect of fertilizers on yield.— The use of commercial fer- 
tilizer increased thle yield of beets in every instance. In the Sta- 
tion experiments, it is noticeable that the same amount of fertilizer 
on different plats gave widely varying results. Thus, with 500 
pounds of fertilizer, we obtained in one case 21,375 pounds of 
beets and in the other case over 27,000 pounds. In the Fayette- 
ville work, the agreement in results on duplicate plats was much 
closer. In the Station work the highest average yield from du- 
plicate plats was given when 1,000 pounds of fertilizer were used. 
In the Fayetteville work the largest yield was given with 1,500 
pounds of fertilizer, the yield increasing with increased application 
of fertilizer. 
Averaging all the results, we can make the following statements: 
(a) When 500 pounds of fertilizer per acre were used, the in- 
creased yield of beets, trimmed and washed, varied from 950 
pounds to 6,715 pounds and averaged 4,700 pounds. 
(b) When 1,000 pounds of fertilizer per acre were used, the in- 
creased yield of beets, as compared with the use of no fertilizer, 
varied from 5,825 pounds to 6,500 pounds and averaged 6,110 
pounds. As compared with the yield obtained by use of 500 
pounds of fertilizer, the use of 1,000 pounds gave an average in- 
crease of 1,400 pounds. 
(c) When 1,500 pounds of fertilizer were used, the increased 
yield of beets, as compared with the use of no fertilizer, varied 
from 3,400 pounds to 8,730 pounds and averaged 6,950 pounds. 
As compared with 500 pounds of fertilizer, there was an increased 
yield of 2,250 pounds; and as compared with 1,000 pounds of fer- 
tilizer, an increased yield of 835 pounds. 
(d) When 2,000 pounds of fertilizer were used, the increased 
yield of beets varied from 1,648 pounds to 7,450 pounds and aver- 
aged 5,680 pounds. ‘The increased yield of beets was about 1,000 
pounds more than when 500 pounds of fertilizer were used; but 
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