452 Report or THE DrePARTMENT or FieLp Crops of THE 
(6) Cost of growing sugar beets.— Mr. Dawley reports the cost 
of growing one acre of sugar beets as $28.20, not including cost 
of fertilizer. His items are as follows: 
Fitting ground % See See One ae ah ae oie te RT aha se) dake teva ee $5 20 
ISIE Sy wig sccdes sco's sole de Gate duets alee State sate ok RR eee ete oreo g rf 
Applying -fertizer~.) 25 Fee a eee Be eee 1 00 
Ten, tintes ‘over with *w eeder Vesa... c vi.'< Sis ieioie cie-sinia diets 3 Sap ee 4 50 
LOINDING > peeks hie en wees ee ans Siete a ap haclaiml ook enero yet aie 5 25 
Oneshoelng 5.2% cers wean cearare oeteg fee ars anne a reeeneinng oa ata ie ee 3 00 
Digging -and*toppiny os. <2 iss a 0o easels » sake ees Cee ee ee 7 50 
$28 20 
Drawinre to tratlroad = S4 tt aes < oe een als See RE ee ae eee 4 50 
Potash ss ates Hs Oa a age 2 ohh erhecn bie bare eee mins Os ee ee $32 70 
[The cost of 500 Ibs. of fertilizer would increase the cost to $34.70 or, 
including delivery at railroad, $39.20.] . 
II. EFFECT OF STABLE MANURE UPON THE YIELD AND QUALITY OF 
SUGAR BEETS. 
This work was carried-on at the Station and in duplicate at 
Fayetteville. Stable manure was applied at the rate of 20 tons 
an acre. The different amounts of plant-food applied in this form 
would approximately equal:200 pounds of nitrogen, 100 pounds 
of phosphoric acid and 200 pounds of potash. 
The stable manure was applied to the land in the spring. This 
method is commonly reported to increase the size of the beets at 
the expense of the percentage of sugar and purity coefficient. 
But in the work done~both at the Station and at Fayetteville, the 
very opposite effects were found. 
