456 Report oF THE DEPARTMENT OF FIELD CROPS OF THE 
TABULATED STATEMENT SHOWING SUMMARY OF COMPARISON OF RESULTS OB- 
TAINED WITH STABLE MANURE AND COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. 

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Lbs, Per ct. 
None s.ir ele oe. ate aig tly Mec « ae. 18,060 15°05 82.3 
500 lbs. commercial fertilizer ...... 23,990 14.9 82.1 
20 tons stable manure ............. 27,450 16.6 84.2 


IV. EFFECT OF GROWING BEETS AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES APART 
IN THE ROW. 
The Station carried on three parallel sets of experiments to 
study the effect of growing beets at different distances apart in 
the row. The detailed data are given in the table on page 369. 
We summarize these results as follows: 
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TABULATED SUMMARY SHOWING EFFECT OF GROWING BEETS AT DIFFERENT 
DISTANCES APART IN Row. 
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Distance between beets & es ye ‘ a ¥ 
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Inches. Lbs. Per ct. Ozs. 
CRP sr ote hearin Witols Chae teas Zikeote Lien 85.6 , 114% 
PE lars alts eer atr, on. ek 29,076 IAT eo | 86.5 13 
UR SP tees TES RES an 29,756 LG. 87.3 138% 


With increase in distance between beets in the row v_ uotice 
an increase in yield, coefficient of purity and size of be:‘s, with 
little change in the percentage of sugar. 
V. TEST OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF SUGAR BEETS. 
The United States Department of Agriculture furnished. the 
Station with several varieties of beet seed with the request that 
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