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5  ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT , _  
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Ta Mk Exe;//eng/, Hon. WM. O. BRADLEY,  
Governor q' {/(czzmcky .· »  
SIR-—Under tl1e authority of the Board of` Control, and in accord`- _ ` i ,  
ance with an Act of Congress, approved March 2, 1887, and entitled ,  
"An Act to establish Agricultural Experiment Stations in connection ~ 1  
with the Agricultural Colleges established in the several States, under — ‘ · 1 ;
the provisions of an Act approved ]uly 2, 1862, and of the Acts sup-  
plementary thereto," and of the Act of the Legislature of the State  
of Kentucky, approved February 20, 1888, and entitled "An Act to ‘  
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accept the provisions of an Act passed by the Congress of the United  
States, approved March 2, 1887, for the establishment and mainte- A  
nance of Agricultural Experiment Stations in connection with the  
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Agricultural Colleges established by the several States and Territories  
under Act of Congress, approved ]uly 2, 1362,), I herewith submit ,‘  
the Eleventh Annual Report of the Kentucky Agricultural Experi—  
ment Station. ·  
_ Very respectfully, ,  
M. A. SCOVELL, Director.  
 
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His Excellency, Gov. \VM. O. BRADLEY,‘ex-oflicio, Chairman. ‘  
Jas. K. PATTERsoN, President of the College, ex-offlcio. _ , I  
Hon. C. U. McEL1;bv, Bowling Green, \Varren County. ‘ "  
J. C. FLOURNOY, Esq., Fulton, Fulton County. — I -  
Hon. J. T. GATHMGHT, Louisville, Jefferson County. ‘ `  
 
Hon. A. P. Goougno, Mayslick, Mason County. = , `  
 
Hon. \V. F. PEAK, Bedford, Trimble County. I '  
Gen. E. H. Hoisson, Greensburg, Green County.  
JOHN G. lVI.»\TT11E\vs, Esq., Barboursville, Knox County, -  
Hon. Hr·\R’l` Bos\viaLL, Lexington, Fayette County.  
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JOHN B. Kicxxicnv, Esq., Paris, Bourbon County.,   .
Capt. Trios. Tom), Shelbyville, Shelby County. _  
D. F. Fu.-\z1~;1c,· Esq., Lexington, Fayette County. _  
Judge \VA1. H. Ht)I,’l`, Frankfort, Franklin County. I  
Judge Jos. I. L.·xNin·:s, Hopkinsville, Christian County. Y 
J. B. Miikcmi, Esq., Jackson, Breatliitt County. “  
R. C. S'l`<'Il.L, Esq., Lexington, Fayette County. _ 
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\'. E. MYNCY, Si·:e1<1·:*1:xioR¢i*roi¤ THE “
  —‘ · a ment of a new fertilizer law; theiotlrer `a pure fOOd'Fi9.W.i`Y The enforce.
E .; ment of both these laws will _inatef_ii:illy`:i1icrea'se the iivorkiof the Sta.
    _ tion, but the laws also provideiforgiincreased revenue; ‘ Under the old Tr
  C C   . fertilizer law we received aninially aboi1t$4,ooo. The new fertilizer I Oi
j , ,. l , law has not been in effe&~long enough to-estimate t~he annual income, m
1 _"   A , ‘ but it should range from $I2,0QO'tO $r6`,ooo per year. rltrprovideg
      = funds enough to pay expenses-of'ahalyses, inspection, and»a`—thorongh mul":
l . · i enforcement of the law. , ·“ · ii ‘ "`   V · »--
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  ` , i   ` The pure food law provides for the expenditure of only $2,500 Dtillag
  {5 7 A   per year out of tl1e State treasury. M W ‘ —· p 1 . xl
  ii l _ · The Station has purchased theitract or landiknown as the f‘Land
ji ° ‘ _   i i Place." It contains 64% acres, and lies nearly adjacent to the land ·
rj i ,`   now owned by the Station, just beyond the city limits of Lexington.
ii V     . Before this land can be put in proper shape for experimentation, al
  li ·   , least $3,ooo worth of improvements will be required ai fencing, re-
l, , V   4 pairing buildings, barns, etc. This has been authorized by the  
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li · ~ . , · More detailed statements of the work 1nay be found in the reports
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l ~ i K _ lished during the year are incorporated. » i
-   j lc M. A. SCOVELL, Director.
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  . _ _ Division of Chemistry ` ‘
  C · M. A. SCOVELL, D11<1~:cToR,
  i · · Sr1<»—I herewith submit a report of the Division of Chemistry for
ii »' i the yefir 1898. Very respectfully,
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1 The chemical work i11 1898, besides the analyses of coinmercial
, fertilizers published in Bulletins 75, 76 and 79, and the work done
j under the food law, included numerous analyses of butter, sugar
 j . , beets,'sorghum cane juice, waters both mineral and potable, fertilizer ·
 l materials rocks, nnnerals and miscellaneous materials, many being of
  · ‘ only transient interest. Such of these analyses as are thought to
{  be of sufficient general interest to be worth recording are reported
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  ` The analyses of foods made under the pure food law will be i11c0F·
 ` . porated in a report to be published later.
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you h N.4119: OF Cow. 1 of From Milkiugs of T Per Per Per Per ` · ‘· " ·   .,
g 1 Sample.   Cent. Cent. Cent. Cent ` .. ` . ‘   f
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12 500 Do11y’s Valentine   4234 Feb. 25-27, 1898 1 82.58 13.39 3 15 0.88 · ~ _ F}  
` N0 105048   35 Feb. 28-1\1z11·ch 3 . ,   77.56 14.54 6.97 .93 I _ " _`-I  
A — E 38 March 4- 6 .....   .,,,_ 82 04 12.76 4.05 '1.15 — °  
1- 1 52 " 7-10 ...... . ....,. 82.58 13 27 3.12 1.03 ‘ ~ " ’  
Q 70 " 11-13 .............,. 1 80 93 14.82 347 .78   · T.'?"1
Land   72 " 1-1-17 ............... 1 80.19 15.00 3.67 1.14 —· `    
I 75 " 18-20 ...... . .......   8189 14.70 `2.70 .71 . _ .i_;f‘1
land · ; Q 81 " 21-24 _..... .. .... 1 83.16 13 44 2.57 .83 ’ " ’ ifi}?.
t 1 1 84 " 25-27 .,.........,... 83.46 13.32 2.37 .85 ·` ‘é}·;i~·
g. Ou 1 4301 "‘» 28-31 ...............   84.-18 11.85 2 58 1.09 1 ia,-—;·-1
m1 Ul 20 April 1- 3 ....,.......... 1 82.52 13.85 2.89 .73  
gl ye. ` 1 23 " 4- 7 ....,..........   83.15 13.28   72 .85 I .  
_ . 1 25 "·" 8-10 ........ . ..,..`_ 82.77 13.61 2.77 .85 ’ 123;-{1
- hX- 1 29 " 11-14 ..,.......,.,., 82.27 14.38 2.58 .77 · 1  
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1 ig »· 13-5 1 ......... 1.1;; S3 32 11.23 1.33 1.12 6 .  
99715 44 " 22-24 .......,....,.. 1 82.73 14.37 2.11 .79 _ ·  
pub- 1 51 U 25-28 ............... 81.75 1-1 61 2.58 1.06 - . '  
1 59 " 29-May 2 .. .... . 81.25 14.34 2.98 1.43 · ' »  
62 May . 8- 5 ............... 82.50 13.86 276 .88*  
> 77 " 6- 9 ............... 82.79 14.12 2 15 .94 7 °  
78 " 10-12 ..........   1 82.60 14.72 1 87 .81 - *  
1 86 " 13-16 ............... 1 82.16 14.35 2.43 1.06 . . ·  
‘ 87 *‘ 17-19 ............... 1 86.12 14.79 4.09 1.00 ‘  
90 " .20-23 ....... ‘ ........ 81.82 14.65 2.65 .88  
gg y 24-26 .....   .... 1 81.90 14 72 2.69 .69 ~ _  
, . ‘ 27-30 ............... 80.55 14.81 8.56 1.14 _ — »  
) for 4400 " 31-june 2 ......... 1 80.37 14 83 4.06 .74  
  _1u11€ 3- 6 ..,........... 1 80.3% 15.21 3 65 .76  
» ‘ 7- 9 ............... 1 79.85 15.33 3199 .83  
I"_   " 10-13 ..... . ........ 1 78.85 15.29 5.68* .78   _
Zl'ClZ1l 3g   14-16 .............. 1 78.98 16 43 3.71 .88  
. . " ` 7-20 ........ . ...... 8311 13.6 1 2 71 T8  
dO““ 42 ·* 21-28 ............... 82.00 14.56 2.77 667 ·  
yllgfll » 52 " 24-27 ............... 81.22 14.08 4.07 .63  
~1·. 57 " 28-30 ............... 81.54 14.65 3.66 .81 1  
1 W1 ‘   561;- 1- 4 ............... 82.86 13.45 2.78 .91 ' ·  
1<>‘ 0 " 5- 7 ............... 80.23 14.96 4.12 .69 r J.
11:10 71 " 8-11 ............... 82.26 14.00 3 00 .74  
t 1 ‘ (*15 " . 12-1-1 ............... 81.6-1 14.03 3.67 .66  
Jr e< 1 7. " 13-18 ............... 82.02 14.00 3.26 .72 Y `~ .
81 " 19-21 ............... 81.68 1~1 03 3.68 .61  
86 " 22-24 ............... 82.44 13 64 3.37 ,55  V  
1c0r- 1 91 " 26-28 ............... 82.23 13.46 3.82 .49 ‘ 1’  
· 1 _96 " 29—Aug. 1 ......... 82.98 13.39 3.07 .56 ' 1 4 1 *3
1 -1502 Aug. 2-   ............... 83.57 13.26 2 59 .58  
- 1 . 12 " 5- 8 ..............._ 183.64 1 13.38 2.97 .61  

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1 ‘ Number Fat Water Salt Curd NAME
; " ‘ NAME or Cow. of From Milkings of Per Per Per Per
{ ·’ ’ “ Sample. Cent. Cent. Cent. Cem -—-
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{ · I :‘ I D011y’s Valentine 4516 Aug. 9-11 ...... 1898 82.99 13.41 3.06 ,54
I '· ` N0. 105048. 23 " 12-15 ............... 81.39 14.43 3.51 .67
Q   · 26 " 16-18 ............ .. 83.03 14.06 2.35 .56
1 . 45 " 19-22 ............... 80.96 15.11 3.29 .64
{ I 46 " 23-25 ............... 82.51 13.66 3.22 .61
z. . I 72 " 26-29 .......... . .... 81.98 14.06 3.27 .69·
1 ‘ 4608 " .30-Sept. 1 ......... 80.38 14.51 4.16 .95
E . l 9 Sept. 2- 5 ............... 80.09 16.42 2.27 1.22
1 '° 10 " 6- 8 ............... 83.73 12.61 2.91 .75 Nauoon
I I 11 " 9-12 ............. L. 83.41 12.90 3.00 .69
_ " 17 " 13-15 ............... 84.88 11.42 3.00 .70
[ _ - 20 " 16-19 ...... . ........ 81.13 13.53 4.67 .67
§ I _ ·· 4631 " 20-22   ........... 80.90 14.11 4.16 0.83
1 ·’ 71 " 23-26 ..........   79.24 14.96 4.90 .90
  I 4708 " 27-29 ............... 79 92 14.15 5.10 83
{ . 25 " 30-Oct. 3 .......... 80.53 14.55 3.92 1.00
E 32 Oct. 4- 6 ............... 81.01 13.94 4.09 .96
6 7 43 " 7-10 .............. 80.54 14.02 4.51 .93
§· I 70 " 11-13 ............... 82.32 12.94 3.90 .84
Q I 83 " 14-17 ............... 83.56 12.74 2.82 .88
· .· 91 " 18-20 ............... 80.02 15.01 3.58 1.39
· 1 . ~ 4830 " 21-24 ............... 82.00 13.15 3.68 1.17 Amelia
{ 42 " 25-27 ............... 80.53 14.32 3.68 1.47
{ ` 49 " 28-31 ............... 80.11 14.17 4.43 1.29
=_ 82 Nov. 1- 3 ......... . .... 81.17 13.12 4.66 1.05
E 96 " 4- 7 ............... 82.87 13.21 3.14 .78
1 4929 " 8-10 ............ .. 82.41 12.98 3.66 .95
1 36 " 11-14 ............... I 81.02 12.91 4.80 1.27
g. I 49 " 15-17 ............... 80.86 14.28 3.44 1.42
1 51 " 18-21 ............... 79.25 14.60 4.88 1.27
Ei · 64 " 22-24 ............... 81.42 13.03 4.63 .92
1 66 " 25-28 ............... 79.26 14.98 4.57 1.19
F . 76 " 29-Dec 1 ..... . ..... 82.97 13.12 3 09 .82
1 I' ` 87 Dec. 2- 5 .............. 83.05 12.35 3.52 1.08 Ethra
, 5000 " 6- 8 ............... 82.01 13.18 3.88 .93
Y 15 " 9-12 ............... 80.86 13.70 4.38 1.06
I4 22 " 13-15 ............   80.97 14.47 3.76 .80·
34 " 16-19 ............... 79.88 15.84 2.54 1.74
. · 42 " 20-22 ............... 76.46 18.82 3.75 .97
3 ‘ Lydia D. 5€C0¤1d--- 4271 March 12-14 ............... 81,70 14.63 2.83 0.84 May ..
_ — . 73 " 15-18 ............... 80.67 15.71 3.10 .52
— 76 " 19-21 ............... 81.97 14.55 2 96 .52
` 82 " 22-25 ............... 81.60 15.04 2.62 .74
» 85 " 26-28 ............... 83.73 13.40 2.14 .73
  Virginia ...... . ........ 4302 March 28-April 1, 1898 ` 83.60 13.28 2 34 0.78 L
G 21 April 2- 5 ............... 81.46 12.28 5.39 .87
. 22 Same, reworked ......... 84.19 10.34 4.75 .72
24 April 6- 8 ............... 83.02 13.54 2.53 .91
. justa Pogis .... . ..... 4389 May 18-21 1898 78.22 16.49 4.45 0.84
_ 93 " 22-24 ............... 81.00 14.68 3.46 .86
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rd NAME OF Cow. I of From Milkings of Per Per Per Per .  
7 Sample. Cent. Cent. Cent. Cent ° '. V? L` ·‘
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- Jugia. P0gis.. ........ 4397 May 25-28 ............ 81.24 15.09 2.56 1.11 ° 1}-@,31
$4 98 " 29-]u11e 1. ........ 75.62 16.30 7.25 ,83  
$7 4411 june 2- 4 ....,....... 78.38 15.15 5.44 1.03 “ "   -1
$6 19 ‘* 5- 8 ........... 79.01 15.89 4.22 .88 {-g;_  
34 24 " 9-11 ............ 79.31 15.40 4 47 .82 .   T1
11 34 ** 12-15 ............ 80.22 15.67 3.18 .92 - , 1.j¤·2·z17
39· 36 " 16-18 ............ 79.88 15.12 4.22 ,78 _   :  `1
15 _ l 41 " 19-22 ............ 82.00 13.85 3.28 _87 ·· A ‘§_f%T"’f1
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'5 Nauoonan ............ Q 4448 ·‘ 24-26 1898 80.80 14.86 3.66 0.68 V 2*}}  
19 1 56 " 27-30 ............ 80.82 14.56 3.90 .72 ."T?F’1-
'0 1 60 · july 1- 3 ........... 82.24 13.75 3.36 .65 .f`,;r4
37 V 62 " 4- 7 . ........... 81.96 14.12 ~3.38 .54 ‘  
13 ` 66 " 8-10 ............ 81.93 13.73 3.44 ,90 Y1>g·§A%-
I0 73 *‘ 11-14 ............ 81.15 15.28 2.76 .81  
:3 76 ‘* 15-17 ............ 81.17 14.75 3.46 .62 $4:7EU
10 80 *‘ 18-21 ............ 80.38 14.67 4.20 .75  
16 85 " 22-24 ............ 81.08 14.41 3.75 .76  
13 90 " 25-28 ..... . ..... 80.68 14.18 4.47 .67 ‘ V Hiéii
4 95 " 29-31 ........... 83.61 13.67 2.17 .55  
8 4501 Aug. 1- 4 ............ 81.48 14.33 3.41 .78 _ .  
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7 Amelia Davenport ~ 4453 june 25-28 1898 81.13 13.96 4.13 0.78—  
7 ` 58 ** 29-]u1y 1 ......... 82.04 14.64 2.55 _77 · ` ·  
91 61 july 2- 5 .....,...... 83.06 13.33 2.85 .76- Qltéif.
5 65 *1 6- 8 ............ 81.56 13.73 3 98 ,73  
8 72 " 9-12 ............ 82.52 13.46 3.28 .74  
5 75 " 13-15 ........... 80.13 15.20 3 89 .78 · 4  
7 79 ·· 16-19 ....... . .... 81.94 14.03 3.32 .71  
20 84 ·· 20-22 ............ 83.01 13.57 2.78 .64  
7 87 " 23-26 ............ 82.45 13.35 3.52 .68  
2 93 " 27-29 ........... 83.08 13.43 2.86 .63  
9 98 " 30-Aug. 2 82.78 13.27 3.38 .57  
8 Ethra K ............... 4965 Nov. 23-26 1898 82.01 13 43 3.67 .89  
3 75 ·· 27-29 ...... . .... 85.36 10.54 3.37 .72   .
6 86 " 30-Dec. 3... ..   79.08 16.24 3.61 1.07  
0‘ 97 Dec. 4- 6 ........... 82.01 14.23 2.96 .80  i.
4 5001 " 7-10 ............ 83.04 13.12 3.00 .84 .~  
1 16 " 11-13 ............ 80.60 13.92 4.35 1,13 _  
4 May ........ . .......... I 4998 Dee. 4- 7 1898 83.12 12.57 3.68 .63 ‘  623
2 5002 " 8-10 ........... 83.50 11.83 3.75 .92  
2- 4 17 " 11-14 ............ 82 62 13.04 3.26 1.08  { 
4 23 " 15-17 ............ 82.94 12.83 3.47 .76 p  .— 
3 35 *‘ 18-21   ....... 84.06 13.25 1.72 ,97  
43 ·· 22-24 ............ 83.08 12.05 2.58 1,29  
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;   l 4157.—Sent by Frank W. \Vatts, Oak Grove, Ky. A brown I_ 62
    material having the appearance of soil. It was found to contain much BQX
§ . V :· _ carbonate of lime and a very notable amount of nitrate. was ij]
‘ ·   4207.—S€lllZ by R. C. Brown, Cobb, Ky. Taken from a cave. Selecti
l . Sample from 2;/Q feet below the surface. A chocolate—colored material diffem
{ J I A like rich soil. Contains much carbonate of lime. Of tm
§ · 42IQ.—S€Il[ by B. 'W. Nuckols, Glasgow, Ky. Sample taken from
§ at large cave in Barren Co., Ky. The material has been found to be a
5 4 good fertilizer. A chocolate colored earth. Contains 1l1l.lCll carbonate when
4 I _ of lime.
  °] V -- 4469.—Earth from the bottom of a pond. Sent by A. R. Glas- Oct. I
{ I cock, Maysville, Ky. The material was moist when received and lost " “
  ip . 2O per cent. moisture by air drying. " `
E A ANA1.\‘sEs or T11]; A11<—D1<1E1> 11A’r1¤:R1A1.s. ,7 I
E i 4157 4207 +219 4+69 ·· ·.
I   ~' 1’<·r Ct. Per (J1. Per 1*1. Per Ft. H _
4 · Nitrogen ..,.. . ............. .0.57 0.11 1.29 2.12 A I
4 1 Potash, soluble in water. ...... 0.23 1.36 1.71 O.I4
  Total phosphoric acid .......... 1.33 0.89 1.36 0.34
  Lune ................., . ...,_.. n..e.__g__ .n. e. n. e. I.6O T
E. 4   `\VOOD ASHES. U. S.
  ° _ .|.134.—S€l]t by S8.1llll€l\Bl2llI', Pineville, Ky. The sample was EMP;]
  moist when received and lost 11.8 per cent. by air-drying. HCCOK
l _· · 4156.—Se111 by \\’. M. Riggin, Maclisonville, Ky. Sample was HUQIYE
t 4 moist when received and lost 19.3 per cent by air-drying. mlsed
. 4220.—HlCkOY)’ wood ashes. Sent by G. M. Alves, Henderson, Il
Kentucky. Kl€i¤*
E ' AN.\L\'Sl·]S or AIR-DRIEIJ ]\I;\’l`ERI;\l.S. beets
t 4134 4156 4220
I I l’1-1·(`t. l’1~1'L`t. l'»~r(’l.
Potash, soluble in water .......... . .... . .0.98 6.26 S QI
f A Phosphoric acid ......_ _; L._g.__ ....,. .. . . . .—— —— 1.16
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  7 PHOSl’HATlC »MATE'RIA-LQ
Y .t32$.—A soft] clay-like material stained with iron. Collected by
4 l’rof. A. M. Miller from a railroad cut near Georgetown, Ky.
The air—dry material contained 7.76 per cent. phosphoric acid.
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,.   SORGHUM CANE JUICE.  ._ ‘    
S€€Clf`—£IQ}l1_Q_CQI}€_OfUISQ7,_lZh€ juice of which gave by analysis 5 _ ,.`v4_.>`  
E 17.62 per cent sugar, 2.58 per cent reducing sugar and 20.9 degrees `   1   l
Brix, making the coefficient purity 84.5 (ICU} Ann. Report, p. xvii), c . A  
was planted in Acre O in 1898 in continuation of tl1e experiment in _ ,  
  selection of seed. The cane produced was examined as heretofore at i    
L different times during the fall, and the analyses of the juice from some .  
of the single canes are given below; 4 i A   ,     
E · cams 311101;. Acne A. Panroanen sean. , ` ·  
c 1111.... ca. Nc Q Q Spcciec Dcscccc R§.$2L°$.“g   °ccAmc*c¤t    
°fJ“‘°€· (’““"tY· B""· Per cent. Pertleut. cf P“'“Y· Cixi
1- Oct. II, 1898.. 565 1.080 19.5 1.47 II.4I 74.6 , A  
.t " " " .. 255 1.090 21.5 .85 16.05 75.4  
" " " .. 260 1.086 20.6 .92 15.72 75.6  
A` Ai " »— 275 1033 I9-95 I-43 [4-45 724 . A  
" 15, " .. 525 1.082 19.7 1.79 4 14.64 74.5 ..  
? " " " ..515 1.081 19.5 2.15 14.64 75.0 . 4  
2 " " " .. 540 1.080 19.5 1.25 15.89 72.0 ·  
4 " " " .. 510 1.0847, 21.2- »-~`1¤o0 15.56 76.0 ‘ `  
4 SUGAR BEETS,    
D The sugar beets an_alyzed_were raised from seed obtained from the V ·‘  
U. S. Department of Agriculture and distributed to farmers in differ-  
S ent parts of tl1e State, who agreed to plant and cultivate the beets  
according to tl1e directions furnished by Dr. \Viley. The samples for  
5 analysis were forwarded to the Station by mail. The analyses of beets  
raised at tl1e Station are here also included. 4  
, In tl1e c0lu111n headed "Variety" in the table, "K" indicates the  
Kleinwantzlebener and "V" tl1e Vilinorin. It will be noted that the ’_  
beets are generally of very inferior quality. _  
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