REPORT OF MR. FRANCIS H. APPLETON.
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On the Franzenshof farm :—
In the year 1869-70 the total yield per acre
was
63.36 bushels,—
Of the beet alone,
. 43.30 bushels in
rye equivalents.
Of the grain,
. 15.47
44
44
Of the other products,
. 4.59
44
44
In all,
. 63.36
44
44
In the year 1872-73 the total yield per acre
was 56.41 bushels,—
Of the beet alone,
. 36.09 bushels in
rye equivalents.
Of the grain,
. 13.30
44
44
Of the damage by hail,
. 3.54
44
44
Of the other products,
. 3.58
44
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In all,
. 56.41
44
44
Thus the beets alone formed
in 1869-70
#
68.11 per cent.
in 1872-73
.
63.90 “
That is, over two-thirds of the value of the whole yield.
The beet brings in ready money, as well by its sale as by supplying the sugar-works connected with the farms, and leaves also in this case refuse for the use of the cattle. It seems, therefore, to have great value and to be worthy of cultivation. It can be produced with the greatest economy only by the system of double rotation,
My practice, introduced in 1872, of manuring all my land each year, including that sown with summer grain, can, if the weather is unfavorable, -weaken the stalks and thus cause much damage. The beet, however, stands a large quantity of manure, and leaves some of its value for the grain of the following year. If we consider the results shown by the figures above given, and in addition, that the beet leaves a residue of sixty per cent, for the cattle, after being worked, also that the beet crop, judging by separate instances, can be raised fifty to a hundred per cent, in amount, no one can take exception to my present intention, which is, from this year on, to use for the beets the manure that has been previously saved for the summer grain. Thus these get all the more fertilizing matter, and the ground remains in good