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Setting up and Managing an Experimental Farm for Crop Studies: the First 20 Years' Experience at Broom's Barn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

D. A. Cooke ,
K. W. Jaggard ,
A. P. Draycott ,
R. K. Scott ,
D. J. Webb  and
M. J. Golding
D. A. Cooke
Affiliation:
Broom's Barn Experimental Station, Higham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
K. W. Jaggard
Affiliation:
Broom's Barn Experimental Station, Higham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
A. P. Draycott
Affiliation:
Broom's Barn Experimental Station, Higham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
R. K. Scott
Affiliation:
Broom's Barn Experimental Station, Higham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
D. J. Webb
Affiliation:
Broom's Barn Experimental Station, Higham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
M. J. Golding
Affiliation:
Broom's Barn Experimental Station, Higham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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Summary

The objectives and management policy of an experimental farm for studies on the sugar beet crop are described. Farm yields of sugar beet and cereals are discussed in relation to yields in experiments and on a national scale. Some aspects of experimental accuracy and design are considered.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , April 1982 , pp. 105 - 123
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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