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Show NEEDLESS- LOSS IN BEET YIELDS ltl:.Mi:itIX M(i(TKD IIY DIU PAitT.Mi:vr or Atmicui.Tvuix Mow lareliil Cultural Method WouM Hcoule In Crcaler Profit VnT tho (iroweni of Hie Ktntr i:iorliiictit Mndo In Utah Hy tlu- Fnlrrnl IJot-crniiieiit IJot-crniiieiit An tltcil to Crowrr. WAHIINOTON. D. C. July 17. VailHiKtnt In tne leld ot uigar ln-etii umier npwrriili Mmlhir conaltloPS Hre mi MriKlng tnnt tho UnltcU tate HeiMMtnent ot aKHcuiturn nan recent- MimiuitcU an lnventlgatlun Into tne mu tni tneiH- illtlefencen. Tne )leld ol ugnr iftit if nire In the t'nlled Bimefi In lower, with tne exception ot uuftaiH, than mat ot any or tne other wt pitmiHlug countrlcR. In Uer-man) Uer-man) tne average H II. si toua; In HHM.M. ., iitiu hi tne I lilted titaten, IK.li Ciiinatk iiinultluiM, tne tliar-mler tliar-mler of tne mill, hiiiI tne leHttUo coat or lalKir ami In ml wnii n prexenta aa Mini n nik heiiiK HH-nt uu mu-ii aero aa la Uoiie In r,urope, Hi-vount, of i-iiiiee. for much of tne illlleiencea In iell. inn eeii when no wieii f attorn ne to be taken Into cuiiMtlerntlon, In I m- n,im.- I'M-aiuiro. on will of tlie Mine inarailrr, unilei culiuml nicth-ihih nicth-ihih tlmt appeHr liieiitlcnl, ttiele la the Wlueal range III tile lell. It Ii no Ull- lommmi tiling to tiuu one liirmvr naming twent) Hum of lievia from each re to tne fai liir when bin nelgnbor an lmlvl luonti'i aen or eight. I ne ileKti intent or agtlt-ulturea In-eailgHtloiM In-eailgHtloiM Into thla problem, which are tiuitllaheU In Depaitment liullctln No. it, Wele i-Hrileo on In Utah for n perloil ol tiii!. )Mir),. The luveatlga-torn luveatlga-torn nmihvd the conclusion that the vailHllnht In u-ld were due to the de-fulemica de-fulemica ol tne ln ml. 1'ivvloiia In-etlgHtbitta In-etlgHtbitta had allow u that the Ideal maim for augai heelR may be taken ua ,uu plntiti. per acre the riHiull of leading beeta eight Inchea apart. larger aland than till under onllnary iiiuiillliiiM i-Aiiaoa inert rowillng, it amaller atand nieaiM wal of laud, it waa found, howexer, tlmt without ailually counting the pmiila, It waa Iiiimhiiii. t iiimingulkli between atatioa ot i, no or u per cent or thin Manila! d. The haw iHiuned In the germination germina-tion aland befoie thlntilng. during the lumen ol thinning and blinking, and during the cultural opeialloua between thinning and lumenilng. In thu tie-iwilmenta tie-iwilmenta expel lineiit, It waa found tnat the germination Mn ml mutalnvd an average Iom of i-Iihm.. to SO per cent. The laiiH-a for tlila may bo found In (Hiiir prelwrHtloll of the kvimI bed, Impel Im-pel (eel opetutlon ol Heed iIiIIIh, late llotlH, the dumping off illai-nan, or the laxagi-M ol Mit Ii lu-ala aa flwi ln-e-tli-a, tulwoiitik. or wlrexvoriiiH. lmproN-r Thliiiilng. The greati-at aliigln Hourco of Iom In the Htaiida, however, waa lound to be Impiopi-r thlntilng. In thla country tnla work la uaually done by a poor claaa or IiIuh) labor or elao by con-trail. con-trail. It la relilom rlllcleutly miper-lhed miper-lhed and the tuborera receive the Mine (hi) whether It la properly or Im-propeily Im-propeily done. Tlie InVMtlgatiira found that almoat Inxurlnbly the anct t-ft la-twceti the ilanla waa greater than tho farmer Intended It to be, although al-though thl fait waa not apparent after af-ter the pluiita attained a moderate glow III. The average Iom from thla Mourn waa eatlmatctl to lm upproxlm-Hlel) upproxlm-Hlel) 2k per cent. Aflei thinning there waa further oh In the field before the ban eat. Pome plauia were ilairo)Hl ny the hand hoe, Mime h) the hnrmwi or b ' i art-li-Miii-Mi with the culth-ator. The1 total loaa from Hum. eourci-a waa en-tlmatml en-tlmatml at an average of upproxlm-1 ulely 7 per tent. Thu, In the experimental experi-mental plot, which furnUhed the data for the ImcMlgatora, there waa a total deficiency of over SO per cent! In the Hland, with a i-orreapondlng de-ireaae de-ireaae In the )leld. ('rt-iiler nri AiIvImiI. i The remedy fur thla loan appi-ura to( be gleater care. In particular, thei elimination of tonlract la riHHimmend-1 imI, nlnce It U hardly pomIIiU to ex-1 pect contratt laborera to exi-rclii the; proper amount of cure und d lucre-1 Hon. On one Kuropiwin farm which la win l:cd on wlcnllflc prlnclplca, forty tenia addltlonul per acre la paid the men If twenty-eight thouaand beet plant remain In the Meld after the wond cultivation. Tho beeta mutt be eleven Inihea apart In the row. The HlRnlflcance of thla luveallga-lion luveallga-lion In the United Btutt-a la IncreiiM-d by thu fact that It waa carried on In a, district where the average leld per utre I aeventeeu tona ua compared wllh an iVenige for the entire country of only 10.17. ir lowea of euch hIzc un bo found In n region where beet culture la obvloiikl) more advanced thun In moat other regloua the total Iomi thioughuut the entire United Htutea uiiiHt be enormniiH. Thla total I to a greut exti-nt preventable, pre-ventable, for. aa haa been ahown, It la due leaa to natural coudltlona than to defetta In cultural met Inula. |