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Show SUGAR BEET COURSE. 'There are thousands of farmers in Utah who would find it very much to their profit to take a course in sugar beet growing. Such a course offered to our farmers durinp the week (beginning (be-ginning January 5, 1909, and continuing continu-ing for four weeks by our State Agricultural Ag-ricultural College. For further information in-formation regarding the course write the Agricultural College at Logan. An outline of the course to be offered is given herewith: Four Week Sugar Beet Course. (20 Lectures.) ." . t,'v ' Offered by Agronomy. Dept'. Uinh 1 Agricultural College, beginning January Janu-ary s, 1909. 1. History and development of sugar beet growing and tlic sugar industry. in-dustry. a. In Europe. b. In America. 2. Soils adapted to growing bocts. a. Treatment. a. Fertilizing (beet tops.) b. Plowing. c. Other operations necessary. , 3. Seeding. a. Time. b. Depth. c. Method. v , .. Thinning. .. a. Manner. 5. Cultivation and Weeding; 6. Irrigation, a Method. b. Amount. c. Time. Id. Effect on sugar conlonl. 7. Harvesting, a. Time, b. Digging, c. Topping, d. 1 Iauling" to factory. 8. Composition. 9. Rotations. "l 10. Varieties. 11. Cost of growing beets per aero, 1 f 12. Enemies. I 13. Feeding Beet Pulp. 14. Beet Seed. a. Bolt, single germ seed. b. Principal places of growth. 15. Mother beets. a. Selecting. (Size, shape and uniformity.) b. Washing. c. Analyzing for sugar content. f d. Storing of siloing (numbering) c. Planting (next spring.) f. Cultivating. g. Irrigation of. h. Gathering seed. i. Handling seed fiffer gathering. 16. Breeding, For yield, For seed, For sugar. 17. Summary and conclusion. |