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Show Fertilizing Uccta. I.. Ilache of Chino has invented nn nttnehment to 11 beet drill dihlgned to apply liquid feitillztr lo tin- soil directly direct-ly In tho beet runs. For this purport: he has constructed a box or tnuk placed In front of tho teed box on the drill. From this tho liquid is fed thiough faucets, fau-cets, regulating tlio How, n inhbcrplpo or hose conveying It to 11 shoo running in the Hue of caeli beet mw A small shovel precedes this, opening the soil which is closed in after it and prerred with a sin i.l roller wheel. The liquid Is placed about four inchcsilccp. Directly Di-rectly following it Is tho seed drill planting plan-ting the seed over tho fertilizer, but mil In contact with it. When tho plants start they throw down their roots into this rich food which givoi them 11 vigorous vigor-ous growth during tlio 1111H trying period per-iod of plant life. |