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Show More About the Sugar Deet. In thoso portions of the aiid and semi-arid regions adapted to its growth, ono of the surest and best paying crops Is tho sugar beet. This is a crop that may bo groirh wljh but a moderate Irrigation Irri-gation if the ground is properly prepared for tho crop and tho most thorough cultivation is practiced. One of tho prime requisites in growing sugar beets for sugar making is that tho ground bo ploughed deeply. In no other way is it possiblo to grow n straight, smooth root, such as Is required in sugar production. A stunted, scraggy root, such ns will be produced whoro the subsoil is dry and hard, will not .yield a satistactory per cent of sugar. Deep plowing and thorough surfaco cultivation, the two requisites in producing n good crop of sugar beots, araiilao tho tw;o processes which most suriily arJircifectUalty corl-servo corl-servo water supply, Hcnro it is, that If a crop of beets is properly planted and cultivated, tho water used to irrigate them can bs made to go a long way. A few acres of sugar beets, well tended, will pay the cultivator a larger profit than a big Held of wheat nt current prices. Irrigation Age. |