Show THE TUE SUCCESSfUL BEET GROWER I The successful be beet t grower says Prof Prot Townsend must be willing to adopt new methods and new tools It if j necessary He must be bo willing to ac accept accept accept I suggestions from those who havo have had experience He Ho must study care carefully carefully fully full the relation of oC thIs thin new ne crop to his general practice In regard to ro rotation i I tation fertilization soil preparation stock feeding etc He should POi pod seas sess good judgment so that ho will not undertake too much to carry through successfully Boot Beet growing calls for intensive farming arming and the grower groel must be he able and willing to look after the necessary details If t he ho Intends to lo grow beets extensively he must also bo be able ablo to handle labor to the best advantage When ono one takes Into Inlo consideration the benefits derived from this great grea industry the tho profits that are aro within tho the possible and the future possibility ity It of tho the beet beel sugar business 9 these requirements of the farmer are not un unreasonable unreasonable reasonable And Indeed they can cami canI scarcely be called unusual except In I their application to the tire raising of or beets Many farmers who can grow growa a fine lino crop of grain fall all short In their attempt to produce a profitable yield of beets Their system Is faulty their methods are slipshod they the are arc I too well satisfied with half a loaf I IThen Then on tire the other ether hand we find the farmer who is of vt o tho the experimental frame of at mind and that too to such an m extent that he turns his entire crop over to mere more speculation and refuses to follow folio the tho advice of dearly dean dearl bought experience We Wo ha have hae e our experimental tal work for tal the benefit of the farmer Let those whose business It is to per pOl perform perform form these those give us the results of their scientific work Be Besides BesIdes Besides I sides the beet is not nol a now new plant We c are arc heirs to over one ono hundred years of experimental work In heel beet culture and while the tho beet Is a plant I by br itself and has hus Its own peculiar needs yet yal practically all the problems lams lems connected with Its Us culture that thal the average grower will meet meol havo been met and solved long ago the tho only safe way for the average far farmer fa famer mer reer to do IH Is to lo master the knowledge I already at hand band and then learn to ap apply apply ply this knowledge to the conditions of ot his farm Carm Tho The key leer to tho the future futuro success of beet beel raising does not lie in the tho ability ab I lit of the grower to main mala maintain lain tain his present average yield but in his power to LO Increase that yield and still maintain tho the fertility of his soil solI Tho Tile average European tonnage per POI acre is 15 fifty per pel cont cent greater than that of the United States Example A raises ten ton tons per pOl nero aero and B raises I fifteen BO 60 per cent c pt more than B I tons lons per por acre As per acre acro i aro and Bs expenses are aro 1000 l OO per acre aero the difference in expenses being duo due to the tho increased amount of oC topping and amid hauling At Al per por porton i iton ton As net not profits would bo be 1000 i per acre while Bs net profits would be 2750 per por acre nero I There Thero Is a disposition on the part of a great many farmers to lo ignore l nore the advice of tho the field superintendents These Thedo men are employed by h the sugar companies for the tho express purpose of oC aiding the farmers to get the best pos possible lO sible results from time the Industry and the success ot of o either grower or manu mann manufacturer Is IB dependent upon tho the suc sue success success cess cogs of the other Both must succeed In order for or a healthy health condition to exist The must mUHl bo be clear cloar cleared cleared ed of oC tills Uris growing distrust in the management of or these enterprises The interests of each so overlap those of ot the other oilier that It Is Impossible for tOI either cither to achieve the best results without the tho mutual esteem anti and con confidence that is l expressed In the team spirit Tho The knocking spirit Is 8 fed anti and fostered festered In the tho breast of tho the radical and wo we occasionally see Its It outbursts In our com corn communities InanitIes leading lending around those who I mistake It for the spirit of or patriotism I Besides adaptability and confidence In the factory management the tho most successful beet grower must possess thoroughness He lie 1 Ie cannot afford to ho he careless nor overlook the minutest de do detail deL tail L in the growing of or the beet heet crop The tender care of the tho young plant cannot be top strongly strong urged upon tho the farmer It Is a plant that will yield big returns to kind treatment notwithstanding I standing the fact that It Is a u hardy plant and a sure cropper Tho The successful grower will also be beon beon beon on the alert for boot beet pests posta and find dis diseases eases eads cas s for they must ho met mel and con conquered conquered quoted as soon as they thoy appear De Do Delay Dolay lay la In this is suicidal A knowledge of these things is lii absolutely necessary to lo success A mixture of or borax and rod popper pepper is good to rid closets of or Insects |