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Show I U. 5. ISSUES I BEE! BULLETIN Treatise on Beet Growing Under Humid Conditions is Forwarded Growers A bulletin has just been Issued ,' the United States department of ngn-culture ngn-culture on "Beet Growing I'nder Hu-i Hu-i mid Conditions." The specialists who j prepared this bulletin mike the fol ' rowing suggestion about growing sugar beris and utilizing the by-prod- Sandy loams and clay loams ate generally regarded as tho best soil for the production of sugar beets, though the physical condition of the soil Is greatly Influenced by its pre-paration pre-paration and the cultural methods used. In general, if a soli hus pro-dueed pro-dueed good ropf f corn or potatoes it may be assumed that it nil! be satisfactory fur the production of sugar beets, llardpan subsoils should Hi be avoided by the sugar bee! plant ir, H' especially If the arc sn near the: sur- H' face as to interfere with the develop- ment of the roots, while snils that per-g per-g mit rapid leaching are not vittsfac- tory to beet culture, as the moisture, pa M out too rapidly and carries, Hoay the soluble plant food so e.scn-( tlal to proer grow;!'. PERTTJ n S I SSBX1 I l Fertility Is essential. It can be maintained by the use of stable ma-nure. ma-nure. green crops p'owed under, or by h the application of heruical fertilizers. Few firm. produce enough Stable H manure to kaap the land aihe by this means alone, and the proper treat -mcnt of a sugar beet soil will com-bine com-bine all three sources of plant food. Xo rotation "hould he planned that ilocs no! In hide one gre n crop to be plowed under. Stable manure and green crops furnish the humus (ege-table (ege-table material i which serves as plant food, and also is eaentlal to the growth or soil organism thai lm I prove the fertility In a manner thatl can not be secured through the use of I i hem lea I mixtures alone Moreover, the presence of organic matter in the soli enables 1' to retain its humidity and better to resist a drought. Deep fall plowing of subar beei land Is one H' way to insure a supply of moisture tcx R the next year's crop and to improv e j B the physical condition of the soli j H through the action of the rains ami frosts of winter. The primary aim in fitting seed beds j for the sugar beet Is to secure a plot . 'hat Is deep. fine, and firm. The dlSC- harrow, the spike-loot bed harrow1 and a roller ire the tools requited H' to develop fully the ndvtnagcs mint by dcep, plowing. i ri mi OF it mii R in REL H An average of about 70 degrees F. during the growing season usually ' from May to September together! ith cool nights and moderately warni H days toward tho latter part of the Hj season appear to u most favorable I to the growth of the plant arid the HJ storage of sugar in tho rout. If ti, average temperuture Is much above this, apparently sugar la so readily, or It may b that it Is used i in the growth of the plant as fast as i III Is formed. Late spring frosts are. dangerous to the young plants and early fsll freezes may Injure the mature roots, while savers freeaes may proven! the harvesting of them, li t bo roots arc allowed to freeze, and thaw several times they will ccrtainlv I decay, though no great damage re-sults re-sults from freezing r harvested beet provided they remain frOZefi until ihey are worked through the mill. In addition to an equable modor-J ue temperature tho crop requires I plenty of moisture Rainfall can not lie regulated by the farmer, but water' in the soil , '., , rv , i ,,v ,n, , cultivation and under-draining It -PRl D1 l S, The sugar beei Industr) Is Iht source of several by-products which may bo used :o advantage i th grower. The i;i which ar.- removed when the roots are harvested and thej pulp remaining after the extraction oi the sugar from the roots at the mill ' c of parti, ula I v aim- f,.r le. .Hi animals, especially cuttle and sheep; they are fed fresh, dry. ,, as milage. The tops may be pastured in infields in-fields where they hav e been thrown I down after cutting. This will sae' cost of hauling and result In direct application of manure to the soil. ' Howeve r, it may result in waste Of I this valuable feeding mate-rial und the I iU may io6e its condition to a ear-r.tin ear-r.tin extent through excessive tramp-! Mng. li i advantageous to feed tho .ops. either fresh, cured, or as silage, feeding racks Farmers sometimes --il the top- at the rate ranging from " to $o per a-re. but (his is a noor practice, both from the standpoint stand-point of the value of the tops as feed and from ilu- fad that the rem., rs of ihe tops means B removal of ferill-- ferill-- tint. rial. I I I MM, l X I I IU r Pulp also constitutes a valuable' feeding material and Its use results! hi returning i the soil pari of Iht ' material that has been rORU U a daalor in dry beet pulp guarant.is the product to contain not leas I ha per cent of protein, not les than tie-half of one j., r .en' v( f.,:. U,A less than 4 per cent ..: aUgai and taren, not ie9 than per cent of arbohydrates. not oxer ?0 per cent of fibre, and per cent ash. Osrtaln beet sugar factories produce I molasses as a by-product. This COI itutss a valuable carbohydrate reed-ng reed-ng material and is usually fed bi n..in- w Kfa llJ . j..ulp, t. I tuizing thsesj by -products in fet,i-ln fet,i-ln ths mowpr may obi ,i onslderablc profit other Uian Himi ntained by selling the roots an.l tf . ery great Important), be may rc-;.ln rc-;.ln on his fields a large part of the fertiliser materials removed bv the lop. I Wastr I (ms i still another i duel of the suga. fa.t..i-v- whicti i "itremCl' U8ful for ncutrUlng acid Methods of preparing the u;) j planting sugar-beet ed. i ulflvating pacing and thinning ' oung plan's methods of haresting the leets. us-. Of by-products, etc. |