Show I 1 IRRIGATE BEETS EAR EARLY LY almost gery every spring many fields of sugar beets are not ir righted earl early enough says professor geoyge ir ge stewart of the utah agricultural t experiment station ithen when the land that has been so sown to be beets ets dries out it does doe s ju jus s as any other land does that thattis Jis is it begins drying at the surface if the rate of evaporation pora po ration tion asp abid then the soil may dry ont it completely comple tedy as far down as tle beet roots extend unless come or unless the land is irrigated irrigated such a condition is almost certain tain to be dasas berous to the te crop many of the beets are killed thereby making the stand atlin ain and many more are so weakened that disease and insects can caal injure them much more seri seriously 0 isly than would otherwise bet be th h case on the experiment ament farm at logan well alured land in which the moisture supply was maintain icil d at the plo proper P er d degree cg ree of wetness there was no injury from plant diseases di diseases seales whereas land improperly or irrigated band allowe d to become to too 0 dry ahad had inces infestations s amount amounting in to 83 85 per cent JJ fei yields could frequently be agn much acl I 1 iacre increased s ed by very light irrigations ti actions ions birly early enough merely 1 P to wet ali p dry surface this would keep deeo the beets growing vigorously the held by tool too many fara farmers ars frs that water should be withheld as long iong as possible is wrong plants pews allowed to suffer for water anever never fully recover many are killed by disease that lia have 6 escaped if they had been kept crowing heavy aepli potions of water are arc not necessary only enough to wet the surface loil oil thise early light irrigation is merely to wet the surface and should 1101 ald lint not be considered to take the place of a real irrigation ewt |