Show BEET an article from the sugar company the important work of thinning out our sugar beets is close at hand and we deem this a propitious time to warn the farmers against the growing propensity to leave the beets too far apart in the rows it must be remembered we are working under a different contract than heretofore the standard of quality be 1 ing raised one per cent and a fifty cent cut in the price of beets ripening after the first of november it is a fact beyond all doubt and dispute that beets which are spaced wide apart in the rows are both slower in ripening and of poorer quality than those that are closer the temptation to grow a very heavy crop of ag say to 20 tons per acre by having every beet grow just within ahja eize that will bo accepted by the factory is surely going to lead many farmers to sorrow unless the tendency is checked from ten to fifteen tons is an excellent crop in any country and farmers should be satisfied to keep within that limit and be on the safe side A good stand of plants thinned out to from 5 to inches in the row according to the richness of the soil should give a satisfactory yield on any of our good beet land to space wider than eight or nine inches at the most is dangerous under almost any conditions and should not bo practiced this warning is gen eral is applicable to all districts and should be carefully heeded by all who are growing beets for the lehi factory lehi banner |