| Show S SUGAR GAR BEET IN EXPERIMENT JT Net Profit of 2482 Represents About Best That Can Bo Be Expected From Culture I This Is the time to think seriously about hauling out the manure and applying applYing applying ap ap- ap- ap plying it to Vi the beet land for by this this' time we are a all 1 agreed that we cannot cannot cannot can can- not keep on growing sugar ugar beets without with without out replenishing the soil We have had plenty of demonstrations to cinch this manure agreement so that there them need no longer be bo any question about it In all the sugarcoated sugar talk we get from the trust nothing is ever said about the disastrous deterioration of our soils under culture and nd it is a matter matter mat mat- ter we can no long longer sidetrack Last year In Otero county a n field containing contain containing ing 54 acres of ot cultivated land was planted to beets The Tho soil Is black heavy adobe easily cracked racked when becoming becoming becoming be be- coming coming- dr dry so that frequent lt Irrigation Is necessary The Tho preparation ort of- the of-the the e eseed seed bed s seeding eding cultivation and nd it ir ir- on w were re carried parried on promptly and thoroughly hl regardless of or expense asit as asIt It was desired to raise th the crop according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording t to the s standard andard method of Uie the v valley lle Ten acres acres in this this' field eld w was s fertilized with ten tons o of stock yard manure anuro to the acre during g the previous win winter ter On these ten acres which averaged averaged averaged aver aver- aged per cent sugar about two acres were sprayed with double strength bordeaux mixture In order to prevent leaf spot While e the disease was not entirely prevented it was checked to considerable degree and the tons harvested from flom this part of the field containing acres averaged averaged averaged aver aver- aged 1464 tons the acre with per percent cent sugar The second patch also contained ten c ceres gyres res and was fertilized with ten tons of lime Ume the acre from the factory factor settling basin but not The increase of oi 63 tons on each acre of this land was vas very marked mar Still it must be said that where the lime lime- was lime was used more irrigation was needed dur dur- during durIng during ing the season The third patch containing containing con con- five acres was not or limed The yield was ws a fraction less than ten tons the acre and probably probably probably ably represents very closely what the whole field would have yielded if no manure or lime had been supplied The remainder of the field contained contained con con- 29 acres which were with ten tons of stock yard manure the acre This tract showed an increase increase increase in in- crease of tons the acre over the tho adjoining tract not The total cost to grow and harvest these beets not including rent was the acre which left leCt a net profit of ot 2482 and this result comes very near representing about the very best that can be expected from beet culture in inthis inthis inthis this country when the best efforts are put forth to bring a crop through |
