| Show I SUGAR BEETS BEETS IN iu GERMANY 1 I Have y pent much of 01 my m T I time In the Ih ben beet b Held 1 In th thi I famous ruo old ok German own lawn of Magdeburg famous tar far hue hare bee Luther preached peM and al It I waa my D in pleas pleasure p pr tire ure r to tu look lk Into In hi al old aid ole church chanh This city about the e sue It of ot 1111 s I I about two to hours l I hi i tU r 0 of f Berlin This to L ii the I th hI great center of f fIet l Iet loot t culture collar arid c sugar ar production for rr Germany and is Ip no r ie 1 s famous fam U tar fur it It Its work wk of 0 Wet beet Itt seed peed d breeding br ding and pro production Jr Ir Far Fu our oter crr h hat half f a century Iber ha I has been an elTon effort carried on In the Ih mao man manner m wn pio tn ner that the th lb Herman do all 1 uch cach trl with th marvelous marY 11 Tin Tb r raim aim from trim the first tia ha ben ti t I di 4 t Clop lop b b beet t ed d that Ihal hall hail InrA not the t of t I beet hei 1 but 11 1 the theer Ih I I er cent of ef f ur u r 11 Th hate hse h done hal liat the farm 0 h ha l done d dh j lii iii h brooding cut cui I n That ThI success tUoC I ha la frowned rII d Ih I lr In ii t h il II in ili t I h that whon i h hi Ih Iii V irk rl tin Ih sugar IIi ii u only Mi AIt ii 11 I t PIT cent t It I lia line has nci aed asni till ii U It I ItI I U 1 1 anil al li ii I U I i per percent cent The Th un u I Ic nf of eel I is on 11 I form of beet hut with i long tap t rt rtIN rut rutI IN I regarded at u h und the hf ui ot Lt tuai percentage of lt sugar u H 1 liy hr I ac uc actual Ual test math made l 1 ty That Tha we weIn W vi In Iii II America AlEria ar at interested Is hown h from the Ihl following figure nt which I Iliavi have trim our foiled Stales ftH consul in t Magdeburg 1 u 11 H Hon Hm n Frank Frink 8 0 Hannah I t tutu 1 I am m greatly Indebted for forI or oraid g i I 1 aid and nd kindly courtesy q ii i exported from rum this consular t of or In the th Ih l sit lut fiscal tr r from July Jul I I ll 4 to tu July JuI 1 t tI If I 1 beet I teed peed Id lo to the Ih value lI of 2 31 tO 0 and Inthe In Ih the calendar year yer of Ii 10 T the value of 0 M nUl ue s These T I ur are ae Indeed startling and ex CX exly e 11 ly s suggestive Why may w we it j all this money mont in II our own 1 pocket book bk Although dl scientific experts expert ferl Ui to II this t It II research to ti m 14 nis the i that our climate will wil not uit I per perLi p Li MI seed need d production I roUt must mustI mut I r I am 11 exceedingly h 11 We Wei i V that bat California produces hits heels I I h Ii i very 11 high perc nta e of ot sugar sugart I t hal the e belief until actual t t I ow ti It the tho contrary contra that w wh WI we weI I h t qually superior facilities and andI lid lidI I I to superior seed M I Ili II II I li I I jid Jd expect to 10 see ee the day I v inn uin n California I will nol not only on I produce I w bet beet seed ed Id but will reciprocate il I supply Mi or 0 Herman German brothers 1 I II lu VI e today tey had a very Interesting with wih the Ih man mal who I la Is the the theIn In Iud ud f r the largest larget beet b farm fr In tn else Oer Cr CrI many I I I that of Herr HerrS Her S This 11 gentleman 45 mr tiit Mith l Ih ith all ail al the detail d talis of or field work iId id I from flom him I r very ef Import impart Important ant alit nets e which bleh fn emphasise tm what 11 I have lil 1 before given In to the readers of ff the Cultivator Cu C U I I t h ira tot tor torI It I will surpriSe many Inal to I H lain in that i ih h i they Ih plant plan I In rows row only 12 indies lall and anti when they the thin the IIII at It t an In equal distance dl In iii tl the Ih mux In 11 I Tiny The Th claim that thai this Ihl close c planting nut I I t only gives more liter mart beets b but bUI also al In Increate Int create crashes t the th percentage e of sugar It 1 la Is lato I Isto to 10 be b mid Ild however that there art arc very Vet t few vacancies In the rows rop Aa As a ar Mr r remarked they Ihy can af at afford r lord ford no breaks break bf k Last 1 year far was waa 1 a phe phenomenal ph menal n and an exceptional one n with just JU the th right ht amount of water Ier and C K 1 favorable r night Ther They harvested I am ara told lold l I 25 ton tol tons to the acre un with 11 a au sugar u r percentage of or 1 They Tr plant front from fro the lie middle edl of lt April Apri to the middle of or May The T present eaon has been peculiarly p balmy and aM I 1 found that nearly all au al the beets It were r planted plante They TbT find In It I M so much lu better to tu plow for beets beeta c In I the fall fail that this thu Ihl has hu become bm the almost almol fal universal practise They Tey also al plow Ilow very deep usually tall about bt 11 1 J Inches nh The T iou ol however In this re region relon gion glon I Is very ery l 11 light and nd It 1 Is II I pl that thaI lon this thU Ihl matter mattir of depth de would need neM neMt to t Ve be t mo in case caiS cU of o heavier Mave soils 1 They The grow Wets beeta only one on year ur In tour four though some seine le of nt the farmers farmer put ut In a abt beet bt crop cr every third year f eaT They The plant In the tb Intervening years year r either pats pt tom loea 10 gram grace or out one f of or the e cereals While hile they lh the g UM U us no stable on o the Ibe beet I ground gond they Ib do me l It liberally the t other year years e with the train grain rr They T do however we wee Invariably commercial ai aid ad d find that It Ita ply pays a exceedingly well 1 to do so They n ni use i 10 0 or nr more mo pounds of ot sods 1 da nitrate nitre per pr p r acre ae and ald double this amount of lime pho ale In turin form nn of f treated born meal mel Other ua Ua mu mw mu h it more gore Oe of ot this commercial fertIlizer They Tf The plant on In C I this hi large beet tarn farm fan 2 U 5 pounds of seed d to the tM tore c Many beet growers grower t lant lalit more mo but they see no nl In tn I Ic n doing All Al the cultivating alter after planting II Is done don cn by t hind hand and an no noM we M da are ar permitted to G grow crow At t first this thin culture ii I hallf but bat aa U the Ih Ihn ea eaon on son n advances advance they hoe deeper even eren evento II I to a depth of or li ix Inches luh A Au before stated the b are at thinned to tl ane sni en foot loot and a almost I mom im ho are ir ever CYST II This TIt persistent and thereof thor lOP cultivation they hold bold to be a tine sine qua ana non to the th beat be success uc hand haD labor I here her he I Is ao eo 0 wry wt cheap It I pays para to te t thuma UN vie human huma In lieu lleti It of horse hors h tabor lal r Indeed In such urh dot planting It would sHin Ia Impossible tu to u use hurt bores labor though a trial might prove It otherwise Most loat Mo nf or Ihl labor r Is I d Ine ne nf by It women I was told that they Ih grow ro about 21 l 1 beet t to the morgen or ot two and one half bAlf seres r A I J Oa Cook k In the eta |
