Show cultivating the beets each cultivation of the beet crop should be a little deeper than the one preceding it we believe in more cultivation ti and less irrigation before turning in the water the beets should begin to show the need of it this may be determined by watching them in the afternoon of a bright sunny the leaves will wilt to a certain eident but will revive again at night when the tops wilt slightly in the afternoon the beta arc still growing and are going down deeper into the soli which will give longer and better shaped beets than when the moisture Is applied to the surface too often which goes to make tops instead ol 01 beets generally speaking two alons are sufficient and the last one should be completed in time to give the beets at least four weeks to ripen and mature the any other crop |