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Show Beet Cnlture. Cultivation As soon as boets have four leaves and tho land is in a proper condition to work, wc tako a horse and beet cultivator and run through tho bceU. This cultivator works two rows at a time. It has knives which move all tho laud except within about three or four Inches of where tho beet rowa arc and kills the weeds. Spacing and Thlnulng Wc tako a hoo about five or five and one-half inches, and go along the rows and cut out the beets leaving as near one. in a place as we can, hiving beeta about eight or nice inches apart, and leaving the best plants. Then a boy follows and takes out all beets hut one Iu a place, it man aud a boy can space and thiu about half an acre per day. After spacing and thinning thin-ning uarly all thu work is done with horse and cultivator, unless tho land Is very weedy, which would necessitate hoeing in the beet rows to move the weeds. The beet cultivator has feet which makes rows for irrigating where it is needed. To Dig Beets Wo havo beet plows for tho purposo of plowing tho beeta up, and then they are topped, and loaded on tho wagons. A good topper can top from live to seven tons per day in good beets. Rocky Mountain Husbandman. |