Show PROPER SEEDBED IS MONEY MAKER By Ed E E. Davies Union Pacific System Agricultural Agent Many light sugar beet stands In Iron county In the past season were due mainly to spring-plowed spring fields wherein the soil was pulverized too rough too rapidly and the seed balls couldn't germinate Soil SOU preparations should be made in the fall as soon as the beets are harvested and before the soil soli Is frozen Waiting until spring to start preparations may mean a tonnage reduction of three to five lve tons per acre Also by doing some of the soil preparation in the fall faU the available labor is better utilIzed utilized utilized util util- and distributed 1938 potato and wheat lands should be fertilized with barnyard manure this fall plowed deeply and then left In the rough over the winter The elements have a a. de- de effect upon soils and tight soils are made more friable In the presence of alternate te freezing freezing freez freez- ing and thawing plus appreciable amounts amount of water Also many marry of the plant foods are liberated In n these alternating e extremes remes of temperatures temperatures temperatures tem tem- and humus plant roots plant refuse and etc are broken I down Into forms torms of plant food It is a a. well known fact that before a plant can use food from the soil solI that It all aU must be in a solvable form fort and dissolved in water Giving the soil soU manure in the fall enables more of the more inde- inde elements to be broken down and made available for plant growth in early spring thereby making more thrifty growth that thai will in turn resist attacks of pests and diseases and make more total net Income for the farmers following following follow follow- ing the above practice All AU alfalfa lands intended for sugar beets in the coming season should be crowned this fall and then plowed again in the spring It would be a good practice if It some of the good green alfalfa was left lefton lefton lefton on the fields before plowing In Instead Instead instead in- in stead of shaving the forage too close to the ground This will enable enable enable en en- able more efficient decomposition of the roots and will add more to the soil soU Approximately 40 percent of the value of all alfalfa is ls represented in the roots and 60 percent in the portion of the plant above the ground therefore to leave a grood Brood growth of alfalfa above the ground will repay the farmer fanner in heavier yields and longer periods of high production |