Show GROW SUGAR BEETS three goeings are often needed during the season in irrigated areas are it Is comparatively easy to gauge all work of cultivation frequent stirring of soil essential sugar aeeti receive their first hoe ing aa when blocked thia this given th them am all the hand hoeing they will need for a time but quite often three hoe inga tags are glien gli en during the season some boras advocate hoeing only when the presence ence of weeds necessitates but I 1 believe the work should bo be done more frequently and practical teata tests bava 3 proven thia this writes J IC buffum lb JL field and farm unless croaa cross tion could be done between betwee i the beeta beets in the row rows there would bo be no stirring of the boll at all practically which in my n would be unwarranted neglect while hoeing ie Is not so on aa as horse cultivation ita its intensive practice will pay the first and second coat cost more than the third thia this operation nuat must be resorted to whenever weeds appear wen it not riot performed more frequently frequent Ir in at leat one locality the definition of weed haa has been given a it legal construction and la Is understood to cover all growth growths foreign to the main crop one contro t r refused to remove the cane cans stalks that appeared but was compelled to do ao go upon the legal construction of the term weeds cultivation with harrow or of horse cultivator may mar begin about aa as eoon soon aa as the rowa rows are clearly enough defined by the young planta plants to be a guide for driving shallow blades are the best ahinga to use at first and they ther have to be bet set ao so that no to dirt la Is thrown against the tender leaves in fact a trifle should be drawn away from them later knives for deeper stirring are used and aa As tho the season advances ad some light dirt maybe thrown against the beeta beets A crown that bijas above the surface la Is a source of annoyance in later processes when the beeta beets aro are so far matured aa an to touch leaves between the rowa rows horse cultivation should cease and the only aubee quent work required la fit to carefully pull all weeds experienced growers never run their cultivators close to the row in early but a close adjustment becomes necessary as the eason season advances ad and the beeta beets become larger and stronger in irrigated areas it la to comparative comparatively easy to gauge all thia this work of cultivating because a complete schedule ache dule may be planned then within a day or ao no after irrigating the ground is again cultivated destroying any crust that may be forming and pulverizing the Is surface eo 80 that practically a dust mulch la Is prepared which pr prevents eventa evaporation this system la Is perfectly simple in the irrigated sections yet comparatively few farmers follow it out it la is almost imperative in rainfall areas to cultivate or stir the boll immediately after each rain and if possible where wh ere the tracts are not too extensive the same work should be done dote juat just before precipitation la Is expected but if the grower makes frequent stirring butting of the surface soil boll a regular pra practice tice there will be no trouble about the of hta his efforts the ground should be kept in perfect condition for the reception of water at all times and with more cultivation closely following each rainfall all the objects bought sought in manipulation of the eoll toll will have been achieved |