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Show LESSONS IN BEET CULTURE. While the heat Utah beet grower have achieved great success In growing that crop still It Is doubtful If. even at LeM, there Is the intensive culture given that the nature of the Industry Justifies Starting In with n naturilly fertile soil the Utah farmer l apt to overlook the fict trut continued tare-ful tare-ful cultivation anl routlon of crops Is absolutely necessirj In order to nnln-tuln nnln-tuln the i rnduclng iower of the lnnd Ui on these points the American farm- cr tnn studs with profit the methods pursued by beet grower In Oermanj and IVukc, as related b Charles 1 Pnjlor ngeut of the United States Department De-partment of Agriculture In the atu is of beet fnnnlng In f!er-mai f!er-mai nni Trnnco It Is Interfiling to nolo the progress that haa been mnilo In general agriculture through sugar beet growing A great man) intelligent Mnerlcan have gone to dermiiny and Frame to inform themselves on this subject There a furm i blocked off Into a series of divisions corresponding lo the irop't that nre grown in rota-tlon rota-tlon This rotutton Is fettled for sevei-at sevei-at rs In advanoo and is followed strictly hugar beets are grown on certain cer-tain tlelds one 3 cm followed by other (rope in the series to he follow et ugain h hU8.ii beets In their proper place In the tntitlon 11) their )stem of fertilization tho fertility of their noils has not only been maintained but the) lime been made 10 imrease In productiveness liiese reKult nre brought about partially par-tially Ii) cultivation the deep plowing and constant cultivation with the pluw and line naturall) keep the soil In tho finest condition Whut la true of these olier lountilca will be true of out (uuii-tiy (uuii-tiy lu the end Inuiovenient "f tho land Is n factor thut we must not lose slfcht of In conslleilng the Uneflla of he bid sugir induatiy of this voun-tn voun-tn I he diflliulllas nf gmnlng sugar I eels an ho main nnd to the fietorles the Mixes of th grnwurs means so muih that It Is tne custom of each ti t ir) in hrfe 11 farm auperlntcud-111 auperlntcud-111 I11I111011 invie sties la put up n ihe wink of Hilj uillier than almost in) mliei uu Miniircted with the sugar omiai) Mi m not only uo.uli'1 to l) ' a it b) long practical onerlen'u in a, I Hurt but he must be a thoi. ougii scientist, He Is paid a salary commensurate with hit Importance A farm superintendent Is employed, also, In American factorle We have not a yet gone sf far In the requliemont of s (entitle training, but the tendencs I 1.1 owing strongly In thl direction When contracts are made with the farmers a clause Is Inserted requiring het to be grown n the form superintendent super-intendent direct Either he or his as-Htint as-Htint Malt the farm repeatedly, offering of-fering the firmer Instruction on how to prepare the ground how to cultivate and how to do nil other necciar work In growing beet successfully He gives advice to the farmers In legaid to meeting contingencies, decides when the beet nre ripe, nnd Issues the orders meeting tre farmer to deliver their beets to the tutor) His work Is a very vital pirt of the business He Is it constant stimulator to agricultural Improvement on the part of the farmers farm-ers In the neighborhood, and especially to the firmer under his direction The bi eflts of this ofllclal n Instruction an 1 Influence to a farming community can hardly be measured In dollar and tents HI Influence is not limited to Iho 1 resent, but exfnls to the future He Is 011" of the Important factors In settllrg what will be the final status of the Induttr) It Is 11 very fortunate Incident that the work of n sugar fie-tory fie-tory should bring a farming community under the influence of such trained supervision su-pervision It brings a community growing grow-ing sugar beet under a )stemntlc ro-mion ro-mion of crops proper!) arranged It gives an Intelligent knowledge of the application of fertilizer 'ind applies the proper scientific method of cultlva-lion cultlva-lion " |