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Show CULTIVATION iw sugar beets BY ALFKED M.USY. 1th the Hill ' m i I "T undo this jn r n I scale, nbout 1',"' I ny Mr Ollbcrt ut , a , h i 'H "'' h , I f J 'IK I""!"-1- ot ,1 Mil of Detiolt. ,L il ii deserve credit fm r of the pjstcm In i lnl notliliiB I tl i to cxpcilmcnt , I, I I ii known nnd 0 Tl (Hit book pub- M t w is wilttcn l n tl il I c-snt, In the but i h ti in " I" llso lurl , j, r i I llilnk 1 was n in' u k ' I'y th" c"1""- nlit 1 I vvh llur I hii'l In-ij In-ij icu I nnsw icd In the ,3, stint the Inventor must , j it ri.1 N'oah. w ho aft-s aft-s f unl Mrs Ilk ly some j , it , in wulcli to use It. , inn i in Kranci , Ucr-;, Ucr-;, am huvo made u ""i am n tin. last nntur) i Hiking llliistiatlons r, v iin uf I inline In n a (aim i of I Aim. Durum-I. Durum-I. u t irtiim by lnlslns ui i in l ill) of beets, on i 1 in 1 if tin count!, on pp. ji liuil bi in unu- i 1 1" ) ir ISO I COO ncrcs ti r lnnti 1 on hllli" by i ( ill 1 illibr factors, 11 - 1 Mill ssi 8 on 200 u lain r ixponsf s over 4i4i! n wns ollimited nt "t fir tiirnii r wits able to HKicti o i i of bo Is without from the !"ivlnR to the hnul-Ke hnul-Ke crop of fourliiu tons per .jon!) two horses (ilurlnR two hilt mont1 ) i ml the ordlinr) ral Imilcm nts founil In the tp'wlblc to rIvp In this artl-illcte artl-illcte rtr rlptlon of tlio Mirl- oftnntim In hllli lined In ilth tho in ir ex lunations S I ui; if s vcinl hun-i hun-i jl Ii i ritten on the sub-It sub-It ir i a Rood iut,Rtstlun !i nt of Aurliulluro to n I I published, to the 't of ir nierlcan funnels i nl I in I of the trituration i th 1 1 1 i"c i of l InlnlliiK 111 in tin futun dt- i f it stiKiir InilUHtrj r ltd .limit be nieicstl- lt H t ii nnl u question of fi I j n a question of the ty of r l mg be ts on u lurkc i)l m Hii beets nro planted l r ili lulls iriiniiil, nfter i in in i by the shovel ! I ml rolled nriorward I hs a rial mil r In or- Iti tt I ihelr pioper shoi e i i 1 1 neriilly two of tn I 111 i lire required 'I he nl t iiitntl the size of it i lihli on llm ilirreient ' "ii "DiintiloH 111 the t i in of Ihe bisl author ' f n 1 1 h in i r consul t Hi unic of his ill nth In 'in ii lull plnntlnB and pub- ' i it iiinki mid ptiiiiphlels iminuiinds in a irnptr dls- n Ui 1 1 t of the hills fit in i 1 1 Hurt six Inches, on it i kill in In i lei p, which nuts nl' in III, winie innilltlon Ik i hail hei n fouiteen 1 i Ii i d r to in ike up for 1 I n Ii tween the rows Ji Hi IisIkiI number of ' ' Hi 1 Is are left, nt the 'mi or tlin IneliiR npirt "Hi t ui u llrst i lass land, ' i I Willi u erfei t uiltl- 'in, null was able to nile 'fit I i r nue pnliulliiB lh l 11,1 WllKlll of iitieiiitni; over one and in 11 , irinn) ssleln. bleh 'all i ii id In Anuria r n li a Kind of n mm- ' On I'll mil hMl sjs- ' " ii lilt iilantlnn" 1 'i i i i tin udnntiiKO of ' i I'liout mi) uf tlnli iK- I" "' or iin l!i rtd sjsleni ' 'i us It hit) bren "I ' nu HI) used rlurlmr lr r i a fmni bilonclnic to , "r " ' i liln but, In a mw " ii I r more prudent to ,' i at linst fin the 111 ft " ii I ninoln KjHtun, )hleh ' 1 Imf nut nnulro spe- '""i ' lu ninkn n luactltal hani of tllo h pinnthiB ' ,n iniioiiiiiils llcrlel and ir us follows j ' ' ' of piepailns the " i' i iiiiioi) oik urn bo , , r ' a It lias been done " " I- and In Ml, IiIkiiii (1902), , P1 ' 11 nml lltitel reenm-iL," reenm-iL," "" 'dlls built before wln- "M n nt.lei in rnn time lu '? I"' nlnilpilly In order to I ,n,"b if the hood effect of the " treininl Krnund. 111 in lint pliiullui;, moHt .. ' n"iiiniiliiiLi In the soil ' ' whleh miKlit to sup-n, sup-n, r amount of niolsluie "p " t monlliH of vpRVtatlon , , r Ii ihoii In lost on I- lit! lilni! eti , male In I, . " woilt behiB done In n I , ' , wry often tint the , l i iw dry enniiRb nt llm n , "wIiiks It Is tnimpled ' ' if thi horscH (about ' "" n iimn of two lioises in- t., " I"b Us permeable i. ," ' n ornlde effect of tho , " a loit Win re a Inrae ,, "" l plnnloil nbout one-" one-" "I il too early, onc-thliil "'"1 ' "ti illsnppeur In the hill " ' hill tan be built br. I I, ' " 'hu bi t can bo 7J "r time. 6,' no band cultlMUIon " being cry close on tho top, thrlr lenps tie eorrlnff the fitounl a fw da)S after the thinning. e1Iiik no limine to the weeds All the cultivation cultiva-tion on the lop Is tendered linnet esstir) and the iiilllintlnn letwern the hills cm bo made by horses and innchlncs 1 Uasv cultlMitlon On nciount of n HrBO distance between be-tween the rows and of the Hhnpc of the bills, tlieie Is no risk of liming the r.kinU hurt h) the hoises or cut by the (ultlatii, the hoist -hoe can ko niuili neater to tin plants, thus doliiB mure clfectlie work I ltt tier shape of the beets, higher percentage of suk ir The depth of the ploucjhlnB bclnB HrKely Incrensed, the plants can de-Mlop de-Mlop in lonRth, their shape Is moie reBUlitr, and the frequent unl tliorntikh horse-hoeliiks lesult In nil Incteim In tin percentage of subui und puilty 'llitrc nie other adintnKe The thlnnliiB out Is miidp lasltr on account of the dirfcienie of leel of about fouiteen foui-teen Inches between the tup of the hill nml the liottom of the illlih, the liar- e stliiB Is also easier it' etc rheie ore also n few ilisaduintaKi The hill plnntlnB cannot be leiommen led In the dry icElons where theie Is Miy little oi no rnln and whole the beet must depend de-pend for Its Binwth duilnB enl months on the supply of water prt-lllusl) prt-lllusl) stoieiLln th soil The evapo-r evapo-r tt Ion Is mine iilIK e In tin hills than m, 1,a (In, rtrnnnil nn (ii.filint (it (L ltreer men S-pecial Iniplcniints ore iiiiiilttil In ordei to obluln 'lie iiinsl-inum iiinsl-inum nop nt the minimum cost nml tho pripui ttlon of the mound nnd the fidiuint horse cultivations, folulwed b) the lehullilliiB of the bills cost some mone) In fact, the hill plantbiK does not suo nn) woik 11 on!) replaces n l.irRe irt of the hind work b) horse and muililne work Hut this Is precisely pre-cisely what the American fnrmcis want. 'J hey object to the hand-weed-ln and hoclns. they hno no objection to the hoise eiilthntlon It ma) be IntiiestlnR to recall tluit thelillls oiiBht to be txt In the north-south north-south line, In order to receive about the siine amount of sunshine on both sides Ilust-west hills nro not ilpenlng so fast und the pertcnttiRO of siiBir Is smaller. While the Importance of the nbovo ndwintnKis of tho hill s)stem Is Mirl-nble, Mirl-nble, nctoidbiK tb the illrtLrent conditions condi-tions of each iuw )et It cannot bo denied de-nied that they nre the natural result of th" )stim The) nre evident!) 'a prion' udvnntnRe Moreover, they liavi been eiltled b) the prnctlcnl work of bundle ds of r.uropc-in fnrmeis. Ilnwevci, the hill planting Is not In return I use even In 1'uroi e nml tho follow lint objertlon will surel) be made In tin I lilted Mutes, as It has been mnde in Canada elsht jears ago How Is It Hint the hill s)tem Ins not been Rim rally iidnptid In Ilurnpe, 111 Trance, fur Instnnie, where It was so eainirtlv advocated nnd so suicess-fully suicess-fully used by men like Decioinbiequo, Ohimpouiiols, tit Tho answer Is vcr) simple: 'Iho hill plnntlnB i educes considerably considera-bly tho hand labor which Is abundant, cheap nnl perfect in Kiance-luit It In-ciiiisos In-ciiiisos the burse an I inichlnt work, which Is rntliir scaicu and tipcnslve. 'Jlie ordinary rreiich beet Bremer Ins ver little lo do with his bt ts, from tint plantltiR In the haulluR of tho crop. lie has simply in piss irom lino m tlmo belwetn the lows with the horse-hoe horse-hoe All his time Is taken Ii) the other crops All the cultivation Is inndo by contrnilors from the northern del nrt-miiits nrt-miiits and fioin UiIkIuiii. who umlei-tuke umlei-tuke the Ihlnnlm, out. the weellnR mil hmlnir. tho pullliiR out, cutt ns and ImilliiB tin vviiBons for a jirlct- III it vviiuld look ildlculous In the Hulled Mntes-KOH to 1 I; ntr'1 "c01"1 ",; tu the nuinbei uf 1 lants left nt the "'llT'planlliiR In hills the fanner vvoull have to do nil the work himself with bis luusiH ns the eonlinetor Is a l oor man and caiiunt hii) an) horses Iho children of Iho littu would, nioreover. lose th.lr Job 'Iho hill s) stem w mill fit-illy lesult, for the averat,n 1 lei eh heet Biuwri, in the lessuiliiB or hit oerenKt! of beets ,.,,,. In Iho I'ulted Mates nnl Cinadi the situation ti tntli.hdlffci.nt Ihe lnnd labor Is Rcnunll) senreo nnl expensive, ex-pensive, no eontinctor cntild he loan i lo work vvllh his fniull) In llm b'et lit MR ns tin) do III Hm ope. fiom n n to S or 'IP in. uml "i hoists nnd in. bines in. ill. uei than n l.uiope Ibis txilnlns vvh) the Hreneh farmer, far-mer, even nt the risk of IosIiib I,"0."".-IhliiB I,"0."".-IhliiB em Ids loniuKO. Is ii u lint I to stick lo tho Hit plinlluB. nml vvh) lie A.nerlcnii be.l-Riowei will pnil.nl I) mlopt Iho hill HjHim If. ns It tun i ixptrttd the prictlml tests n ndn this )i ir In JllihlBaii will hho sallsiatloiy '"""ilmlnir Unit the bill pHnlliiR will ......l !,., Aninrleilll beet Enmer to llo ovvny with tiny kind of hand labor In ?ho eultlv itloll of beets, except, of lourse tho thlnnliiB out: insuniliiR also th t iv pe feet harvesiliiR lunchlno has e n InvVited. lb" hill svslein would (iinw uco.it .bio soli. Ion of he litet-RiottliiR Pioldeui of tho United l,cHrn woull remain of course, the thtnliVir Hit It would not Klvo too 1K"I by invlnr on other Iten.s-ient "VholVowlimof'beets in such rondl- of cnpltal. i.verj "' " .,.-. ssllry eoilll Brow as mini) ncies ns "'""J"" SSl,e'TreyTn'eV.?hre,.l fe'W.J nl-t'Ste!raSo,'i,ecorf o,irrncV.yy1"f'.u.0,,,.'Miblr,.r.t,,.eP-oper J2TliVll5 SSiwWtt.. -en Invented tested nnd uv 1 durlnB n vvh I. i iison In I in ipe it i an work on all kin Is of Rroun I In mi) Kind nf vv miner 1 uIIIiik topping nn 1 eb inltiR two nml n half nrr.s of beels In ten bouis with n regularity nevei obialned In Ihe bund wnil. It will hi lu eperv-tlon eperv-tlon In Detroit and lln) tlly next fall under the oes of nil the Interested pa. ties firmets sugnr men, bullde.s of tiKiltulliirnl Implements Mlrb lluprnveinetits In bet Rrnwlng me not only deslrnble, but nbsnliitel) nirissi t), In view of th low price nf sugnr, for tin next intnpiilgn, and with the prosie(t nf a probable Tub in rcel-proclt) rcel-proclt) neat) 1h.) would enable tho Aloeiimu sugar nnnuf ututcr to reduce re-duce the cost prhi of his sugytr lo tho limit of the Tin oiiean mst price Hn-fortunifel) Hn-fortunifel) the ilnngei Is in. Inner In the competition of'l uropeau beet su-rhi, su-rhi, mil the merlcnn sugnr niun will need many other Impiovenunts before ho is nble to colnpite with the enne sugnr manufacturers of the tropical regions. |