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Show I How to Raise m Prize Sugar Beets. BTr Mr. John I. Holmgreen of Hear AW Itlver, Hoxelder Co., tolls how, in 1004, Hj ho grow n largo crop of sugar Leots. HL He says: ''The soil on which I grow V iny beets is" a 'a'atid lusm, on which ill1 -,, falfa was grown for twelvo years. In fl oughly to get inost of tho nlfnlfa roots ll on tho surface, then seeded it to oats, Mi1 which yielded heavily. In the spring I j of 1 0UI I plowed the land 0 inches deep I nnd covered all old toots (because they I ro iiouribhiiient for the beet. Homo M peopluluuil them oir their hind.), bar-!j bar-!j lowed well, then llonted land length II wise and crnsQwisc, which Hindu u per j fectly smooth, mellow seed bed. f l'lanted bcci! Apiil 15, one mill ouc-hnll j incheB deep, 15 lbs. to tho acre. Stand )l was excellent, llcgan thinning ob booii fl iih niu't beets had four leaves. Eaily ? thinning ib oiiu secret ol success. As j booii nH thinned I began to cultivate .them shallow to kill any weeds between ! rows nnd to relnin moihtiire. Wh'in Jlnt thinning n completed I begnu isceuiid thinning and hoeing out nil weeds vloiblu. They weio thinned from lb to 10 inches apart and no double IjicetH allowed. Wo cultivated them six lime during tho Bummer, this aome people consider excessive, hut it retains tho moisture ami lew irrigation Ib necessary, nec-essary, theieby causing tho beets to grow longer. We hail many bceta 18 I fochea long mid boiiio over 'i feet long. Our laud is well leveled so that beetH .dou'Jt get Hooded. They don't do bo well mIiuii Hooded, They were kept .clean fnoiii weedH. Weeds tako some giouiitjhiueutnud ronsidornb'o moisture. A jiotato crop grown on alfalfa ground previous to a beet ciop, wu have found, a ill give a larger yield of bectathan oatB ,or other grain provious to bceta." |
