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Show About Irrlcatlng Deets. ( Written for "The llnmier.") The questions aro often nskud by tho tanner "When shall I Irrigate my beets? Will the sugar beet gather more saccharine matter in soil not Irrigated than in iirigntcd soil?" In teplvlng to the first wo would say, Irrigate your bcetB when they show the actual need of It, and every person who il accustomed to farming In Utah, can tell when that is but cfoii't put any water on ns long as there is a fair supply of natural moisture in the ground ; (or too much water is just as bad ns not enough. Tlio sugar beet docs not begin to thrive ns well, and reach tho full uniform uni-form sizo on cold uudralned land, that it docs on higher and dryer ground. Those who have beets In land that has been kept unusually wet by tho heavy rainfall of the past-spring, noto how much larger and nioro advanced tho beets on the higher spots are. Where there is mi excess of moisturo tho roots receive sufficient nourishment without going ns deep ns they should into tlio ground, and tho result is a short undersized under-sized beet which may have soveral roots thnthavo spread out In various directions direc-tions so as tu icmnin In tho drjer, warm soil near the surface, rather than go down Into tho cold wet earth below. Tho sugar beet will penetrato through pliable soil to a cousldernblo depth in search of what moistuic and nourishment nourish-ment It needs, and w hero it Ij necessary for it to search to a moderate depth, for that which it requires, without having to go (oo deep tho result is a long well shaped root of good sizo and rich in sugar. In regard to the amount of saccharino in beets that aro irrigated ns compared with thoso that aro not, wo can only nay that n buperfluos amount ol water will certainly bo damaging to tlio sugar por-centngo; por-centngo; but if it is judicially used, and not applied too late in the season, so as to force the beets and give them an unnatural, or second growth, wo do not anticipate that it will in any manner bu detrimental to tho quality of the lieets. It must bo born in mind that tho application ap-plication of Irrigation In tho raising of sugnr-bects is as jet in Its experimental stago, mid there is much to bo learned by all parties so ns to obtain the best average results under various existing conditions. |