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Show Tho Beet Crop Outlook. A trip over tlio China beet ilclds this week reveals what we heleivo Is without doubt the Hnest sight ip.tho way of giqw-lug giqw-lug crops that can be seen 111 Southern California at present ornt any other time of tho year. It is mile alterinileof broad streatclies of heels, with their bilglit foliage in many places already completely complet-ely t'oveiing the giouud. One of tho most surprising features of our beet crop to the avoiago person is the fact that in scarcely liny place can tbeie bo found any which has sulle-re-d from drought. The sugar beet is native of dry soil, and will glow- and llourish with less rainfall than nny other crop we know of. A few llelda wcro distroyed by winds in tlio spilng, but almost invariably wherever tberoh 11 beet now standing, eunon the upper dry land, it is growing ns vigorously vigor-ously us any we have ever seen. Tlio planting is priirtiuully completed, although a few small llelds will yet bo planted. Thinning Is progressing w oil, being now- about throe-fuurths done, audilio fields uro generally in flue condition, clean well cultivated and free of weeds. |