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Show i . BEET THINNING. j An Article from the I . Sugar' Company. JpTho important work of thinning out i our sugar beets is close at hand and wo deem thia a propitious time to warn the armors against the growing piopertsity to leave tho beets too far apart in' the TOWS. If&uat be rcu.cmbored we aie work ing undur u different contract than heretofore ; the standard of quality b:-ing b:-ing raised ono por cent and a fifty cent cut in the price of beets ripening .after the first of November. It is a fact beyond be-yond all doubt and dispute that beets which aro spaced wide apart in the rows are both slower in ripening and of poorer poor-er qaality than those that are left closer. The temptation to grow n very, heavy crop of say 1G to 20 tons per acie, by having every beet grow just within the size that will be accepted by tho factory, is surely going to lead many farmers to sorrow un'ess the tendency is checked. From ten to fifteen tons is an excellent excel-lent crop in any country, and farmers should bo satisfied to keep within that limit pnd be on the safe side, A good stand of plants thinned out to from 5 to J 8 inches in the tow according to tho richness of tho Boil should give a satis-iactory satis-iactory yield on any of our good beet land. To space wider than eight, or aino inches at tho most, is dangerous under almost any conditions and should not be practiced. This warning is gen- t era), is applicable to all districts and , wbaLafc, ,fa, ahould bo carefully heeded by all who . q&mfiraJSfihfr vyMJIipSK"' l560 forthe Lohi factory., ,. |