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Show B Growing Beets. H Editor JU: ..: " mdthisprenchiiii B' a the Qosi)o. au . .what foreign to raising B beets, my frlentisj or recolving beetn H standing olie tho sheds arguing with B farmers about their big beets. 1 am H now standing on the streets arguing with B mankind about the Huvhijc of their aouU B nnd I find it easier to pick out big boots B than it is to pick out eouls for our Lord B and Master. They have been well hid B in darkness by the teachers of tradition. B If the farmers of Lehi will forgj-'c mo B iot tantalizing them I will try ado belter m in tho future. 1 must say we got along H well ntul I can tell you nil, my dear B friends, I am glad we did for' 1 need tho B faith of nil the Latter Day Saints and H. above all tho help of God in my labors B and I am confident 1 havo the support H ofiall my friends in this mailer. 1 don't B think'I have nn enemy on eartli ; if I H liave I don't know it. 1 Well, friends and beet raisers, nccord- mm ing to reports you won't have .so many B large beets this year and but a light B crop, as you have been short of water. B , I liave always contended, since 1 learned B u little about tho beet raising business B by practice, that thctc were things B absolutely ncuostnry for u good crop, B viz: Good land, or land that has been. B made godd, deep plowing where the land B will stand it, inpst soil to be plowed in B tho Fall if it has any clny in it especially, B plant according to seapon, . rigiit nfter B " grain and similiar crops are in and the B weather ." warmer, . eomq beasons in B March and late seasons in the first part B of April.. Plant about one inch deep H after well pulverizing the giound as B deep ns you can with, the host kind or H harrows. Get the land pretty solid on B tho surface so as not to get tho sued in B too deep. Thin according to the H strength of your soil; good, rich ooi H ubout (J inches and lighter soil from 0 10 B 12 inches according to your stand and B strength of laud. Thin, eat ly so as to B leave the strength of the land for tho B beets that are left. Thinning early hclpa B your beets to grow as you let the air irt- B to them. . It is highly, necessary that B v you keep tho beets clean. Wo find, as B farmers, that the keeping of our farms B clean for n few years the weeds get less B and the result is we have less work to B keep our farms clean. Deep fall plot- B ing weakens the weeds that grow from B the roots. I have learned as have many H othois, that deep-full plowing weakens H and kills such weeds ns ground cherries. B 1 have learned in' my little experience oi B live wars in growing beets that they, K like all othercrops, ncedsnilicieut water B from the time the, giound gets dry nnd H the leaves get quite dark and begin to B wilt. Thev miirit not be allowed to H wither and die. In tho ripening senson B whenever the beets begin to suffer for B moisture the impure mutter is drawn B back"into tho beets to a certain extent B for instead of the root' feeding tho top H with moisture and keeping the top up H to do its part it dies off before tho beet H gets ripe. If we nro in a climate where H tho ground and tops get' wet with dew B nnd rain that will mako some difference B so farmers in irrigated districts must be B governed by the land and tho season. B As regards wittering beets, iivery B farpier knows his laud,, or ought to B better than any other man can tell him! B You know practical experience is better B than theory ns Secretary Wilson said in B Cache county. He is right, as I have B found It so in preaching tho Gospel. I B nm sot ry that Lel.i has not got a lot of B good reservoirs, then tho beets would bo B much better, the fuctoty would .thrive B more. There are lots of reservoirs hero. H I was pleased to see the congratulations Bj Secretary Wilson gave Utah for their B success in raising beet seed. I beliovo B in giving credit where credit is due eo B 5Ir. II . A. Yullez deserves credit for this B in fact a great deal for the success of the B factory nt Lehi. In my estimation tlioy B liave lost their best man. If tho factory H ho has gone to does not mako a euccepB B it will not be his fault if ho has his way B in running it for if there is success to bo B made Mr. Vallez will bring it about. Ho Is not ono of thfase theory men but a practical sugar man who knows his business and does not guess at it. He brought valuable knowledge to Lehi that was needed to bring tho success that Secretary "Wilson spoke of in regard to tho sugar business. I hope your crops will bo bettor than you expect both in tonnage and sugar and that you may all ho satisfied, with tho results is tho vish of ono who always had ah earnest desire to bgo the beet business a success and bus ever I worked to that end. ' Mauk Austin. |