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Show Beet Crop Notes. The weather for the papt woejc has been most discoui aging to bcoi farmers ns.well as to all others. The lain so badly needed has not come, but instead we havo had a series of drying winds which havo not only still fuither dried out the soil, but damaged some fields by drifting sand. In an interview vosteidny with Mr. Ruopp, agricultural pupeiintehdent of tho factory, ho told 113 that there were planted up to Inst Saturday ontheOhino ranch 750 acies; at anaheim 1370 acrep, and at Florence 1000 a total of 3210 ac-08 tributary to this factory. Last year at this date there were 208(1 acres planted including Uueneme, which was then tributary to this factory. Tiio planting is, thoreioro much farther advanced, ad-vanced, than it was one year aco. Bit1 Wncr;h vtjjiy etlwenTrepI a n ted Yriiiiitt! Thinning is jiiet iVolljr'cpifrnioiice At Anaheim theie 155 acies ready to thin, at Florence G5, and on the Chino rn'ch oncor two fields Tnoro have been plowed for boots to date at Ohino 4200acrep, at Anaheim 2700nnd Florence 2000 ncres. Mr. Roupp says that unless wo have an inch or moro of rain ho expects no crop fiom Anaheim. Florence is in a bettor condition to withstand drought. Ho takes a moro en com aging view of the conditions at Chino. He says that this lanch is better suited to withstand drought than any of the beetgiowinu sections. I i we shall yet get some spring showers there will be but a small acreage under contract, not planted j though of courso the yie'd must be expected ex-pected to bo light on somo of the laud. IIo advises the farmers to continue working tho soil and keep it thoroughly pulveiized, so that li will retain all the moisture there is and absorb what may jet fall. Chino Champion. 1 1 . |