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Show y. ' Instructions to Beet Growers. ' ' f The sugar company along with its :r " ' . contracts has issued instructions to , . farmers regaiding planting, cultivation ' V etc. among which is noted tho following v, It agrees perfectly with the advice of all $A " tho expeit beStgiowers who liave vifcit- " ' d this section anu should be carefuliy ' " followed by all farmers: "l'lio past year's experiencs has shown how ini- . ' portaut it is to plough deeply. Irrigate , ,vf your land thoroughly, As soon U3 ' - horses cm go on the land put three good troP horses on a fourteen or sixteen inch V ' ' plow, with two horses, tinning land Jp over eiyht inches deep and follow with v' n subsollor or beot-lmrvesting plow t (such as used the past season,) running hIx inches deeper, Tlie increased ton-. ton-. , , nngo gained by either of ttieso methods !?' .' "will pay yon well for the extra expense By turning up tho "ground thoroughly in this manner tho beefs will grow long roots, and very little of the beet will bo -nbovo the ground. There 13 very littlo .augar in that portion which ia exposed and beets grown largely above tho ground are liable to bo 1 ejected by tho factory." Argus. |