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Show Transplanting Sugar Dects Successful H During the past Piunmer I decided to , k try tho effect of transplanting sugar l H beets. Seed watt planted April 20 near H Logan, Unh, in new land fro n which JH tho native sage brush had been recently H removed. Tho soil was plowed to the JH depth of eight inches, nnd thoroughly H pulyerized before planting. Water was 'H turned in the lurrows May 10 and this ' H was repeated at intervals of 10 or 15 IH days throughout tho Benson or until 'H October. The water never flowed longer H than one hour at n place, and was not v jH permitted to stnnd or touch the tubers 1 or tops on tho surface- Beets wero M thinned June 10 by cutting out all but H two or three in every foot of row, tho H distance between ro.vs being about six- ' teen inches. Cultivation followed oadi : H irrigation and the ground was kept olcan of weeds. Tho average yield was 14 tons H to tho acre, the boots averaging about M one-hnlf pound each. H Having made successful experiment- M in transplanting onions, I decided to M transplant some sugar boots and watch . M developments. At thinning time, whea M tho beets wero about the sizo and M length of n finger, I spaded up several M hundred und reset the same as cabbago H plants, by making holes with n dibblo M and allowing them to fill with water M from tho ditch, trickling along tho M furrows before firming the moist soil nrottnd the plants. To my surprisoj H fully nine-tenths of tho transplanted, H beets lived and grew. The tubora' ceased going downward and began to ' H spread out liko turnips, nnd when fully H grown resemble. I rutabagas. Tho leaven - jH eprtul fiat upon tho ground instead ot H growing upward, as in tho original seed'. H rows, thus maintaining, perpetual ' H moisture nnd killing out grass and : small weeds. When harvested thor H transplanted tubers avereged one-third r ,); H 'heavier thnnthe.others. nndljcontaihedffifelv. H about three per cent more sugar mntter1 "- " and purity. J Thevaii'ous reports on sugar beet'- growing prove that tho business cannot H be u success except by the adoption of the most modorn methods of fertilizing - j and cultivation. Deep fall plowing puts H the soil in better condition, and is ndviseable, except on sandy land. Closo tillage aud careful hand thinning o,nd weeding are as necessary in sugar beot culture as in onion growing. Shallow stirring of the soil between rows is' beneficial after each rain or irrigation, H and frequent hoeing aids in kcqping' H down weeds aud increasing fertility. H Highly manured soil will pruduco'lurgc,' coarse specimens containing but little H sugar and of but little feeding value, H On ordinary soil, with careful tillago, H beets testing from 10 to 10 percent and yielding an nverago of 16 tons to tho aero can be grown. These beets will H sell at $4 a ton, or $72 nn acre, giving tho farmer u profit of $30 per ncro, H keeping the land in good condition and returning the elements of fertility by the tops left 9u tho field. J. L. Biley in Orange Judd Farmer. H |