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Show Beets and Alkuh. Planting will commence utChiniinbut the middle of February thu usual lime. The sugar company will, however, iu u day or two plant eomu experimental patches of heels on alkali lahd, to deter-nilno.whothern deter-nilno.whothern belter Binnd cannot be secured on tills laud beforo the close of tho rainy senson. Mr. Haclio's theory ia that W hen the seed Is planted Into (he evaporation brings the nlknll to tho surface, injuring the young plants. Wherene, if planted early, tho rains keep the surface of the soil freo from nlknll until tho beets get past danger from that source. These experiments will bo carried fomaid until a definite conclusion is readied na to the advisability advisa-bility of planting qulto cnily on nlknll lands. Ohlno Champion. |