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Show IMPORTANT TO BEET GROWERS Land should bo plowed for sugar beets as soon as it Is dry enough to wrok cosily but should be harrowed before It gets too dry, so It will break up flno and make a good seed bed. To get a good seed bod Is very lm-portant lm-portant to tho beet grower, as twelve 1 pounds of good Bced to the aero on a I good seed bed Is better than fifteen I on a poor bed. Supply of beet seed a is limited this season and a sugges- I Hon has come from tho German M growers to plant as little to the acre as possible. In doing this, particular I care should bo taken in the propara- I tion of the ground. n we would not advise planting too ft early as last season many fields of U beets were killed by frost and had to be roplanted. The beginning of April is, as a rule, the bost tlmo to commence to plant, or as Boon after as tho weather will permit It is very important for every beet grower to have his land ready to plant early in April when there Is plenty of moisture In tho ground to .. bring the seed up. Tho beet seed has a hard shell on It and It takes moisture to soak It bo tho beet can sprout and If the land Is too dry the seed, will not start until rain comes or the land Irrigated. Beets grow differently than grain. Grain can be, planted deeper and It will como up, but if beets are planted plant-ed too deep thoy como but part way up and then tho top loaves turn back I and die. It is very important that the driller dril-ler plant tho seed the proper depth and care should be taken that the - sfod is not run on top of tho ground r w as Is sometimes done. |