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Show IMPORTANT TO BEET GROWERS Land should bp plowed for sugar beets as soon as It Is dry enough to vyrok easily but should bo. harrowed before It gets too dry, so It will break up flno nnd mako a good seed bed. i ' To get a good seed bed Is very important im-portant to the beet grower, as twelve pounds of good seed to the aero on a good seed bed Is better than fifteen on u poor bed. Supply of beet seed is, limited this season and a suggestion sugges-tion has como from "HSto German growers to plant as llttlo to tho ncro a possible. In doing vthls,pnptlcular care should be taken In t,hopropara-tlon t,hopropara-tlon ot the ground. , We would not advlso planting too early ns last season mariy fields ut. beets wore killed by frost and had'to bo replanted. The beginning of April Is, as a rule, tho best tlmo to commence to plant, or ns soon nfter aa,tho weathor wilt pormL It Is very Important for every boet grower to have his land ready to plant early in April when there 1 plenty ot moisture in tho ground to bring the seed up. The beet seod baa a hard shell on It nnd It takes moisture to soak it so the beet can sprout and If tho land Is too dry the seed will not start until, rain comes W the land Irrigated. Beets grow differently than grain. Grain can bo planted deeper nnd It will como up, but If boots are planted plant-ed too deep they come but part way up and then tho top leaves turn back and die. It is very Important that the drll lcr plant tho seod tho proper depth end care should bo takon that tho sood is not run on top of the ground as is sometimes dono. |