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Show HINTS TO SUGAR BEETGROWERS Able Paper On Proper Preparation of Soil For Planting Seed. Season of Planting Will Soon Be Here Wo aro now nearlng tho season of tho year when tho husbandman will havo to plant his fields, nnd It is woll for him to mako tho necessary preparations to bo ready ror this work when tho proper tlmo arrives. It Is generally conceded that llioso who plant their fields when tho land Is In proper condition to recolvo tho seed, giving the crop the ndvantago or tho early spring showers, got tho best results. Many or tho farmora In this and othor counties aro sugar beet growers grow-ers and several of them havo 3ugar beet drills, in which others havo a share. Now It 1; tho tlmo ror those having boet drills to carorully oxom. Ino sanio and soo ir thoro aro any accessories necessary to put thorn In Continued on pneo olght HINTS TO SUGAR BEET GROWERS Continued from page, one good running ordor. If extrag are needed, they should waBto no tlmo getting snmo so everything will be In readiness when tho planting season nrrlves. Usually, planting begins about the enrly part of April, three weeks from now. Experience hns tnught tho farmers that early beets nro generally tho most prcfltnblo. If seed Is planted In March, beets havo somtlmes been nipped by frosts. April", as a rule 1b soon enough to plant sugar beet ucd. Planting should bo done when tho lnnd 1b In proper condition not too wet. When tho seed la planted In good sanson tho land Is moist enough to bring tho plants up nnd they get tho early showers. Seed should not be planted deep when plenty of moisture Is In tho ground. Shallow planting, when dono early, la tho best. In fact, beets never should bo planted deep because If they nro they do not como"up. They grow part way up nnd then turn back and dlo. If seed Is planted enrly, ns n rulo thero Is not so much danger of n crust forming as thero lo when seed Is planted late, when storms como and tho Bun Is hot. It would bo of nd vantage to each grower If ho can so arrange his work as to bo In readiness when tho land Is In condition to plant. lly doing this many dollars vi bo Bn'red and mnny moro tons of bpets realized. If thoso having lnrgo fields of beets havo no drill, would suggest that they sccuro ono ns 'soon as possible pos-sible In ordor to plant as rapidly while tho land is In tho be9t condition condi-tion to recolvo the seed. Men should bo selected to run the drills who will bo careful not to run the Becd on tho top of the ground and also not plnnt It to deep. It Is Importnnt that tho rows b0 run a proper! distance apart. If they arc run too closo together, when cultivated culti-vated somo of tho beets will b0 cut up with a loss to tho fnrmer Thero nro nbout three weeks In each spring when tho lnnd Is m the best shape, ns far as moisture Ib concerned, to plnnt seed. If land Is too wot It ennnot bo properly worked until It drys out, but If any la ready, by all means work that part and plant. Every drill in th0 hnnds of the far-mots far-mots should bo run from early morning morn-ing to Into In tho evening, whllo tho land Is In proper condition. It Is very Important that overy farmer far-mer work his land nt tho proper tlmo so ho enn mako a good seed bed. If clods aro In tho way making It rough, It mnkes it difficult to hoe tho ground. |