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Show I The piospects tot a Rood Uet hai cst , this coining season look nood -ays the I'tali State .lournal. The niound i-well i-well soaked with watei, and snow I-pilliiK' I-pilliiK' up in the mountains, which will make the -pi Inns swell with water which will nk'dilcn the husbandman hus-bandman and euaule him to icficsh hi- ciop this commn season. All those who hae iiul contracted should do so at once as the season is aihanc-inn. aihanc-inn. It .is.Inow uearlyr.the th-t ol Apill, and In otliei yeais, or In .some yeais at least, ipilte a number of acies hae been planted befoie this date. My .expeiience, Il has been learned that land can not be too well I prepaied for the planting of the beet seeds. If the land Is too haul the drills will not coer the seed, and if too soft It Is apt to itin In too deep, hence It Is ery necessaiy toprcpaie the land Just light to lusiiie a good stand of beets. Then it has been lcaingd by expeiience that It Is eiy Injuiloiis to let the beets et too large befoie thinning them. They should bo thinned as soon as they have four leaves on them. If left longei It Is an injuiy to the beets. They should be thinned leaving only one In a place, giving them all the chance ofgiowth in the early spiing befoie the weather gets too hot. Caie should be taken not to let water inn on the beets when they aie young, for when Hooded eaily they don't as a Mile make a good ciop. A ciop of beets and weed-do not glow well together. The faimeis have genei.illv got down to a better cultivation ol the soil and aie getting better ciops. The siigai companies had less aeies last yuai, but still had moie beets even uioie than any j yeai beloie. This speaks well for the "beet lalseis Mv sustaining tin- industry in-dustry and miming II to its full rapacity ra-pacity will help to make good times fiirnb-hlng laboi for all that want to woikund helping business gein tallv i |