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Show THINNING BEETS RIGHTLY ADDS TONNAGE start thlvni.va as soon' as ihxts show fouji leaves supeuvisio.v by grower imp l'ORTAT Thinning Is ono of the most important im-portant operations In tho growing of a sugar beet crop. Good thinning cannot bo dono unless un-less li Is preceded by good and proper pro-per cultivation oa close to the beets is possible. No matter haw good tho stand tho blocking and thinning may cause the grower unnecessary losa in tonnage unless ho carefully supervises the operation. . w Tho field labor should bo kindly t positively Instructed that tho de-ulred de-ulred result is a field free of weeds and a strong beot plant about every foot of row. The plant to bo left should be handled han-dled In-such manner ns to disturb its 'iot system as llttlo as possible. Do not allow beets to becomo too largo beforo thinning. Blocking and thinning should be started just ns Boort ns the beets show tour leaves' The ryirly thinning Is necessary to cscaper tho harmful effect of hot wcathcij on the disturbed root system sys-tem .of the joung plant. - Insist that tho labor leave the strongest plants only. A small single sin-gle plant may well be cut out Instead In-stead of a strong plant In a bunch. Experiment has shown that healthy leets at thinning tlmo generally re-naln re-naln strong throughout the season, and that thrifty and healthy looking plants left at thinning tlmo give belter bel-ter tonnage than leaving small plants even if the latter make regular reg-ular spacing easier. Very frequent inspections of the thinning work to see that these In-tructlonB In-tructlonB aro being followed will repay re-pay the gower. Beets should bo cultivated Immediately Imme-diately after thinning and blocking. THE AMALGAMATED SUGAR CO. |