Show I A BEET CROP George Meinhardt got an average of a little better than 13 tons of ot sugar beets off oft 60 acres This was on the theland theland theland land he rented from Carl Pearson to the west of Georges George's place The editor editor editor ed ed- ed- ed was In that patch In the midsummer mer just before the excess of heat had got in its deadly work and he believes believes believes be be- that crop was possibly the best beston beston beston on the project at that time It was certainly a very promising outlook Two weeks later a following visit showed that excessive heat was wiltIng wiltIng wilt- wilt Ing lag the tops which were drooping down and lying flat on the land with the result that when tonnage came in In the beets were found to be pithy and poor and not filled in with plumpness lacking in saccharine Had the weather been cooler this would not have been the case Beets thrive In Inan inan an even and equable temperature but butare butare butare are badly Injured in intense heat Climatically the year Is off tf on beets Mr Meinhardt's e experience proves this for tor he is the person who grew 22 tons to the acre on ap a early crop here several years ago which was used largely In the advertising gotten out by the Delta Land W Water ter Co So that when th the tho same man on the same same land and that land In even better physical condition falls down It shows that It Is the year and not the man What was good for tor alfalfa alfalfa- seed to mature it It to fill it out to tomake tomake tomake make it the most successful crop the Valley has ever yet produced produced produced pro pro- was just the conditions exactly that injured beets The grass bears this out over the entire mountain area area It it was an oft off I year for tor that crop I I |