Show suggestions ON 0 THE CULTURE OF SUGAR tills la is tho the last ot of a series ot of two articles which wo we are publishing with a efow ow of giving home helpful suggestions to tile tho many people who will bo be raising sugar boots till alila year without any previous experience to buldo thorn thom tho the first article of tile the bories was waa published last week wo we suggest that prospective boot boet gro growers weris calill out both articles and preserve them thein for future absolutely tile most serious handicap to grow ing beets la in older to mill linio imizo the labor lit in keeping tile tho boots frea from woods weeds the weeds should IP be grattic Grat lic atel from tho soil boll before tile tho boots nie arc planted if land previously planted to olf air alfa or clover clever Is utilized thoro there la Is not apt to ho bo many woods weeds nor are woods humorous on land where tho the provi ouri not crop was thoroughly thoi highly hood and cultivated it Is id ii a good plan to plow tile tho ground parly early in III tho the tall lall and give it ono one or two dis kings after tho the weedo aro aio well wall started in the spring tile tho ground should again bo be until planting time just as often as tho the woods weeds start atwell atter after tile the beets tire aro planted plan tod it Is well to harrow tor for the purpose of keeping tile tho woods back until attar after tile the boot seed has germinated it is advisable to cultivate the boots beets as soon a they are up tip or if care la Is used so that dirt Is not thrown over tile row it Is a good plan to cultivate before tho the plants break through tho the ground hand work should begin jiust as soon as aa the beets aro are up to prevent the weed from getting a sta I 1 A little work early will save much lailor lator later when tile tho heets beets show tour four leavon J caves or it a little before lio toro they should bo blo blocked bloch cled od and the cultivator and the hoc should bo be used alternately until tho the boots are too large to cultivate with hors horais without injuring the plants planta hand labor should 4 conti nito to go avor tho field pulling any we woods ads and gram HI ass that may so that when harvest time cornea comes the tha held win bo absolutely free broo from grass and weeds grass and woods weoda are deleterious in two ways 1 ahw tako take the me mols I 1 i airi and plant food from tho the boots arid and 2 they prevent tho the freo free circulation of air and tho penetration ot or the anns rays wen wait wo we realize that water sun shino and air aro are tho the tareq age agents ants that storo store tho the sugar it in the colla cells or of the hoot we Q can moro maro easily why nothing should interfere to prevent the performance portor manco of fj full function plant food in tho the soil moll forma no part of tile the sugar in the beet tor for that comos eni entirely from tile the atmos through the leaf in the form oi 01 I 1 arbon dioxide it if a field Is IB clean the beets aro are only of a bettor quality and moro more un biform in size but are ready to har hai vest much earlier than they would be rents ns r whon the boots havo have taken on alig maximae amount of sugar mugar thoy they should lie bo hai vested the beats roni oved froin tho the ground with wit it a b puller lor many experimental machil have boon con made with a view of labor in harvesting but ai a yet ot no lie device has hao boon been that 1 will tot top pull anti and load the tha crop a ono one op operation oratio a after tile tho beets aej ard pulled they are topped and taken ty tile tho mill hiskar beet ily the products byproducts by of sugar have a material value as aa feed tor for livy alv stock for instance stanco In a liandro liun hundred dro U I 1 pounds of sugar beet tops tape in a grees state contain digestible nutrients aia d follows fol lowa 17 pounds ot of crude pro teli 54 pounds of carbohydrates and T pound of fat whoa tho the leaves are made into silage 10 pounds contain 2 1 pounds crude protein 10 pounds carbohydrates arid and 4 pound of tat at hoet fleet pulp elthier wot or dry makes make a fine 1 block ark f food fd d the pulp in a moist state Is placed lit in driers whore where tho the moisture ta is removed leaving tho the dry substance which represents ton ten cor cent cant of tho mass the digestible nut lionts clonta in pounds of dried beet pulp Is 46 pounds crudo crida protein 65 2 2 Potin pounds ds of carbohydrates and ancl JS 18 pounds of fat making a very nourishing arid and palatable toed feed tor for live stock steel in conclusion permit us to admonish thoad who contemplate raising sugar boots first to make a test by ral railing bing a small patch arid and havo have nn it n analysis mado of tho the beets to ascertain it if they contain bugar to warrant raising the crop after it t lias has been determined that tho the sell boll Is ail alap apted tod to boot growing then bomo bamo reliable reli ablo beet sugar bugar company should bo be consulted with a view of obtaining its operation cooperation co and assistance si stance in establishing a mill that wll wit furnish e and an export expert advisor while colorado tal utah and idaho aro are regarded as aa being the sections no best adapted to fco beet raising the crop Is being grown grown in enormous pu antilles vory very profitably in minnesota I 1 montana Sion tana ohio michigan now new york indiana and many southern states Fari banners nors should also knop lii 14 mind the fact that the sugar beet is the greatest of all soil and boll buil builders dorn st matter ot of vital ani porta ned cd in these times when the high gricol of lanu and labor demand greater returns from the farms |