Show ROOT SYSTEM Of ThE rUE SUGAR BEET It Is a well established esta d fact that tho tim form and sugar content of the tho beet bear boar a very Yon close relation to each other This being trus It is apparent that the tho character and nature of the tic soil Boll In which the beet beeL Is produced has much to do with the quality of or the root as a source of sugar Tho The sugar beet bc t can rightly be he classed as a deep feed feeder er or When Then the soil Is properly hand handled handled handled led It will penetrate to a depth of o othree throe three or four feet leel and have hare very ver lit Ill little the tle tI development In the upper six Inches of the soil soli These fine root rootlets rootlets rootlets lets are aro the feeders of the root system and the greatest amount of fibrous growth will take place between eight and fourteen Inches below the suf su face providing the tho soil Is In the tho best condition Under thither such conditions UIO tho most must perfect form fonn of root will ho bo de do developed eloped and the plant will be less sub suu subject subject to sudden changes es of tempera temperature ture tUle and anti periods of or drought will be minimized In their harmful l effects It will be he seen that the tho effects of sub soiling on root and also deep dee cultivation play Illar an Important In tho the successful raising of sugar heeLs beets for sugar The root point is driven by IW tho the repelling force of or the sun l h thirst and by b hunger as s wel I ns as by tho attraction of the tho earth The Tho attraction of water lends leads the point In tho th direction of or tim tho soil fOJ containing moisture while the tho chemical attraction attraction tion lon directs It towards regions of or soil containing r proper nourishment According to Knauer the sugar boot leet should possess a beautiful rational form orm since an unfavorable form ro re reduces duces the lie yield Is Js more moro atno to carry with It dirt and stones and contains less ess sugar and more Impurities and an consequently draws heavier healer on the fer fertility ci hIlt of the soil Stony Ston hard bard anti and lumpy lump soil solI should bc 0 I avoided as well wen as soil where the water waler level eel Is high which will cause the roots to assume a growth and the rootlets to take a more horizontal direction An unequal dis of or fertilizers fertilizer will tili also cause caute malformations as the roots roos will seek tim the nearest formations of nitrogen Ini soil soH anti and poorly worked soil solI will have similar effects Deep plow plowIng Ing ng or deep cultivation done dOlle thoroughly and proper lon lion will be bo requisites requisite In the success successful ful production of or the most niost perfect sugar hoot belt Flannel will not harden or shrink if when new nc it is put Into clean cold coldwater coldwater coldwater water frequently Wash Tash well in warm water using a little soap AOp to remove relieve the oil Flannel thus linus washed nevor hardens |