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Show SEET GROWING BENEFITS FARM Expert Writes on Cultivation of This Valuable Crop Cultivation of sugar beetf. ivi.h the extensive root systems grown iy thl? crop. Is declared hy agricultural experts ex-perts to be of tremendous value to farms. Especially is 't his the condition condi-tion when ihe beets arc cu)tiated in rot.vtion with other crops, a- coitllns lo the agricultural expert. I'pbuildlng of the sugar be o dustry has bee-n the constant effort of trained agriculturists emp!o e.l by Ihe great sugar companies of the com try. 'o-ODeratlon with the farmers has been such that these) trained men hava given much assistance. This hns n of a double puipose, for It not onl" has Increased the vcarly crop of aukh.-beets aukh.-beets and the average tonnage per acre but has also brought bettered on conditions, benefiting the farfti) for all time. I I S I I I IV VTI 'ue of these expert in l iah ha written the following regarding tho cultivation and irrigation of sugar beets: 'Beet land should be plowed in the fall from 10 to 14 Inches in depth, which gives the beet a better chance to grow longer and larger and makes It easier to send Its roots down Into the moisture The land should be worked down as firu us possible In the Spring to give the beet a good seed bed. The beets should be cultivated cul-tivated Just as soon as one can see the rows or just before thinning Mm". There are three reasons for good cultivation: ill It helps to ic-tain the moisture: () it loosen ihe SOt around ihf beets and makes them grow faster, i 3 It kills great many weeds. "I he first . u It leaf ion should not be too deep, .-is it win cover up main of ihe small bec-is The second ami ihirc cultivations should be as deep an possible, pos-sible, ih deeper Hie better, as It gives the beets ;i chance to send their roots! out Inlo ihe soil, which they could not do If the ground is not loosened up. i rvrn ite mm i r mhwim. "These cultivations should be glvin after the beet are thinned and start -lo grow well, on.? ;0out two weeks after the other. After the beets have i become s god size, they should not be cultivated too deep. As one Is ,apt to cut off and injure some of the roots, ibis will retard their growth. They should be cultivated as soon as it i possible to get on the land after irrigation j "Two or three gooJ hoeings during' the summer would help a great deal i In the destruction of Weeds, and help j maintain the mols:uro around the 1 i.eet.s. srhlch :s very essential. The proper use of Irrigation water; ' Is one of the most Important thing lone must consider. The time. th ap-1 .plication and the quantity of water. I used. In some localities, where there Is little winter precipitation, it is nee-, easar) to irrigate v.e-i up. Hut it lis more satisfactory to irrigate be-' fore the seed is planted. Meets should not be irrigated until they ate abso-lutelv abso-lutelv in need of water. "Thf object of withholding the water as long as possible Is to produce pro-duce long roots, since long roots are essential for go.d tonnage. "Beets should never be irrigated by the flooding method, but should be Watered in furrows, between the rows F looding Is likelv to scald the beets an. I t-i form a crust over the surface .f the ground, cutting off th air bup-nlv bup-nlv and retarding the growth at the beets "I have ,n mind two farmers. One ultivated very often and irrigated twice during Die summer. His nvcrago was 18 tons per acre. The other Ir-! rlwjte.i 1 1. mil every 10 dav and cul-1 tlvated tvv.i oi three times during ihe siimm.-r. His average was 10 tons per ace. The soli on both farms was the same. "Most farmers must lcani to cultl-. vate more and irrigate less." |