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Show rr.x influence cn tb one h Its dt-' rcci beating on the other. When th lied U selected. th jleld co'-wld b r-'-Id In mind by ih fanner; bon It U p!ouc!i"d. P nho.'.l.l T done lth a to insure the larK..t poaslbl- Jlcld and nr.t with ;t view to K,-t oer ff many acres er dav; whoa the sprint: work U to bo u?,en up, ih tliounht for yield timH bo uppermost In the farmers mind and he wto would bo ycccssful. must plant In 'Kh soil r be would bis tlower ?ccjj; when ho thins, hoes, cultivator I and Irrigitep, tho sUo husbandman v.lll do o with an aim to tiring out of his labors tho most profitaoio croo. He mil not slight th thinning In '"dor to rnrh tho work, for tbo ab-ffr.ro ab-ffr.ro of a lwf t hero and ft lnet tbor Mil. In his harvest man the ha of dollars on each acre. When he hoos and niluvslp. he will not do so Jut because ho s driven to it on .wunt of th? eeds no hiding the Hants that be might mistake the boots for the potatooe, neither will ho Irrigate with tho object In view (.f doing away with cultivation, fcr moisture conserved in the soil is far preferablo to moisture pomr-d on tho ko1. It Is an erroneous but prevalent Idea that if tho farmer ha. irrigation farlliiie on which to (i pond for tho ncceary moisture for his crop, bo bns llrtlo el-o to d.i iuc-ing iuc-ing tho growi h of the beet. It may be well to Mate here that 'capllary water alone nourishes anT moistens the growing boot plant," and that direct di-rect application t water rarely ever benefits the j)lant. Tho Ideal condition condi-tion of the soil will admit of air circulation, cir-culation, capllary action and bacteria bac-teria propagation and growth. The question of frtilizatiori has Dot boon considered In this article. SOIL 1T AND FIELD 11 The primary considerations In tho cropping of our soils may well be con-t-lrierod under two heads, namely, economy In tho handling, and tho yield. The wldo awake farmer will practice economy In the savins of time, materials and labor, lie will be on the lookout for any. new device or scheme that will lessen the work and yet do It as well or better than tho old way. This Is not to be understood, under-stood, however, to mean that h should be ready to take up with any nnd all new theories that have ben tried out and found t bo true to Bclontlflc principles of agriculture. Itut It H monnt to convoy tho thought that even Ihe most wide avako aod best farmers are prone to carelessness and Indifference In matters mat-ters of scientific agriculture. As Is true In I ho successful culture cul-ture of all crops, the results obtained in the growing nf boots for sugar are determined very largely by the grower's grow-er's management of the seed bed. It Is too often tho case that we are lu too much of a hurry' to get the seed l:u tbo ground, not giving proper tim. to the preparation of tho bod which Is to care for and nourish the tender plfint during its . growing period. A careful beginning will reward tho farmer richly, while a tdlpshod method oltea cuts the profits in two. It Is not economy to neglect the details de-tails in tho prepnration of tho seed 1d In order to Rain a little time la tho seeding of tho crop. It Is not the purpose of this paper to go into tho totalis of agriculture and methods ot 3 farming. It is doubtful If that would i be nocossarv at this time. There are very few farmers but who know tho requirements of a proper fped bed for the sugar beet Itut It is just as true that there are too few who give It their very best attention, not realizing, real-izing, perhaps, that an additional one dollar per aero spent In tho proper ci.ro of tho soil would give them an increase tonnage of 2 per cent. This Is true economy and Is oftea overlooked by oven tho best of onr readers. We can find this verified In tho work of tho best truck garden-ets. garden-ets. Why can they aftord to pay such 1 lgh rent mi land? Pocause they worU It out of the eoil. They put a great deal of labor into tho soil of every pcre and herein lies tho economy tlie key to success. Tho beet grower cannot get down'to the exact methods of tho truck gardener, but tho nearer ho can approach those methods and yet not brine: about congestion ot labor on his larm, tho greater will be hl.j profits and tho actual Improvement Improve-ment of his soil. Ho will not bo lobbing his capital the fertility of the soil. In the handling of the soil, tho ocen-cmy ocen-cmy and yield are so Inlerwoven thin |