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Show iii:siit iiii.i: i'( ) i-1 - n i' si s mi ni:i i s i-: m:i.v ( mum si:i:i; :i:i- As il is llii". ,i ;to:v.-Ii; II a I i :! : - an vi r I" are l'i li .!-cil it is i in ji:u i ;i !i I lor l a i'ni'-rs In ha-il ha-il i ii i ii ' I I In- cn-at i 1 1 1 p rl ;i n nl' seed inn -:i r I y ami of sccilini; on firm .sec. I hi'ds, ai-rorilin--c to prnlTcssos Ceoi-p-Stewart, A eronoin : ;t Utah Agrinul I u r a 1 Kperi incut Si at ion. We liu vr iri'.'i I ly changed our,giV-'i our,giV-'i i idea as lo tile lime of seediii" su.ir I. eels during I he Iasl doze i .' ears or :-n. I.. -els used to lie da'H fd only afier (lie season had wirnie ! up pretty well and enns'derahle t i n afti.r I he gin in erojn wire .seeded I. is now -ei-on ized liy sugar companie. and l'reiiieni ly nnv'd by their agri , (.i.lturisls, and properly so, I hat bnelr , siiould be sown jus-! about as early a j Is pn-s'ble. Of course thc-io is snnif small daii'-er of risk in case the beet 1 should get. well started and a vnr severe frosl slionld follow. Ordinal- j lly il is coualel saie and w;se f 1 piaut beels as soon as si.Kn.jr. seem- j '0 have perinancnl ly opeii"d. In vanious sections of she country I it has been found lliat lieels plantc early yield anywlieie fioai five t ;wenty ier cent greater pel urns and j Somel line ; even, more liian tint, llian j do beet; planieil later in the yea-Son. yea-Son. el i ine.s only ten (lav: v II make :-d'Heronce :-d'Heronce of several lo.i; dio-ald the season turn of hot aid dry rathe i.aily. Another point of cns;derabe importance is th il seed ' e is for s ;xa ' beets need lo . rather llr'n. !) thi.-, i,3 meaiil not that these see, bod-? j. should be hard and crn-tod on to-- I hut that thr-o sh r:ld t- nho-it n . j'j inch or so of n(hr mellow mrdwv j j foii and thai the seed hods should j '"' 10 llioroi:.!y picked by mean? of harrow, rtrP)V m, ,,,,.., ,s w.,k : ! Ml-; on the win )ei,.i ' j distinct heel- print , and not sink in M to any apni-ei-ieoh. exlent. j I A nuntber of years a-'o Ihe Cni'e-i I jj tes !V,.ar..H.f of A unicu If ure ; j made a ,-nrcUi' survey al l.elii. I(ai,, I; i 'arland. I'tah ,-,, lll:lho Pas Ilah(! !; ! !t v;as feund th-,t nearlv fifty peri cenl of th sland nf bee! ? w.,s lost du - j to poor -cod l,o.i, amI ;,ni.oprr ;.pn;,. j ni'. Many of Ihe beets were i' on land? thai v--e s0 looso ,h.u ;' K'.f.-.re soil dr'e-1 on I before (.o beet, j ' ctiiid Rorm!!vf ,m i as a re-'uu hTJv i)ius--c,s in the rws occurred with a ! (o.-isequent redu.'lion in yield. Th-. ! i-eieonai m,Ssi nf a ,,lpp( is not a sarious mnitor but if the miss is for scve-al fee; or sor;.(i,.,p., ro tv.-o or three ,-0ds n, freuuemiv i,an. pens due to poo,- seed beds. then ih.s !o?s is liot i... . I ".- increas" Sz? of adjacent boots. H'.e nmsi -ericn, fnVn , , thP sed bed, -,s roilm, (0 .u materiai such as alfalfa land tha -d been f,vs!y I)r,jkon U1) hn(, n-t been we-ko, ovpp fpnv , r-i'-k the land. I, js well l;o, n that Mh6n a,faIf '""I v,ffU,i,.,Iv nro. !':ir,,'K s ve ;Khp,t v;,.y; n:, S;'Ch h,m1' b,!t """-o risk ba's become - srea, that it is 'h o a, :l general rule not to a '."'!;! f Sed h -Her such a croc Utalfa. Vo-y coarse . n'" the land i ",,,d'tln- T- difficult,. Zl i hVn"";!i- - rminatton even !u -i , -,.,,; . , 1 1 '!''!-li'on does tak-J place. lMV i I-y w..-.- or -,:;!,... (llo I '0 S,M that ,a.oV ln ' Sh0U,': , .. ,- - ne-s ,n the pro. r ...it or, of .),., ... r-1. and sen, ii I II, , - . . . a-;uers -ii-n -V-, -' s varran.s ' s"-'' . Ea |