Show SUGAR BEETS NEED LATE irrigation most sugar beets will need another e r light irrigation this month aej cording to professor siewart of tile the utah agricultural experiment station ti A few are beginning to mature a few are on oil and that keeps damp through tile the dry fall weather eather NN and lid a few have been irrigated recently c c 11 t iv in all of these cases it is probably unwise to apply any all more irrig irrigation aaion water this thi season sen son however 90 per cent or of th the e sugar beets in utah will not be lug dug until after about october and they should not be allowed to remain in diy daiy soil throughout this period irrigation wil be highly profitable in three distinct ways way s 1 the yield will be increased by bv keeping the soil most moist fa 2 the labor of digging will be decreased on account of the lands being softer and 3 the beets will keep much better in storage due to being fresh and crisp at harvest the first two of these the se a advantages v come directly to the farmer whereas the third reflects to the advantage of tile the sugar comp company lest a misunderstanding occur it 11 to be careful in the application of this late irrigation land already well moistened will probably lose los e rather than gain by irrigation unless it be very light irrigations ions heavy enough to swamp tile the land should not ile he applied applina tons immediately previous to digging are of course course detrimental lu in the case of beets i where here the soil would be dry for the next net two or three weeks an all irrigation heavy enough to dampen the soil will be decidedly helpful the water should be ba run through gh quick quickly and allowed to soak only about half long enough to saturate the soil |