Show GROWING SUGAR BEETS practically all kinds of soil are adapted to plant clay and clay loams coams require much more work than lighter solis soils and are arc much more difficult to keep in by F W no ROEDING soils B suitable for the culture of the sugar beet under irrigation comprise practically all classes classee from rom the heavy black soils bolls of 0 california and montana to the sand loama loams and silts of river bottoms and mesas the clay and clay loam loarn bolls belli require much more work than lighter soils and are more mor difficult to put into proper th forming of a crust after rains or after being irrigated is also a disadvantage these soils however contain a much larger percentage of available plant plan food than uio the lighter soils and under favorable conditions mill produce heavier and are not so BO easily exhausted by continuous cropping intensive tillage which Is IB s so a im in the cultivation ot of this crop has a marked tendency to render these heavy soils more triable friable and it has been found that the yields in 1 2 beets showing effects of early and late irrigation no 1 irrigated au an gust 9 no 2 irrigated july 26 nos nas 3 and 4 irrigated july 17 crease from year to vear ear up to a tain point in one valley in california inhere beets have been grown gronn since some of the black adobe soils gave the largest returns atter after ten years of continuous cropping vIt without hout fertilization the depth of the soil Is one of 0 the prime considerations in the grow ing of sugar beets as the beet is deep rooted therefore lands with a hardpan formation within 18 inches of the surface should be avoided not only on account accod of their interference interfere with nith root grov growth th but because ot of their tendency to loe moisture low wet et lands should be avoided also no mat ter of what nhat character as they are usually cold and prevent rapid development ot of the chop in the early stages of plant life while tho the later growth is kept belond the time when hen the beets should mature thus causing low sugar percentages alkali is 13 to be considered also es specially ally as most soils throughout the west inest contain alkali in greater or smaller quantities beets will with nith stand the effects of 0 alkali to a greater degree than any other summer crop but strongly strong lv impregnated soils sells retard the proper development of 0 the plant as well as lower loner the purita of the juice rendering it unfit for manufacture taken altogether the best beet soil for this crop is a clayey loam of good depth which contains sufficient sand band or silt to allow allon its ite being worked into a finely divided condition the under icing soil stratum should be pervious to water but not so coarse as to alow alloh of rapid percolation such oils coils are found in nearly all the present beet growing districts and are usually the prod producers acers of large crops of beets of good sugar percentage and high purity ab provided tor for in the con tract between the beet gro growers Ners and the sugar manufacturers the tion lion of land suitable sul tible for this thih crop is subject to the approval of the manu facture fac turere rs kid men or superintend cots As aa these men are usually e ex perlen perien ced their judgment should be relied upon larger climate naturally has an important bearing on the desira desirability billt of 0 a district tor for beet culture and in a general an wa a it may be stated that at least tour four or the die months of growing neither ars ara De necessary necess cessar ari to the successful ful prodoc tion of beets the success which has attended this industry throughout the arid and semi aria and regions reg lons may be attributed largely to the distribution of the rainfall the absence of rain at the time of harvest is an important Import int feature in the more humid sections of the east and middle west rain mi cause a renewal of growth after ma turley which results in a great leduc tion in the sugar content of the bet the locations therefore chere mois ture lure is applied artificially and can thus be regulated to cause maturity at i L certain without doubt an ideal field for the successful fostering df at this industry |