Show the best sugar beet soil and clay loams coams are tr ns aji I 1 loams coams y T re regarded larded as the best soils IE E production of sugar beets beers the be physical condition of 0 the really k influenced by its prep tota aind the cultural cul Cural methods A general if a soil has pro crops of corn or pota I 1 that it will a nay be assumed tl factory for the production ol of fleets beets say specialists ol of the ja iJ states sta tes department of agrical 3 farmers bulletin su t growing under humid recently issued A pall an sub soils should be avold avoid lie 6 sugar beet planter espe athey 4 are so near the surface ter tere with the development 4 rots a while soils that thai permit reaching ea ching are not sa satisfactory factory culture as the moisture tut ut too rapidly and carries 1 i I e soluble plantford plan plant food so esser essen roper proper growth lity ity is essential the depart P ft ays ys it can be maintained by c rr bf 6 stable manure green joed owed under or by the appia f chemical f fertilizers few produce enough stable ma ai 30 keeli beep the land alive by this fallone fl falone llone and the proper treat if a sugar beet soil will com ajl othree three sources of plant food taani c flatter It tr valuable citation JD tation should be planned is es not include one green crop lowed under stable manure i een heen crops furnish the humus ible ible material which serves as stood and also is essential to howth v of soil organisms that te ie the fertility in a manner annot innot be secured through the chemical mixtures alone lover bover the presence of 0 organic 14 in the soil enables it to retain limity and better to resist a 6 lt it deep tall fall plowing of sug t V land is one way to insure a of moisture for the next crop and to improve the phi phy 1 condition of the soil ill h the action of the rains and ol of winter primary aim in fitting seed or the sugar beet is to secure ithac that is deep fine and firm being harrow the spike tooth rr arow ow and a roller are the tools ed d to develop fully the advant mined by deep plowing I 1 moderate climate clemat e bel average average temperature of about grees fahrenheit during the ni ag season usually from may together with cool i an nd moderately warm days ahe latter part of the season arto to be most favorable to the y bof ot the plant and the storage ICI ir ar in the he root the bulletin 1 Y it the average tem temper ture is above this apparently sugar formed lor ined so readily or it may diat alit is used in the growth of lint as fast as it is formed ihring frosts are dangerous to aing oung plants and early fall I 1 camay y injure the mature roots ma severe va r freezes may prevent the aing of them il ie roots are allowed to freeze iw iw several times they will cerf 14 decay though no great dam exults from freezing of ha har rf lberts beets provided they remain tf until they are worked wo aked through ill an 4 y addition to an equable the crop requires 7 1 of moisture mois turu rainfall can e d regulated by the fa farmer riner tut out in the soil can be conserved by r cultivation and under drahn 1 i 1 products valuable 9 0 sugar beet industry Is th the e i of several byproducts by products which b bea used to advantage bythe er ar specialists say the i iare are removed when the roots larvester lar vested and the pulp remain her the extraction of the sugar the he roots at the mill are of par ir ii value tor for feeding animals capy catt leand sheep they are arc rish resh dry or as silage le e tops may be pasture in the iw where liere they have been thrown gfatter r ft er cutting this will savi save of hauling and result in direct gallon tion of manure to the soil ever r it may result in waste 0 I 1 iva valuable feeding material and am ail it may lose its condition to n extent through excessive ling it is advantageous to ti the e tops elther either fresh cured 0 lage age in feeding racks faa farm r m sell the tops at a rate rat s ranging from to 5 per acre but specialists say that this Is a poor practice both from the standpoint ottic value or of the tops as feed and from the fact that the removal of fertilizer material pulp good cattle food pulp also constitutes a valuable material and its use results in returning to the soil a part of 0 the material that has been removed one dealer in dry beet pulp guaran guarantees teeb the product to contain not less than 8 per cent of protein not less than one half of 1 per cent of fat not no less than 4 per cent of sugar and starch not dot less than 50 per cent of carbohydrates not over 20 per cent of fiber and 21 2 per cent asu ash certain beet sugar factories pro due duse molasses as a product byproduct by this constitutes a valuable carbohydrate feeding material and is usually fed by mixing with hay pulp etc utilizing these products byproducts by in feed arg livestock the grower may obtain a considerable profit other than that obtained by selling the roots and of very great importance he may retain on his fields a large part of the tha fertilizer materials removed by the chop waste lime is still another byproduct of the sugar factory which is extremely useful for neutralizing acid soils methods of preparing the son soil planting sugar beet seed cultivating spacing and thinning young plants matheds of harvesting the beets use of products byproducts by etc are described in the bulletin copies of this bulletin bullet ln m my y be obtained by addressing a request to the department at inston ton D C |