Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18
n u ax4ilk and sometimes give them
GUN Dereshut them up unless it
rains hard. To prevent cholera, I give
them sulphur twice n week.
TrnnslllnMfinR RcGlh.


Transplanting bcets may be done
with perfect success. The cause of SO
many failures is by taking the plants
when small, like cabbage or t,lrnip
plant. Beets should never bo trans
planted until the roots are formed md
are ut least fourth of Nh inch in diam-
ctcr. l have transplanted them when
three inches in diameter with good sue
cess. From one-half to ono inch is the
most suitable size would take the
most favorable time after the plants
reach onefourth of all inch in diameter.
Last year I took plants from the same
bed ut different times md of different
sizes, and transplanted as follows June
8, plants inch in diameter, yield per
acre, 40! tons June II, A-inch in diam
ctcr, yield per acre, 10Y tons June 10,
s-inch in diameter. yield pov aero 40
tons June Is, inch III diameter, yield
per aero, 81 tons. There were two
reasons why tho crop on the last plot
was not rs good us tho three first. The
last was the most unfavorable time to
transplant rs there was less moisture in
tho ground, and the plants were thick
in the bed and had started a spindling
growth, much to their injury.
When plants arc thick in the seed bed
the sooner they are removed after reach
ing n suitable size the better, all other
conditions being favorable. Plants are
checked in their growth few days by
transplanting, therefore to insure sue
cess they should be started rs early as
possible. The chances IRE four to one
that there will be a more favorable
time to transplant with early plants
than with late ones.
| Iwould not recommend transplant
ing beets as a genera practice in their
culture, but would do it 10 fill vacancies
that may occur by defective seed, I'M.
favorable time for it to terminate, or Il
destruction Of plants by insects, also on
very wcedy land, and for second crop
after early vegetables. On land filled
with weeds, by the trausplanting system
the harrow does Nil the early work OF
hoeing and wedding at very cheap
rate, and tho plants that are finely start.
ell soon grow vigorously, and before
weeds can get ahead they will be ready
for horse and hand hoeing the same as
corn and potatoes. Plants should be
ready to transplant the last half Of June
or early in July.
As the plants are pulled the top root
is cut off and the leaves shortened to
within one or two inches of the beet.
The leaves will soon die if not taken off,
the first growth will be indicated by a
new set Of leaves springing out Of the
top Of the cone Of the beet. It is a
good point in all cases of transplanting
to preserve the fbrous roots in q tlex.
ible state; for this reason the greatest
care should be taken to keep them
moist. As the plants are pulled and
prepared I place them in a pail Of
water. The planting is done with q
sharp stick about foot in length,
When the plant is set in its place side
thrust with the stick presses the dirt
against it. The land should be marked
in rows 30 inches apart; set the plants
IL inches apart in the rows. In trans
planting beets never bury the collar o.
the plant. It takes II 900 or 12,OO(
plants for an acre; good man ane
boy should set 4, 600 in o day.-Hen'3
Lane, IN Ne,O York Tribune.