Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-02-24
VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS
For Raising Sugar Beets las Given by the
Michigan Sugar reet Co, OF Bay
CITY


done right or not ut MI. The two
above rules apply to all work on the
farm, and especially to the culture of
sugar bects.
Franklin said. III farmer plows
deep, he will have To sell and keep y
Sugar beots can be raised IN all kinds
of ground from which wheat and bar
Icy vii. give good return. Sugar bects
should not be raised IN muck groupd.
No good result, can b expected
from the sugar hcct culture if the
ground Is not worked carefully and
jndwiously.
Ola wet soil, or On soil which contains
Stagnant moisture. sugar bectS will be
failure.
The sitter the ground Is, the more
thoroughly the same has to be worked.
Pillow for beels deep, but do not pillow
deeper than two inches compared with
the previous plowlng.
If possible, stir the sub,soil two
inches for the crop preceding the beet
crop.
II is not advisable 10 manure for
beets. Enrich the ground heavily with
well rotted barnyard manure for the
crop previous to the sugar beet.
Always rotate your crop. The fol-
lowing rotation is to be recommended
Corn heavily MANFRED; wheat; sugar
beet; barley with clover; clover plowed
under with well rotten barnyard ma
nure; corn; bcets, etc. II this rotation
does no. suit. rotate only as follows:
Corn well MANFRED; wheat; beets.
corr well manured wheat; beets, etc.
With each crop, deepen your furrow
from one to two inches, according to
soil
Get your winter plowed soil IN shape
as soon as tillable in the spring.
Soil should be dry enough so il won't
stick
Have seed bed IN as good condition
as possible.
Weeds should be al eNteimiuated.
First, in the spring, harrow the land,
then cultivate from four 10 five inches
deep Inc use OF the pulyerizer should
be followed 10y the drag crosswise.
After this roll the soil, So tha it will be
packed from two TO thee inches deep
Just preyiuus to seeding use light
harrow, which should scratch the soil
from onc-haIt to one inch deep
Plant your beet seed tine same tima
you are used to plant You. corn. Tie
from eighteen TO twenty pouads per
acre.
Beet seed should not be put down
more than thrce-quarter, Of an inch,
and the earth should be well packed on
top of seed The heavier the soil the
more shallow the seed should be
planted.
Rows should be from eighteen to
twenty inches apart, aud the beet from
seven TO nine inches.
Large acreage of beets should be n
teLded to in section.
Plant Dot too late. Ine young plants q,
leed moisture 10 produce q good stand +,
For hocing aud pacing ou' the plans
n the rows, use hoe OF SIX inches.
and u hoe Of eleven inches tor hoeing
h Developed bee,>.
Under NO consideration let the weed,
ct the start OF the beet plane.
Put your cuitiyator to work, and fol- n
ow Inc marks Of the pres,.whocl IS s.
,oon ao tue least growth OF weeds APP
pears between the rows
In about two weeks. the beet plant I,
viii break 'hroogn he groupt. A
As soon as the plans have formed
heir fourth leaf, use the hoe with six
nch blade This hoe should be applied Il
n regular intervals; the noe will take
out six inches of plants, leaving bunch
bat contains about TWO inches of plants
The remaining bunch will carefully be +
aiken hold OF with the left hand, the h
light hand pulling cut the surplus +
plants, leaving the strongest specimen 3
% stan /. After Ibis procedure, press p
ho ground firmly around the remain :,
ng plnnt II tee. ground should be II
packed. 1t is advisable to apply the first a
loeing even before the plants appear, n
ollowng carefully the drill marks. Il
instead of the hand hoe, a cultvator q
night be carefully applied with the flat N
hovels, but care should be taken by N