Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-04-21
sU6AlIRI|l BEET ! ] SEED, !.
1t viii Soon be Received from
the State by County IS
Auditor Nichols.
II GREAT DEIANDu SOME COUNTIES.
A Description Of How to Plant,
Cultivate and Harvest
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81 Sugar Beets.

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@ Sugar Beets.
. County Auditor Nichols ia now re-
ceiving applications for the sugar
beet seed that the state is distribut-
ing. This county can have 2N
pounds. II the farmers will use that
much. x good many will try it. but
in small quantities. ~ ...-a ~
Following is a synopsis OF direc-
lions for gro wing the beet which will
be of Interest," r." 4
Never select poor land. The best
soil 10 the 80 called bottom" New
land should not be selected as It
never produces q high tOnnage-it
should be ut least two years under
cultivation. 80 @~> -
FLOWING.
In case the plo wing has not been
done in the fall, plow as early IN the
spring az the ground will do to han
die without sticking for two reasons:
Firt, because the sooner the weeds
are encouraged tn grow the more OF
them can be killed before planting
the beet.
Second. because land plOwed while
the weather IL cool will retain the
moisture much longer than it will II
plowed during warm weather. 49,
In the spring never throw w more
than two inches of soil that has not
been stirred up before; If your soil
has never been plowed over six inches
it IL better to use a subsoil plow TO
loosen the ground the proper depth.
These Instructions refer only to spring
blowing. When good land with
deep soil is plowed in the fall, 1t
makes no difference how much new
soil is turned up as it will decay In
winter through the action of frost.
After spring blowing harrow or
better float once Immediately, and
then leave the ground as 1t ts until
the time to seed, thus allowing the
weeds to sprout. II the previous crop
was corn it is absolutely necessary to
take the stalk and roots of the
ground in the right manner in order
to permit of easy and proper horse
cultivation; it will not do to plow
the stalk under; as 1t cannot be done
effectually, the cultivator knives
bring them back to the surface once
more and at the same time dragging
along with them more or less beet
plants. The best way is. to remove
the mold-board from the plow which
Will enable you to loosen the roots
without turning the corn stalks un-
der Then gather them up with a
hay-rake into piles and after burning
as much as possible haul OF the re-
mainder.
SEEDING.
The seed is planted about the time
corn is planted. or generally from
April 20 to May 20. Not less than ~
pounds of seed to the acre should be
used TO secure q good stand under all
conditions; because, should the
weather be dry the the best seed will
come up first and there will lie enough
for q good stand; ON the other hand
should a crust be formed on the field
after a heavy rain one plant will help
the other to break through the
ground. Therefore, SOW at least 20
pounds to the acre.
Seeders made especially for this
purpose, seeding four rows at a time
and dropping the seeds continuously
in rows IA inches apart), will plant
10 to - acres per day. Never plant
over three.fourths Of an inch deep,
but see that the earth is we'll packed
around the seed by the press wheels
attached to back Of drill, because by
pressing the surface the necessary
moisture of terminating In dry, sea.
son, is drawn by capillary attrac'
tionout of the lower soil. The heavier
the soil and the earlier the planting
the shallower must the sowing be In
order to prevent the seed from rot
ting in the ground. The deeper the
seed il planted. especially In heavy
soil, the weaker the plant will be II
they come up at all. Therefore
avoid deep planting.
aH'tfr9 ~ CULTIvATlNG. -'.%
This work Is performed with one
horse cultivators, which work two
or four rows at time. II. after
sowing, a heavy rain should cause
a crust to form on the field, the light
harrow is recommended; but this
only In case the seed has not germi-
mated, as otherwise 1t would be
better to run q cultivatOr over the
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