The Holly chieftain., 1900-02-09
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A good deal OF pf& hIng is going
on preparatory 10 th{ Ianting of su-
gar bects next sprinl An interview
with Mr.. Winterh brings out
some points Of speciS Interest TO our
country readers. Winterhalter
says 1t Is important aIn who have
1.-THE water available bw to irrlgate
their land thorouE at once. 1t
will greatly facilitat The starting Of
beet growth to hayc le land well wet
at this season and make irrigation
less imperative lats5 "a. Everyone In
tending to plant beck he says, should
plow their ground njM and irrigate it
Immediately aftets plowing. The
amount of land nowst,einR prepared is
not obtainable, but Il is well assured
fact that there wiilnot be e'too much,
and the company b therefore pre-
pared to make additional contracts to
the extent Of 800 orfOO more acres.
The representative of the company
In the department OF construction,
Sinsheimer. has arrived and will i'm
mediately open an oiIice. He will be
prepared In very short time To enter
into contracts with builders and la
borers for the construction work Of
the factory.
Returning to the subject of beet
culture and pnrtieularly the subject
of irrigation We supplement what MI.
Winterhaltcrs says by some extracts
from a hand book on the Sugar Indus
try by Herbert Myrick. He says:
Utah has solved the problem Of
growing beets by Irrigation. Her cx-
perience teaches many practical less
ons that are being needed in drouthy
or irrigation regions. Too much wa
ter, applied too often or at the wrong
times, ir bad for tonnage and quality.
Great damage is done to many fields
of beets by inexperienced farmers
flooding the land and allowing the
water to stand about the small plants,
then usgIectinnstO cnltiyate until the
soil has baked Even In Utah, 1t is
still recognized that the management
Of irrigation to produce the best re-
suits is delicate matter, and not vet
fully understood. Gntimely irriga-
tion may utterly destroy the value of
the roots for sugar making, and the
necessity for varying the application
OF water according to the nature Of
the land, in order to secure good re-
suits, implies the exercise Of much
judgment and experience in the mat
ter. But with due regard to all these
alleged disadvantages Of irrigation, it
is the universal Judgment of Utah
beet growers, after six years exper-
ience, that they are far 0utweighed
by the benefits OF irrigation. The
production is more certain, and the
harvest more safely assured, than
where the caprice Of heavy rains or
excessive drOuth has to be contended
with. The results are always more
certain where irrigation is necessary
and this is the greatest stimulant to
proper methods.in applying water.
Mr.. George Austin, held manager
OF the Utah Sugar company. has had
more experience than any other man
in growing beets by irrigation. Mr..
Austin says: AFTER the thinning is
done we run cultivator drawn by a
horse through the rows, but great
care must be taken not to cultivate
too deep or TO hill up the young plants,
as they require all the air and sun
light that it is possible for them to
have. After the first cultivation we
generally hoe them the second time to
clean out all the weeds in the rows
and remove any surplus beets that
may have been overlooked at the time
OF thinning. BJ this time the beets
should be far enough along to COM
mence preparing for irrigation. This
we do by using the same cultivator,
attaching small 6-inch turnover on
the rear end. and we cultivate every
other row, leaving nice little ditch
of sufficient size to carry the water
without flooding the beets. The sec
ond watering we alternate the rows
this method usually gives enough
moisture each watering. but this kind
of irrigation, however, depends en-
tirely on the slope and condition Of
the land. If the land has much of a
slope, and is inclined to be a light,