Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-02-01
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~ sr,, principle Of beet culture because the beet Is
.,-,,r the sub.u without much obstruction thus pre-
-. s, Of the ground and besides allowing TO extract
49, ,ui the lower soil The deep plowins will also
eql ,nd will make 1t ready for early spring planting
,l ,.nasr In the piowing has not been done In
.,,,,r .houI never happen heavy soil plow carly
Ia srss Will do To handle without sticking Tor the fol
h.l B,sucI while the weather Is cool will retain the
:,r nlH II will II plow'd during warm weather.
b. the weeds encouraged 10 grow the more
a. las the PREPARATION OF seed bed before planting
zrh liIcr allow the land TO settle ~ much ~
a. isI b-forr preparation OF the seed bed that II
l sirkcl thu. InsurnI better and quicker germinnon
than inches OF land In the spring: but II
9 bis min. Inches deep without doing this. sub
aEou blowing and planting is too short to allow the
eSus.hly acraiyd and mclowcd. nnd much land
u si';r seriously In securing good stand Of bccts.
VI NJ .rou well
X srl-oI pow follow behind the first piowing which
es. um six to eight inches below the plow furrow and
s'rotion' for the beet plant Its wny down into the
." faloc to harrow the land very deep and crosswisc
~ i'tn= poWng turn under fine loose soil IN
S surface. the land Will settle uniformly and
r. tan when full Of holes nnd mir spaces the plow
sTT hhd must hc narrowed. better doatcd the same
Pc hi then the ground left 1t Is until 1t Is time TO
sr h" PREPARATION Of the seed bed.
,fd way 10 Irrgae for the seed bed OF spring powcd
=. nr sround well possible To achieve this It 10
'ae surface which should be prepared by narrowing
:. hea'edy crosswisc and lcngthwse. As rs the
That 1t eau easily be moved levclcr should be used
I VI "om high places and drop II In the lower
'he L"h Valley have constructed special tool for
an"n by either two three horses and differs in
oi ths lcvclcr can be In Office and for
%ae'a Every person can build 1t ut home us 1t is
W. s und that It does excellent work In the field.
'he beet crop corn. II Is necessary to remove
II ~ ;" as l" permit Of easy and profitable drilling and
WI not do however, to plow the stalks under. 1t
'hc cult!vator knives bringing them back TO the
~, VI 'he same time dragging along with them more
k.n InN lh' best way for cleaning the field from the
A,t " WV o"aF" from the pow. This will enable you to
|aa,, turning tn" corn stalks under Then gather them
piles and after burning as many ms possible haul of
h e WORK VIII be found necessary where sugar cane
ID IL" dead burrows possible should be left in
&sa, ""r"'"d as they interfere very much with the
n su ' H'hd Flowing around, which means starting
,vo,t' i""nE in circles towards the center OF the
ht.u rs ii is not favorable for irrigation since the
'af fowIngl WIN '"e "'" VI wv
|fEG
(hp ""'o shallow Immediately after the harvest two
W. nevIr prevent the weeds from going to seed. Then
tk year. spread your manure as evenly as possible,
Ea ana row the land before the frost sets In to
'h's' covering the manure thoroughly
h ben tn NRAiI0N OF SEED BED.
EG the y-' '" must be narrowed and leveled
ElNng ,h - "'' the soil is dry enough not to be
. hiorc y ' III the soil and increasing the germina
kresarv ~ par" the seed bed To n good crop
I ialuro ' III" weeds in the ground before seeding.
fc ard If weeds are allowed TO get start.
SssaOte IN ~ 'h'"v" much unnecessary and expensive
I've icFS- good seed bed we advise working the
Haghwlc ,rI ~ with pulvcrzer better with corn
! as It is '' 'r"sSwise making not to miss any
Then borr t" loosen any that may have al
a killing n "E'hwise and crosswise level the soil
y With ro, Weeds After this pack the top soil 1.-TWO or
~ and this N'"r use plank float, hoated ground is
N %'r The sou "'r" WILL besides. increase blowing and
~ Hcm An packed after the weeds are killed the better
S in GOOD v' "'"vc work must be performed time
n wi must Ia "S condition dhat is. not too damp the
~ gcrmino, "F nvodcd). AS beet seed requires con
i, e Soil durn would also he great loss the beet
Thcr or in ' Preparation the seed bed to dry
nSs-ay this m Ilse season the field must be prepared
"a grca lug 'oc only way in which moisture can be
h "'' IN crop raising and especially in beet
"-rHsA mu.slstrous to small beet plants lour eN