The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-04-11

A similar hoeing may be necessary
once more where the land. is very
foul or very weedy. or very hard, in
order to kill the weeds still remain
ing between and around the plants:
but generally speaking two hand hoe
ings should suffice. providing the
horse cultivation is kept up conscfen-
tionusly. Each hand hoeing. howey-
er. should exceed the previous one in
depth. but without injuring or loos-
ening the plant. Under ordinary cir
cumstances no work should be nee
essary in the field after eighty to
ninety days rom the time of plant
ing, except h final and deepest
horse cultivation and the irrigation
of the crop.
Irrigation.
Flooding the beet crop in its early
not be practiced under any condition
After the crop is from eight to ten
weeks old. there is less danger con-
neeted with flooding. but in it's early
stage it hould not come in direct con
tao with irrigation water. and the
utmost care must be. taken to keep
the water within the of
the small burrows between the rows.
For the purpose of irrigating the
seed. it is usually sufficient to use
irrigation waite in every second row,
and the beet drills are equipped with
two irrigating shovels only which
make the burrows accordingly.
Irrigation should be discontinued
at least three or four weeks before
Under ordinary circumstances, ir-
rieation before planting should suf-
fee to keep the beets growing until
after they are thinned, and the first
irrigation of the crop should be delay
as long as possible, though the
young plants might suffer slightly,
as they will then form a long tap
in their search for moisture in
subsoil. while if watered too ear
ly. a net of fine side o will grow
and the opportunity for the formation
of the tap-root, (Which is of such i'm
pGrtance for the further growth of the
beet1. is lost. AS soon as the young
plants show the need of water the
arrows are scraped ont with the sho-
vegs attached to the c~ultivators and
field is carefully irrigated. run
ming the water this first time only in
every second row, pains being taken
not to flood the land, but giving 1t a
thorough sub-irrigation. thus encour-
DOTS. This careful irrigation will
ave to be repeated during h sea
once or twice, running the water
in every row between the beets; but
after the third irrigation less danger
IS connected with the water passing
the rows and coming in direct
with the beets.
The burrows should be opened with
he cultiyatOr before every irrigation.
after the last cultivation the fur
-ows must be cleaned out once mere
for the purpose of watering later on,
work must be finished before
leaves become TOO large 81 that
here is plenty of room for the shovels
o pass between the rows without in
.uring the tops OF the plants. As 10
he number of irrigations which are
-equired to mature a beet crop. no
answer can be given, as this
will depend entirely upon the quality
the soil, slope of the land. sub-scil.
ocation of the field and the amount
spring and summer rain, as well
Us the temperature of the atmosphere
Turing the growing season. 1t is well
demonstrated that the ~irrigating fur
rows should not exceed twenty rods
n length.
After the first irrigation the beet