Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-17

| perfect seed bed as fast as plowed
filing the low places witn moist soil
then plant at once.
Corn Stalks-ll the land has pre-
viously been in corn. the stalks must
| be removed before planting. This is
| absolutely necessary If allowed tc
| remain on tn ground they interfere
very seriously with cultivation. Sat
| sfactory results can not be expected
unless they are removed.
Planting is of course regulated by
| the season and character of the soil
but will probably begin about the last
| of March and continue until early in
May Early planting is advised, judg
| ment OF course being used as 10
weather conditions and the nature OF
the ground.
1t is largely to the advantage oi
every beet grower TO own or have an
interest with some neighbor in a beet
drill: but If unprovided with drill
tne sugar company will have regular
drill man do the planting for you,
charging 30 cents per acre for suci.
work.
Seed should be planted in rows
twenty inches apart and from an inch
10 an inch and half deep-i. e. three
should be that much firm soil over
the seed.
Do not make the error of planting
too deep. never over two inches. and
use plenty of seed. It is easy enough
to cut out the plants, but if they are
not there your stand is poor and you
work TO a poor crop all the season,
Remember II costs no more to work
good crop than it does poor one.
Be careful and thorough with your
work. Drill men will be instructed
not TO plant any land which has not
been properly prepared,
II the ground becomes crusted after
planting, this crust must he broken
The Young beet plant will not get
through much of the crust, but will
curl under and die. After planting
watch your field carefully and If tnere
are any signs of crust get after il
at once
The crust may be cracked and
broken by the use of corrugated iron
roller. or "A harrow with the teeth set
at a good angle sloped backwards
When using either roller or harrow
for breaking crust, go crosswise to the
beet rows.
This should he given as soon as the
rows of young beets can be seen
plainly enough to follow. Cultivate
as close TO the beets as you can, but
them. Either what is known as the
Spider" or disc attachment to the
cultivator is a good tool to use for
this first cultivation.
For successfully preparing tne
ground and handling the crop the fol
lowing tools are essential.
Leveler and clod crusher, an mex
Densiye, but necessary tool. Made by
taking Two pieces of lumber 2XS and
sixteen to eighteen feet long for the
sides; three pieces 2xS seven feet
long for the crosspieces. Set the front
crosswise on an angle OF ten degrees,
the center crosspiece perpendicular
and the rear one on an angle of thirty
five degrees about two feet from the
ends of tne sides. Nail together well
and brace each corner.
beet cultivator provided with
discs or spiders, duck feet bul!
tongues and irrigating shovels.
beet puller.
A steel frame lever harrow
In addition to these we recommend
and urge every farmer to own beef
drill, a corrugated iron roller and
six.foot steel frame disc. These lat
ter are splendid farm tools for general
work, and of great value in preparing
the ground.
Our field men will be constantly at
work during the season visiting and
advising with the growers.
We are personally interested In
your success and glad at all times TO
do anything we can toward securing
the best results.
Other suggestions will be made as
the season advances.
TElEGRAPHlC NEWS.