The Ordway new era., 1906-06-01
BEET Quinn
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Conclusion. Announces !. :. 1
msnt Station a. ro,, ~ ~
by w. IL on,

.'eea oy our most sueo,'..
a oeet growers. question eir,'s. ,sa
sent sen, to to 1000 beet grower, s.s y
u'ea In three beet regions ., !.
northern Colorado. Arl,ss.
ana the western slope ,e-,''
spoWers ,ho @ We're slected as is rs,,..
,he Growers who were o,sss' ,.Hs
pest tonnage and ,hereio,ss os.i', ny
most. most profitable ,,, crop returp, s''; =
enlars .u, were sent out in , Inn.
iober OF the crop season ': ,es: Y
IL Is to be regretted H.,
whom this circular was .s,, s' y
to send in reports. Less ,s,' h. 2.
cent. sent In a complete 80
which We can quote. From VIZ ,,
sent In to these question cI,.,,.'
following facts were rle,,as
!. Flowing OF Beet C;ror,,
Tour per cent. OF those reuo,..,
their beet ground In the ,p,,,,
ty'six per cent. plow their b...
In the fan; twenty per cen,
part OF the time spring -
occasionally disked potato ~,
2. Date Of Seeding-Bslv...
week in April and first West =
sixty'one per cent. seed il d. !.
OF May.
j. Amount Of Seed Per Az,
amount OF seed used was m, :.
TO twenty-five pounds Der ~,
great majority reported u,I,, Is
to twenty pounds per acre
I. Help Preferred.-Forts,
cent. OF those reporting preierrs /,
sian labor No particular taa i
borers received a satl,arpJ
from the rest.
8. Space Thinned In Rou-,
varied from six TO sixteen l.t..
average being lO.4 inches
The majority reported tru- n
twelve inches, Further xoik /, !,
sary on this point. The ,abs Il
shows the advantage In po!rt d /
for the wider spaces In the ,o.
6. Number OF Cultiyaild,s-Fr
four per cent. cultivate iozi 4
times. Thirty.one per cent n
six TO seven times. Twtniysa
cent. stated they cultivated iEa q
eight. ten or rs many times a, u
seemed TO require cultlyaiio1.
I. Times lrrigated.-FIiysi 4
cent. report two to three iizsf. 4
cen per cent report four tina. a
per cent. report often as nte!L
From answers sent no tsa:-s
on yields could be obtained.
S. To the question. DO b.; q
Require More or Less Wrs d
other Field Crop" thi1yeiss
cent. said more water; thirty Tsa
said less water: thir,yOte p I
said same MS other crops
.. Value Of After Crop, los q
In answer to this question. ar!s
per cent. placed the value bsi's
and So per acre. while ,he "a
value assigned was 81 per aeie
10. Tonnage for lsOi.-Ihs IA
for those reporting was lii lu
acre. The state average 'Of u
year was less than twelve iu;S
II. Tonnage for i905.-Ths "a
Yield reported was fourteen ni
half tons per acre, which IS y
tons above the estimated a'eza
the state. 1his would inditlR
1904 was a more favorable lsz
beet culture than 1905, and ,il .
reporting are among our NOS -
ful farmers In this industry.
12. Expense Per Aere.-is
pense differed according 70 -
from 500 to $50. but the a''''#
s33.05 per acre. ~,
13. Net Profit OF the crcn-i1' i''A
ports varied to a remarKaos - 4 7
from nothing TO SIS per aeis' - =
almost impossible TO strike an ~ -,
the greater number repoFths N'''
$40 and s55 per acre. .y,,-,r
IA. To the question, Nan.
Years Beets Have Been Crow N1'., =
same Ground Without W .n.',, =
Crop?" the average was lsO Y
However, most OF these iaih,',, s,,,.
been growing bcets but Two Two VI y,
Is. To the question, 10 l,. ~. ,~'
nure Your Beet Land! hleu =.
cent. report they do, iO'''
cent. report they do not. -..,,o-, o
IG, Is the Crop a sat!stac'on e,,.s, !
Eighty per cent Of the ~, ~, !.
farms declare 1t TO be the mV,. nrus : !
able crop which they can SIN Sir,;
following statements a.s ~, rs,r
farmers having at least iOar a,,.sp ss'
successful experience III
culture: -, ,s an Is
/. The sugar beet crop p,lS 4 he be I.
siye one to grow and shoala -. n I'M 4
on the very best land on ,nu - b.
One should not bring ~ NJ y.
face more than two inenss nsieS h b b,
in blowing. Ground wn,u. ,nu, toOa
been worked holds It's pan !" ,be
form form not easily available leu 70 rat .p' i
The young beet plan, ,.nm aUo' such
proper nourishment i,on i,onn,ruius
and is checked in the pesiu, peeesndIticu,
growth. When proper ,y hs plov'
vail, beet ground shou,a n0s ~ deep.
least ten to twelve mem, iSo fall, ID
is H.es weathered, .a rendering, - plais ~ !
surface easily avaiiaO''
plants. sbould be y
formly level as the Ia! u
permit. -, beets have
orally given the bes. s,r.It moist, ba
he'd should be warm, na,ion. ,
wet, for the best gerinainiss g,nma is seldoI
s. A uniform stana ana.,ored re- mort